When raising a staff request, you are required to select a position type. It is important that you refer closely to the Staff request and Contract Decision tool when selecting the position type, because this instructs the reward team as to which process the request should follow. Choosing an incorrect position type may lead to your staff request having to be rejected and resubmitted, or graded uneccessarily.
The table below shows the position types and additional information which instruct the Reward team how to process the staff request:
| Position type | Key additional information |
Action |
|---|---|---|
| New post - Generic JD | Provide generic reference number. All Researchers should use this position type | Set up |
| New post - Existing JD | Provide previous post/request number | Set up |
| New post - New JD | Graded & set up | |
| Regrading | Grade 1-9 | Graded & set up if successful |
| New post - correction | Set up | |
| New post - duplicate | Set up | |
| Replacement/refill | Set up | |
| Existing post - new contract | Set up |
Jobs will not require full evaluation if the analyst can match the post to a generic JD, or a previously graded JD. Please therefore choose your position type carefully and provide any information in relation to the job description in the additional information of the staff request, as it may enable us to process the request more swiftly. It is at the discretion of the reward team as to whether a job description requires grading or not and a job description should be attached to all requests regardless of whether or not grading is required.
