Common Roles – an overview

1. Common Roles – an overview Autumn Term 2008

2. What is a Common Role? • Why we need Common Roles? • How will they be used in the job evaluation process? Introduction

3. A job that is likely to occur in a number of schools where the duties and responsibilities are essentially the same • These duties are outlined in the Common Role profile What is a Common Role

4. We need Common Roles to create job groups which will: • To ensure fairness and consistency • To assist in completing the job evaluation process within a reasonable timeframe Why do we need Common Roles

5. The first step to creating job groups • Compare roles in school with the common role profiles • Agree matches • Identify where there are not matches How will they be used?

6. Titles – can be misleading • Explains the purpose of the role • Lists core duties • The purpose of critical qualifications • Grades – these vary from school to school for similar roles, so can also be misleading Common Role Profile

7. Compare school roles with the common role profiles • Discuss with staff any differences and whether these difference are likely to be significant • Complete the relevant forms The Matching Process

8. Common Role profiles are outlines only • Do additional duties differ significantly to those on the profile? • Where differences are significant need to explain why Significant Differences

9. Common Role profile does not describe the whole job • Many colleagues in the same job group will also have duties and responsibilities not listed in the profile • If staff remain unhappy when their job group has been evaluated because they still feel that not all their duties have been considered – they can appeal on this basis But Remember!

10. Job Groups created • Unmatched jobs reviewed to see if there is a new common role • Job Groups and unique roles will be published in late February What happens Next?