Enterprise and External Engagement - Grade 5
Example job roles: Assistant Technician, Technician
Level: Developing/SkilledÌý
Experiences
Activities and responsibilities likely to be required when working at this level
Health & Safety responsibilities
- Promote and follow safe working practices
- Report faults or damage to equipment and assist with simple maintenance tasks
- Understand and follow safety paperwork, with the ability to identify and report hazards
- Conduct routine compliance tasks
- Maintain good housekeeping, assisting with waste disposal procedures and cleaning activities
Core responsibilities
- Contribute to meetings
- Make suggestions to improve the service
- Contribute to and support change
- Assist with stock control and stores operations
- Assist with accurate record keeping, inventory and asset management
- Conduct portering duties
- With high accuracy prepare routine reagents and materials adhering to SOPs where necessary
- Operate simple equipment following instruction or SOPs and interpret simple results
- Organise laboratory spaces in preparation of scheduled activities
- Report faults or damage to infrastructure
- Set up and operate equipment following well-established procedures
- Assist with the induction of new staff, and contribute to the training of students and junior staff
- Provide customer service to members of the public to promote events and services
- Liaise with external bodies and suppliers
- Supervise junior staff
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Personal and professional development
Development options to consider when working towards this level
Learning on the job
- Develop analytical skills
- Develop report writing skills
- Develop problem-solving skills to deal with complexity
- Take responsibility for undertaking work independently, carrying out tasks without supervision
- Participate in activities to support continuous improvementÌý
- Develop accurate record keeping skills
- Apply additional training or acquired knowledge to day-to-day tasks
- Read publications relevant to field and incorporate learning into your work
Learning from othersÌýÌý
- Work shadow colleagues to gain an understanding of new or different work practices
- Use peer groups to share experiences and knowledge
- Work shadow more senior members of the team in the working environmentÌý
- Join a professional body to gain wider sector awareness and engagement
Formal learning
- Apply for training through a mid-career apprenticeship programme
- Sector relevant Health & Safety training, Dignity at Work, Inclusive working
- Apply for accredited membership to a professional body
- Sector relevant training in standards, guidelines, ethics
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Transferable skills and competencies
°×С½ãÂÛ̳ uses the Universal Competency Framework (UCF) to discuss transferable skills. Find out moreÌýdetails on the framework.
Applying expertise and technology
- Applying technical expertise
- Building technical expertise
- Sharing expertise
- Using technology resources
- Demonstrating physical and manual skills
- Demonstrating cross-functional awareness
- Demonstrating spatial awareness
Working with people
- Understanding others
- Adapting to the team
- Building team spirit
- Recognising and rewarding contributions
- Listening
- Consulting others
- Communicating proactively
- Showing tolerance and consideration
- Showing empathy
- Supporting others
- Caring for others
- Developing and communicating self-knowledge and insight
Developing results and setting customer expectations
- Focusing on customer needs and satisfaction
- Setting high standards for quality
- Monitoring and maintaining quality
- Working systematically
- Managing quality processes
- Maintaining productivity levels
- Driving projects to success.
°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Ways of Working
These describe expected behaviours in line with °×С½ãÂÛ̳ culture and values.Ìý For Ways of Working indicators and steps to development please refer to theÌýWays of Working website.Ìý
4 January 2024
“Career Pathway roles are indicative and are not intended to be a description of the role in terms of responsibilty and duties.
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Career Case Studies
Progression can lead to these type of Enterprise and Engagement roles.
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Louise Rayner
Director, Archaeology South-East, °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Institute of Archaeology
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