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Role Profiles – Academic job family only

Introduction

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama’s (Central’s) role profiles describe a range of activities and

competencies that the School expects role holders to deliver when appointed to a specific pay grade. The

role profiles have been derived from HERA (Higher Education Role Analysis) job evaluation data and provide

the template for job descriptions.

The role profiles act as an indicative guide outlining key requirements, outputs and responsibilities of a

particular role at a certain level. The role profiles are not intended to be a comprehensive list of all activities

recorded at a specific level and will be developed to reflect changes to roles over time.

The role profiles build on each other, in ascending numerical order, recording new evidence and competence

required at certain levels. Where the cells are empty at certain grades, it means that there is no further

evidence required at that particular level/element. The role profile starts at grade 3 and develops to grade

10. Academic Roles start at grade 5.

The role profiles link to a number of the School’s policies and procedures including recruitment and selection,

grade promotion (re-grading) and contribution points and staff development.

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Glossary

Output A product either of research, scholarship or teaching that can be independently reviewed

and evaluated

Scholarship For Central’s purposes: processes relating to the integration and application of knowledge

in your area of disciplinary expertise, and/or its pedagogy.1

Higher Education Role

Analysis (HERA)

Job evaluation scheme developed specially for HE to underpin pay and grading structures

Research For the purposes of the REF, research is defined by HEFCE as a process of investigation

leading to new insights, effectively shared.

Knowledge Exchange The two-way process by which academics and individuals or organisations from relevant

areas of industry share learning, ideas and experiences.The function of entrepreneurial

knowledge exchange—the means by which entrepreneurial collaborations, usually with

industry, create new ideas, devices, or methods, which produce economic or social

benefits In HE

Knowledge

Production

The creation of new knowledge the measurable, direct and indirect social and economic

benefits of research or teaching outputs

TEF Teaching Excellence Framework

REF Research Excellence Framework

World-leading Demonstrably among the world’s leaders in a field, subject. Recognised by and used as a

point of reference by other world leaders

HEA levels Higher Education Academy grades of Fellowship Associate Fellow, Fellow, Senior Fellow

and Principal Fellow

Balance of Duties Work programme or agreed allocation of an academic member of staff time between

teaching duties, research, scholarship, teaching-related administration and schoolwide

committee work or other collegial infrastructural duties.

Task and Finish

Groups

Working groups with a finite task

Deanery The senior academic administration, comprising the Deputy Deans (Academic and Faculty

Management) and the Pro-Dean/Director of Learning, Teaching and the Student

Experience, overseen by the Dean of School. Works in close liaison with the Director of

Research and the Academic Registrar.

1 Scholarship of integration is “the attempt to arrange relevant bits of knowledge and insight from different

disciplines into broader patterns that reflect the actual interconnectedness of the world” (Boyer cited in

Jacobsen & Jacobsen 2004, p. 51). Scholarship of application is “seeking to close the gap between values in

the academy and the needs of the larger world” (Boyer cited in Jacobsen & Jacobsen 2004, p. 51). Scholarship

of pedagogy is reflective analyses of learning and teaching: “the scholarship of sharing knowledge” (Boyer

cited in Jacobsen & Jacobsen 2004, p. 51).

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Public Engagement The ways in which the School and its staff engages the public in its work, e.g. through the

media, public lectures, productions and other events.

Physical and Sensory

Demands

The use of physical effort, co-ordination and dexterity and involve using aural evidence

to assess next actions; applying skilled techniques and co-ordinating sensory information;

and high levels of dexterity where precision or accuracy is essential.

Pastoral care and

welfare

The welfare and well-being of students and staff, in both informal and formal situations.

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Role Profile Grade 5

The grade 5 role profile is typically associated with the previously recognised ‘Associated Lecturer’ role to

allow long term hourly paid workers to be transferred over to an academic contract or where a cover role is

required. It might also be associated with a postdoctoral researcher with limited teaching duties.

The role profile below represents the range of competencies that grade 5 role holders would be expected to

deliver and achieve effectively. In order to satisfy the requirements of a grade 5 post, the role holder will

need to fulfil the majority of the additional elements listed below.

The role holder will:

HERA Element

Teaching and Scholarship

Expertise

(Knowledge and

Experience)

Have professional industry experience or possess relevant academic or

professional qualifications to support role;

Be able to effectively communicate your knowledge of theory and practice;

Demonstrate continuous professional development by acquiring and maintaining

relevant skills, knowledge and understanding of your subject;

Teaching and

Learning Support

Under the oversight of a relevant course leader, to train, or facilitate development

activities for, individuals or groups on certain aspects within a particular

specialism;

Monitor performance, provide feedback and inform student assessment

processes where appropriate;

Under the oversight of the course leader and in accordance with the course

specification, to understand and teach towards relevant course aims, intended

student learning outcomes and the criteria by which the students will be

assessed;

Information

Analysis,

Evaluation and

Application

(Information Review,

Analysis and

Scholarship)

Under the direction and oversight of the course leader, undertake robust

information review and analysis in keeping with school policies and course

requirements (e.g. producing reports on students, conducting risk assessments,

implementing IGRAS recommendations);

Remain up to date with regulatory or disciplinary developments that effect your

subject area teaching;

Undertake relevant scholarship and/or ensure currency of the artistic or

professional context of your teaching area;

Demonstrate your review and analysis of information and scholarship which have

led to curricular innovations or enhancements to student learning;

Communication

Explain (both verbally and in writing) complex specialist processes, information

and ideas at a high level of detail and technical specification;

Communicate your expertise in and your enthusiasm for your subject clearly to

students, prospective students and colleagues;

As required by the course leader, provide criteria-based, clear, evaluative

feedback both verbally and in writing;

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Service Delivery

Ensure student experience and learning outcomes are paramount in your

working approach;

Undertake peer observation of teaching, conduct relevant student feedback

surveys, and formulate and achieve developmental targets through annual

appraisal/performance review to ensure high and developing standards of

teaching;

Adapt your teaching in response to course leader requirements and need, and to

peer or student feedback;

Ensure your own compliance with school systems, codes of conduct, policies and

regulations;

Take responsibility for own timely and ethical teaching according to relevant

frameworks, benchmarks and criteria;

Demonstrate a commitment to enhancement and the pursuit of teaching

excellence through personal development planning under the oversight of line

manager and course leader;

Liaison and

Networking

Undertake liaison and networking in relation to your professional or academic

discipline and, as required by your line manager, take part in internal or external

forums;

Subscribe to relevant subject associations or professional bodies and maintain

professional contacts appropriate to your role;

Attend schoolwide development days and staff meetings, and help develop cross-

disciplinary understanding, inter-disciplinary collaborations, shared activities and

discourse within the School;

Team

Development

Advise or guide new starters working in the same role and/or unit on standard

information procedures;

Train or guide staff on specific tasks, issues or activities;

Give advice, guidance and feedback on the basis of own knowledge and/or

experience;

Help induct or mentor new colleagues;

Brief and debrief visiting or professional staff as delegated by line manager

Support colleagues;

Be respectful and mindful of the wellbeing and experience of all Central students

and visitors;

Teamwork and

Motivation

Guided by the course leader and/or your line manager, take responsibility for the

safe and ethical practices of the students you oversee;

Contribute to positive morale and student confidence in the School;

Lead students by example by exhibiting high professional standards of conduct

and a positive attitude towards the School as a place of work and study;

Act personably, professionally and collegially with different groupings of co-

workers (including other academics and administrative departments);

Work collaboratively with colleagues towards the fair allocation and distribution

administrative tasks, including cover arrangements for sabbaticals, sickness, and

maternity/paternity/parental or approved external work;

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Pastoral Care and

Welfare

Judge when to listen, when to give advice or guidance and when to refer students

to the course leader;

Build trust and confidence in school systems of support;

Conduct yourself ethically and maintain professional boundaries with students;

Initiative and

Problem Solving

Resolve planning and organisation problems where possible, and judge when to

refer problems to the course leader;

Planning and

Organising

As directed by your line-manager or course leader, effectively manage your own

time and balance of duties to deliver teaching and administration on time and to

required quality;

Provide input to longer-term planning as required;

Maintain a three-to-five year plan for development of your teaching and

academic/specialist knowledge;

Decision Making

Processes and

Outcomes

Take responsibility for collaborative decisions;

Assess the value of the outcomes of your decisions and imitative;

Be aware of relationship between own decisions and decision-making of others;

Sensory and

Physical Demands

Carry out tasks which require a range of physical or sensory techniques;

Work

Environment

Take responsibility for the health, safety and wellbeing of yourself and others at

all times, complying with School procedures for risk assessment and reduction

and expectations of inclusive and ethical behaviour;

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The grade 6 role profile builds on the skills and expertise previously recorded in the grade 5 role profile. This

is the usual entry grade for Academic Lecturers.





HERA Elements

Job Families


Teaching and Research

Expertise

(Knowledge and

Experience)

Hold academic and/or professional

qualifications relevant to the role;

Maintain, through scholarship and

participation in external subject-

specific discourses, up-to-date

expertise in a specialist field;

Understand appropriate

pedagogical methods and

frameworks and develop level-

appropriate learning, teaching and

assessment activities;

Identify, develop and disseminate

outputs exhibiting synthetic and

productive discourse, practices and

specialist knowledge (which may

include professional practice and

pedagogy), the value, rigour,

significance and impact of which are

measurable within relevant

frameworks and appropriate

standards (which may include

academic or industrial peer review);

Hold academic and/or professional

qualifications relevant to the role;

Maintain, through scholarship and

participation in external subject-specific

discourses, up-to-date expertise in a

specialist field;

Understand appropriate pedagogical

methods and frameworks and develop

level-appropriate learning, teaching and

assessment activities;

Identify, develop and disseminate outputs

exhibiting original and productive lines of

enquiry, discourse and knowledge

creation (which may include practice-

based or pedagogic), the originality,

rigour, significance and impact of which

are measurable within relevant

frameworks, and appropriate standards

(which may include academic or industrial

peer review);

Teaching and

Learning or

Teaching and

Learning

Support

Understand, and effectively apply, appropriate pedagogies;

Participate in appropriate systems of planning, delivery, quality

assurance/enhancement and assessment to ensure effective student learning and

attainment within an overall curriculum;

Maintain awareness of external disciplinary and sector-wide practice and standards

including appropriate and ongoing external participation ;

Hold, or demonstrate measurable progress towards Fellowship of the Higher

Education Academy, or comparable accreditation (within 3 years for new

appointments);

Participate in continuing professional development in relation to learning, teaching

and assessment;

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Information

Analysis,

Evaluation and

Application

(Information

Review, Analysis

and Scholarship)

Keep up-to-date with and critically evaluate trends and developments in area of

responsibility and/or expertise, applying to balance of duties as appropriate and

contributing to team or school level understanding;

Where possible, take responsibility for tracking, evaluating and communicating the

impact of own teaching, scholarship or research as directed.

Communication

Engage an audience and impart complex information effectively;

Interpret and offer referenced commentary on complex concepts and information;

Apply specialist concepts within non-specialist contexts;

Effectively communicate expertise and enthusiasm to students, as well as providing

clear, criteria-based evaluative feedback, both verbal and written;

Generate clear copy regarding expertise for internal and external readerships, as

necessary;

Service Delivery

Play a part in stakeholder relationships as required;

Participate in external representations of the work of the School and your discipline

and expertise (for example at Open Days, in community development, marketing,

fundraising and alumni relations);

Deliver academic programmes in accordance with agreed frameworks;

Ensure compliance with School systems, codes of conduct, policies and regulations,

both with regard to your own actions and employees and students within your

oversight;

Liaison and

Networking

Participate in, and lead as appropriate, team meetings and School-wide working

groups as required

Serve on School-wide committees and processes, both internally and externally;

Participate in national and international networks relevant to your expertise,

including online and in-person engagement (e.g. jiscmail lists, subject associations,

professional bodies);

Collaborate collegially with co-workers from across the School to complete projects

effectively

Represent Central in external networks and meetings as directed;

Team

Development

Encourage and motivate colleagues, students, and visitors with regard to professional

development, including participation in panels and meetings, as well as through

processes of peer review and observation and dissemination of appropriate

expertise;

Participate in Balance of Duties agreement processes with line manager and

collaborate to ensure fair distribution of workload across teams;

Be transparent and cooperative in development and performance review;

Teamwork and

Motivation

Act collegially with co-workers (including other academics and administrative

departments) in achieving agreed outcomes;

Co-operate, leading when appropriate, in the management of work flow within teams

including the fair allocation and distribution of tasks to ensure timely delivery. This

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will include the allocation of tasks to cover for sickness absence or approved leave of

absence;

Take responsibility for safe and ethical practices of students, colleagues, project-

teams and working groups as directed, supervising and making arrangements for

deployment of individuals as directed;

Oversee, where relevant, the completion of School-wide projects;

Contribute to positive morale among students and staff around confidence in school

systems, constructively addressing issues or raising with relevant departments when

appropriate;

Pastoral Care

and Welfare

Respond to student pastoral and welfare issues in line with School guidance for

academic staff;

Be aware of and brief and inform students of relevant support and care services;

Liaise with relevant student support departments in relation to student matters,

disability and learner support;

Give support, guidance or pastoral care when standard procedures do not always

exist;

Conduct yourself ethically, maintaining professionally appropriate boundaries with

students and those within your responsibility;

Play an active role in facilitating student and staff satisfaction;

Initiative and

Problem Solving

Use initiative, imagination, and lateral thinking in relation both to situations arising in

the normal course of events and to unforeseen problems/planning challenges, in

order to find effective solutions within established parameters;

Resolve problems where there is a lack of precedent which call for innovation and

creative thought to develop appropriate options;

Contribute to problem solving beyond area of specialism;

Use initiative, imagination, and lateral thinking in relation both to situations arising in

the normal course of events and to unforeseen problems/planning challenges, in

order to find effective solutions within established parameters;

Resolve problems where there is a lack of precedent which call for innovation and

creative thought to develop appropriate options;

Planning and

Organising

Coordinate with others (such as support staff or academic colleagues) in order to

ensure effective delivery of areas of oversight, including working in collaboration with

line manager to effectively manage your balance of duties;

Take responsibility for meeting delegated targets and established standards with

regard to ongoing professional and departmental or school-based developments;

Provide input to longer-term planning;

Take responsibility for planning personal professional development, in dialogue with

relevant colleagues;

Decision

Making

Processes and

Outcomes

Take decisions and assume ethical responsibility in matters of academic judgment

(for example student admissions, assessments, selection of visiting lecturers,

specification of course materials) within delegated area of authority;

Actively contribute to team decision-making processes;

Undertake options appraisal to support decision-making processes;

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Sensory and

Physical

Demands

Use highly specialist or very complex machinery, tools and equipment as necessary

and appropriate;

Work in and adapt practices to a range of academic, administrative and technical

physical environments as reasonably designated;

Continually develop and deploy competence in relevant technologies;

Work

Environment

Take responsibility for the health and safety of self and others at all times;

Participate in School-wide health and safety processes (for example risk assessment

and reduction, inclusive and ethical behaviour and student satisfaction);

Behave in accordance with School codes of conduct and actively draw student

attention to relevant regulations and responsibilities to maintain a safe and inclusive

working environment;

Undertake specific duties in relation to health and safety and risk management in

accordance with role;

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The grade 7 role profile builds on the skills and expertise previously recorded in the grade 6 role profile.




The expertise element of Grade 7 is closely aligned to the criteria for the Senior Lecturer title.


HERA Elements

Job Families



Expertise

(Knowledge and

Experience)

Be recognised as a national authority

in the field by peer specialists and

organisations;

Demonstrate developing subject or

disciplinary leadership through

positions within the school and/or in

professional networks;

Shape and influence within Central

through own contribution in area of

expertise;

Produce high quality outputs that

innovatively apply expertise

(pedagogic or professional),

contributing to the measurable

impact of the School as a centre of

specialist disciplinary excellence, as

recognised through peer networks,

appropriate measurable review

processes and relevant frameworks;

Be recognised as a national authority in

the field by peer specialists and

organisations;

Demonstrate developing subject or

disciplinary leadership through positions

within the school and/or in professional

networks;

Shape and influence within Central

through own contribution in area of

expertise;

Produce high quality outputs (written or

practice-based), that develop original and

significant disciplinary authority, as

recognised through peer networks,

appropriate measurable review

processes and relevant frameworks;

Teaching and

Learning or

Teaching and

Learning

Support

Hold, or demonstrate measurable progress towards Senior Fellowship of the Higher

Education Academy, or comparable accreditation (within 3 years for new

appointments);

Demonstrate leadership in pedagogic practice, including teaching regularly at both

undergraduate and postgraduate level and undertaking associated academic

management tasks as required;

Take responsibility for standards of teaching, learning and assessment under own

oversight;

Provide evidence of demonstrable excellence in teaching practice according to

relevant measures of esteem;

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Information

Analysis,

Evaluation and

Application

(Information

Review, Analysis

and Scholarship)

Analyse statistics and data to evaluate against benchmarks and criteria, including

KPIs, drawing conclusions and helping to formulate School strategy;

Take part in external examining and/or peer review processes germane to specialist

expertise and areas of practice;

Take responsibility for analysing and communicating the impact of own teaching,

scholarship and/or research, and that of area of managerial oversight (e.g. course,

project etc)

Communication

Present effectively to stakeholders on behalf of the course and/or the School;

Be able to produce high quality, reliable and complex written reports, marketing copy

and applications/bids for a variety of purposes;

Represent the subject area and aspects of the School in the media effectively;

Service Delivery

Understand, evaluate, respond to and manage stakeholder expectations (including

those of students, prospective students, industry employers and agents, Governors,

partners and external agencies);

Regularly play a role in quality assurance and enhancement processes and in

ensuring standards of academic and professional conduct among staff, students and

visitors under oversight in line with School codes and policies.

Liaison and

Networking

Chair sub-committees, task groups, reviews and panels as required;

Working within established School systems, initiate and action new cross-disciplinary,

cross-departmental and/or industry collaborations;

Present or advance developments and new initiatives at planning days;

Represent area and/or school on school-wide committees or significant disciplinary

organisations;

Team

Development

Line manage and appraise/review permanent, fixed-term or regular visiting staff,

ensuring compliance with School systems and policies, maintaining oversight of their

professional development, balance of duties and continuing professional

development;

Provide assurance to the School of the above as required

Regularly review and proactively refresh pool of registered visiting staff in own area

of responsibility, demonstrating proactivity in relation to School equality and diversity

objectives

Help formulate job descriptions and participate in staff recruitment processes;

Identify current capabilities and future needs;

Teamwork and

Motivation

Exhibit leadership in engendering teamwork and motivation of staff and students in

relation to the delivery of the curriculum and the objectives of the Academic Strategy;

Regularly or consistently participate in leadership roles on School-wide and external

projects;

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Pastoral Care

and Welfare

Oversee processes of a confidential nature (for example matters of capability,

discipline, grievance and wellbeing) in relation to both staff and students, as

appropriate;

Ensure relevant student support takes place according to School-wide protocols;

Initiative and

Problem

Solving

Consistently Chair or play key roles in modelling solutions within Schoolwide

committees and sub-committees and task groups, or in external disciplinary

organisations in order to develop initiatives or solve issues related to Academic

Strategy and/or sector-wide development;

Contribute ideas and solutions in faculty leadership and problem-solving processes;

Planning and

Organising

Regularly undertake course or other administrative management duties under

oversight and direction of line manager or other designated leader, as delegated;

As required, monitor, and take managerial responsibility for the work of others in

relation to set targets;

Work with line manager and managerial structures to ensure a fair and sustainable

distribution and/or rotation of administration and management responsibilities in

order to enhance teaching excellence and knowledge production as per Academic

Strategy. Anticipate problems and make projections to resolve or reduce risk;

Decision

Making

Processes and

Outcomes

Regularly take decisions in relation to, and be accountable for, the deployment of

resources (human, physical and budgetary);

Display leadership in decision-making processes, be able to take a reasoned overview

of debate, and cast the deciding vote where necessary;

Sensory and

Physical

Demands

In liaison with the relevant departments, oversee staff and student interaction with

the physical working environment, taking into account any special needs or

reasonable adjustments;

Work

Environment

Be assured that staff, students and visitors under own direct oversight are actively

taking responsibility for risk prevention;

Report annually on risk management and health and safety practice in relation to

area of responsibility;

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The expertise element of Grade 8 is closely aligned to the criteria for the Reader and Principal Lecturer titles.


HERA Elements

Job Families



Expertise

(Knowledge and

Experience)

Be recognised as an international

authority in the field by peer subject

specialists (demonstrated by

testimony, key-note invitations, leading

international networks and/or bids);

Be a subject area leader in terms of

curriculum development, staff

discourse and industry/academic

networks;

Be an active member of disciplinary

associations and play a part in national

and international developments;

Undertake specialist work that

significantly contributes to the

measurable impact, advancement

and/or income of the School as a

specialist HEI;

Oversee the development of projects

and areas recognised to be of excellent

quality according to relevant measures

of esteem and impact (including peer

testimony, review and awards);

Produce high quality outputs, applying

pedagogic or professional expertise,

which are judged to be internationally

excellent, impacting practice and/or

pedagogy within the discipline;

Be recognised for practice and/or

pedagogic excellence through

appropriate national and international

channels, such as award of HEA

Principal Fellowship, National Teaching

Fellowship, other Professional Awards

and international industry awards;

Be recognised as an international


specialists (demonstrated by testimony,

key-note invitations, leading

international networks and/or bids);

Be a subject area leader in terms of

curriculum development, staff discourse

and industry/academic networks;

Be an active member of disciplinary

associations and play a part in national

and international developments;

Undertake specialist work that

significantly contributes to the

measurable impact, advancement

and/or income of the School as a

specialist HEI;

Oversee the development of projects

and areas recognised to be of excellent

quality according to relevant measures

of esteem and impact (including peer

testimony, review and awards);

Produce high quality research outputs

recognised to be at least internationally

excellent in terms of originality, rigour

and significance;

Be recognised for research excellence

through invitations to serve as

disciplinary expert, PhD examination, or

similar methods of acknowledgment;

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Teaching and

Learning or

Teaching and

Learning

Support

Recognition of pedagogic oversight through internal and external mechansims,

including playing a leadership role in complex multi-strand/interdisciplinary practice

and programmes;

Articulate and facilitate long term vision and development with regard to institutional

curriculum and for course developments;

Significant responsibility in enhancing teaching excellence within the school,

mentoring, overseeing and aiding in development processes for early career teachers

and practitioners;

Information

Analysis,

Evaluation and

Application

(Information

Review, Analysis

and Scholarship)

Take responsibility for ensuring the systematic collation and return of impact data

and narratives in own area of oversight

institutions and propose and advise on overall academic strategy, including

collaborating with the Deanery with regard to feasibility studies and course

development;

Keep abreast of policy and subject development nationally and internationally, acting

as an advisor, both internally and externally in relation to significant changes;

Be trained and when required act as an investigating officer with regards to employee

and student relation disputes;

Communication

Author significant documents on behalf of the School;

Represent the School and the sector in the media;

When appropriate act on behalf of EMG as proxy;

Service Delivery

Work closely with industry to ensure graduates are appropriately skilled to meet

changing employment requirements and expectations, as well as becoming future

leaders of the field and take initiatives in relation to this;

Consistently demonstrate leadership in meeting Academic Strategy objectives;

Consistently take a significant, leading role in quality assurance and enhancement

processes and in setting standards of academic and professional conduct

Undertake impact assessments in relation to the role;

Liaison and

Networking

Lead the development of external partnerships and institutional relationships in line

with the Academic Strategy;

When appropriate, act on behalf of the Dean of School and/or Director of

Research/Director of Learning, Teaching and Student Experience as proxy;

Team

Development

Oversee direct and indirect reporting lines ensuring parity;

Define performance standards required and identify appropriate developmental

activities;

Teamwork and

Motivation

Facilitate cooperative and productive working between teams across the institution,

including both working practices and attitudes;

Advise the Dean of School and Dean of School and/or Director of Research/Director

of Learning, Teaching and Student Experience on staff matters, and play a part as

required in senior academic leadership;

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Pastoral Care

and Welfare

Chair staff and student investigation and disciplinary panels;

Take a lead in facilitating staff and student satisfaction;

Initiative and

Problem

Solving

Contribute original thinking to School planning processes and risk management;

Scope out and propose new ideas for potential external partners, consultancy

opportunities or other sources of income;

Be a point of reference for resolving unprecedented and complex matters as and

when appropriate;

Initiate solutions that take into account strategic implications for the institution and

that do not limit future choice;

Planning and

Organising

With the Dean of School and Director of Research, play a strategic lead in proposing

/developing innovations and enhancements to course/school management and

planning structures/principles, in order to facilitate best practice in teaching and

research, and allow a productive distribution and rotation of administrative and

managerial responsibilities;

Chair academic or management committees, or similar oversight-level bodies

externally within the discipline or industry;

Decision

Making

Processes and

Outcomes

Actively contribute to important decisions that could have a significant impact on the

long-term business/strategic management of the institution (both internally and

externally);

Sensory and

Physical

Demands

Be able to manage conflicting and pressurised workloads and other operational

demands while remaining productive and in control of own targets and objectives;

Work

Environment

Undertake specific responsibilities in relation to risk and emergency management;

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The expertise element of Grade 9 is closely aligned to the criteria for the title of Professor


HERA Elements

Job Families



Expertise

(Knowledge and

Experience)

Be recognised as a leading

international authority in the field by

peer subject specialists;

Play a leading role in the development

of standards and peer review

measures internationally;

Demonstrate a high profile of public

engagement that confirms the School

as a world-leading centre of specialist

disciplinary excellence;

Be able to take strategic decisions in

relation to Central’s Academic Plan;

Provide intellectual leadership within

the School;

Recognition as a world-leading

champion of the discipline, within

either or both relevant educational and

industry sectors nationally and

internationally;

Produce written outputs or practice

that have significantly shaped

pedagogical or professional practices

nationally and internationally;

Lead specialist pedagogic or

professional projects nationally and

internationally;

Be recognised as a leading international


specialists;

Play a leading role in the development of

standards and peer review measures

internationally;


engagement that confirms the School as

a world-leading centre of specialist


Be able to take strategic decisions in

relation to Central’s Academic Plan;


the School;

Produce research outputs

acknowledged to be world-leading,

advancing the discipline and opening

new avenues for further research;

Lead specialist research and innovation

projects internationally;

Teaching and

Learning or

Teaching and

Learning

Support

Lead the development of academic policies and strategies across the School;

Demonstrate personal excellence in learning and teaching practices and promote

excellence in others;

Take an institutional lead on development and execution of Academic Strategy;

Play significant roles in disciplinary and sector-led national and international

organisations, advancing discussion about teaching and learning;

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Information

Analysis,

Evaluation and

Application

(Information

Review, Analysis

and Scholarship)

Take a strategic lead in school portfolio development as necessary and appropriate

around research, scholarship, teaching practice and/or academic staff development

strategy and methodologies;

Regularly be invited to contribute high-level expertise to external bodies;

In area of academic leadership or management, play a leading role in informing and

developing the School’s impact analysis and evaluation strategy, and advising on

institutional impact narratives.

Communication

Act as a principal spokesperson for an area of the School's mission;

Act as a designated principal spokesperson in response to media enquiry, incident or

emergency management;

Service Delivery

Be part of a senior leadership team leading schoolwide delivery of the Academic

Strategy, ensuring world-leading practice and ethical standards and regulatory

compliance;

Have a developed and informed sense of what academic service delivery should

entail;

Deputise or provide sabbatical cover for members of the Deanery/EMG as

appropriate;

Liaison and

Networking

Be in regular national and international dialogue with specialist peers;

Promote the work of the School and its specialisms internationally;

Sustain a personal profile as a subject specialist within international settings;

Initiate and lead international networks and projects;

Act as proxy for the Dean of School as required;

Team

Development

Exercise academic leadership for all subject-area teaching and research, identifying

and supporting innovation and best practice across the School and with external

organisations;

Advise the School with regard to development strategy and academic appointment;

Advise on staff recruitment and development policy in own area of academic

leadership and in relation to Academic Strategy

Teamwork and

Motivation

Communicate effectively a clear vision of Central;

Provide leadership and direction to the whole School for the School's approved plan;

Pastoral Care

and Welfare

Take senior-level leadership, as required, for student and staff welfare and learning

support; mentoring and providing institutional guidance where necessary;

Initiative and

Problem

Solving

Take the initiative in emergency situations and demonstrate high level leadership

skills;

Take the lead in finding solutions to School-wide problems and putting in place well-

designed structures for avoiding future problems;

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Planning and

Organising

Take overall responsibility for the strategic planning, organisation and deployment of

resources within own area of accountability and participate in School-wide planning

of resource management and sustainability;

Oversee the planning and organisation of course and project teams internally and

externally;

Decision

Making

Processes and

Outcomes

Take effective decisions in emergency situations and demonstrate high level

leadership skills;

Collaborate and share responsibility with senior heads of department in relation to

strategic decision-making for School-wide implementation;

Chair review and evaluation panels and processes both internally and externally;

Sensory and

Physical

Demands

Manage and support others in their handling of conflicting and pressurised workloads

in order to achieve strategic targets and objectives;

Work

Environment

Coordinate and assure the effective risk and health and safety management of a range

of services;

Lead by example, setting high personal standards of professional conduct and

positivity;

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The role profile below represents the range of competencies that grade 10 role holders would be expected

to deliver and achieve effectively. In order to satisfy the requirements of a grade 10 post, the role holder will



HERA Elements

Job Families



Expertise

(Knowledge and

Experience)

Be recognised as a key leading




engagement that confirms the School

as a world-leading centre of specialist



the discipline broadly;

Maintain a world leading track record

of written or practice outputs which

evidence a clear and continued impact

on pedagogy and or professional

practice in the discipline;

Lead major pedagogic or professional

projects nationally and internationally;

Be recognised as a key leading




engagement that confirms the School as

a world-leading centre of specialist



the discipline broadly;

Maintain a track record of research

outputs acknowledged to be world-

leading, evidencing clear impact on the

discipline and academic discourse more

broadly;

Lead major research and innovation

projects;

Teaching and

Learning or

Teaching and

Learning

Support

Play a significant role in the development of academic policies and strategies

nationally and/or internationally;

Exemplify personal excellence in teaching and learning practice within the discipline;

Formulate School-wide developmental activity to support teaching and learning,

informed by knowledge of best practice in the sector;

Engage in sector-wide discussion about teaching and learning support;

Information

Analysis,

Evaluation and

Application

(Information

Review, Analysis

and Scholarship)

Maintain a track record of regular invitation to contribute high-level expertise to

external bodies;

Communication

Act as a principal spokesperson for the School;

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Service Delivery

Advise to senior leadership teams leading schoolwide delivery of the Academic

Strategy, ensuring world-leading practice and ethical standards and regulatory

compliance;

Liaison and

Networking

Maintain a substantive track record with major disciplinary and/or professional

national and international bodies;

Team

Development

Exercise academic leadership for all subject-areas in teaching and

research/scholarship, identifying and supporting innovation and best practice across

the School and with external organisations;

Advise the Deanery with regard to development strategy and academic appointment;

Teamwork and

Motivation

Ensure all staff in own subject area are motivated by an inclusive discourse and

common mission

Provide sustained leadership and direction to the School and colleagues;

Pastoral Care

and Welfare

Take senior-level leadership, as required, for student and staff welfare and learning

support, mentoring and providing institutional guidance where necessary;

Initiative and

Problem

Solving

Take the lead in finding solutions to School-wide problems and putting in place well-

designed structures for avoiding future problems;

Anticipate problems and make projections;

initiate solutions which take into account strategic implications for the organisation

and which do not limit future choices;

Planning and

Organising

Take overall responsibility for the strategic organisation and deployment of resources

within own area of accountability and participate in School-wide planning of resource

management and sustainability;

Decision

Making

Processes and

Outcomes

Play a key leading advisory role in critic strategic decisions and play a leading role in

institutional change management as and when appropriate

Sensory and

Physical

Demands

Manage and support others in their handling of conflicting and pressurised workloads

in order to achieve strategic targets and objectives;

Work

Environment

Coordinate and assure the effective risk and health and safety management of a range

of services;

Lead by example, setting high personal standards of professional conduct and

positivity;

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