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
°×С½ãÂÛ̳ 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
°×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
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Career case studies
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