Guidance on introducing job evaluation

JOB EVALUATION

Guidance on introducing job evaluation

Universities, higher education colleges and their trade unions (apart from the AUT) have agreed guidance on how to introduce job evaluation.

What you will find in this guidance

This 12-page report deals with the basic considerations affecting the choice and development of processes for role analysis and job evaluation.

It is divided into the following sections: the need for role analysis and job evaluation meeting the need definition of terms aims of role analysis and job evaluation features of role analysis and job evaluation processes design and operational considerations criteria for choice implementing role analysis and job evaluation.

Appendices A: Types of non-analytical schemes B:  Evaluating job evaluation C: Guidelines on job evaluation D: Implementation framework

Want to know more?

Title: Role Analysis and Job Evaluation: Guidance for Higher Education Institutions, Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff, January 2004.

Availability: The report is available on the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) web site at www.ucea.ac.uk/report_role_analysis_guidance.htm

Read the press release online at www.ucea.ac.uk/archive150104.html

The UCEA is the employers' association for "subscribing universities and other higher education institutions in the United Kingdom". To find out more visit www.ucea.ac.uk

The Joint National Committee for Higher Education Staff (JNCHES) was established following an agreement in June 2001 between the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) and all ten unions representing staff in higher education.

Posted 19 February 2004