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PA and EA - grade 8

Example job roles: HR/Research/Finance/Departmental Management; Facilities Management; Office/Lab Management

Level: AdvancedÌýÌý

Experiences

Activities and responsibilities likely to be required when working at this level

  • Providing support to leadership individuals or teams
  • Providing advice, influencing and implementing strategy and long term goals
  • Contribute towards planning activities, both financial and academic/teaching related activities
  • Taking the lead responsibility for Ìýcommunications within a team/area
  • Managing significant budgets and resources
  • Being accountable for ensuring high quality service delivery
  • Deputising for senior managers
  • Producing financial or written reports
  • Possess an awareness of internal and external risks and issues that may affect area of work
  • Leading on short-term or long-term projects
  • Advising senior management on operational matters
  • An ability to understand and interpret management information
  • Possess a clear understanding of the strategic aims of the related area of work
  • Possess the ability and confidence to make decisions on behalf of the line manager, where appropriate
  • Strong task management skills and an ability to organise and prioritise own work load
  • Line management duties
  • Instrumental role in special interest committees

Personal and professional development

Development options to consider when working towards this level

Learning on the job

  • Develop an ability to deal with more formal correspondence on behalf of senior staff
  • Take on additional duties to expand knowledge and increase ability to self-management and workload management skills
  • Leading projects to develop project management skills
  • Budget management
  • People management
  • Writing proposals/reports for various audiences including senior management

Learning from othersÌýÌý

  • Mentoring/managing staff
  • Setting up a small working group
  • Representation at working group meetings
  • Taking a lead role in a Community of Practice
  • Networking and building relationships with senior colleagues
  • Presenting and/or delivering training
  • Attending conferences
  • Speaking to your manager and your direct reports

Formal learning

  • Leadership/management training
  • Project management training
  • Relevant qualification/ membership from a professional body

*ÌýYou may wish to explore the listed formal training themes / topics onÌýLinkedIn Learning.

Transferable skills and competencies

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº uses the Universal Competency Framework (UCF) to discuss transferable skills. Find out moreÌýdetails on the framework.

Formulating strategies and concepts

  • Thinking broadly
  • Approaching work strategically
  • Setting and developing strategy
  • Visioning

Persuading and influencing

  • Making an impact
  • Shaping conversations
  • Appealing to emotions
  • Promoting ideas
  • Negotiating and gaining agreement
  • Dealing with political issues

Leading and supervisingÌý

  • Providing direction and co-ordinating action
  • Supervising and monitoring behaviour
  • Coaching
  • Delegating
  • Empowering staff
  • Motivating others
  • Developing staff
  • Identifying and recruiting talent

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Ways of Working

These describe expected behaviours in line with ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº culture and values.Ìý For Ways of Working indicators and steps to development please refer to theÌýWays of Working website.Ìý

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    Career Pathway roles are indicative and are not intended to be a description of the role in terms of responsibilty and duties.