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Operations Management - grade 8

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

Level: IndependentÌý ÌýÌý

Experiences

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

  • Providing leadership support and advice to a team or teams
  • Influencing and implementing strategy and long term goalsÌý
  • Planning; responsibility for communications within a team/areaÌý
  • Managing significant budgets and resourcesÌý
  • Able to use workforce planning to identify recruitment and talent needs within area
  • Accountable for service delivery
  • Providing outreach support in the form of presentations
  • Running workshopsÌý
  • Deputising for senior managers
  • Awareness of internal and external risks and issues that may affect area of work
  • Leading on projects
  • Advising senior management on operational issues
  • Providing and analysing management information
  • Contributing to the development and implementation of departmental strategic operating plans
  • Promote and enable collaboration across service areas
  • Facilitating staff development

Personal and professional development

Development options to consider when working towards this level

Learning on the job

  • Leading projects/project management
  • Budget managementÌý
  • People management
  • General planning and evaluation
  • Getting high performance from the teamÌý
  • Writing proposals/ reports for various audiences including senior management

Learning from othersÌýÌý

  • Mentoring/managing staff
  • Setting up a small working groupÌý
  • 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,Ìýattending conferences
  • Obtaining 360 degree feedback from your manager

Formal learning

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  • Training; project/programme
  • Management training
  • Qualification or membership from a professional body

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

Transferable skills and competencies

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê uses the Universal Competency Framework (UCF) to discuss transferable skills. Find out moreÌýdetails on the framework.

Leading and Supervising

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

Deciding and Initiating Action

  • Making decisionsÌý
  • Taking responsibility
  • Acting with ConfidenceÌý
  • Acting on own initiative
  • Taking action
  • Taking calculated risks

Persuading and influencing

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

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Ways of Working

These describe expected behaviours in line with Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê culture and values.Ìý For Ways of Working indicators and steps to development please refer to theÌýWays of Working website.Ìý

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