Job Evaluation update - December 2019

By now everyone should've received information about the job evaluation process in the council. The starting point for the process is to evaluate the benchmark jobs covering grades one to eight.

View the current list of benchmark jobs (PDF, 275 KB)(opens new window) identified by the Operational Steering group.

The Operational Steering Group, including the Trade Unions, agreed that the following benchmark jobs were included in the first round of interviews:
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Supporting staff for interviews

Before the interviews started, volunteers from the job groups above were invited to a briefing session about the job evaluation process, which included a demonstration of the scheme's electronic questionnaire. Managers and Trade Union representatives were also invited to attend the briefings to support staff through the process.

Staff were then asked to complete a paper version of the questionnaire in preparation for the interview. Around two weeks after the briefing session the benchmark job holders were then invited to an interview with a job analyst to go through the scheme's electronic questionnaire to capture information about the demands of their job. Staff can also invite another person to the interview for support, for example, a trade union rep or colleague.

The interviews and briefings took place at the three hubs at: Govan, Anniesland and Bridgeton, during normal working hours and staff were given the time off work to attend. Interviews are all on a voluntary basis.

The Job Evaluation Liaison Officers in HR teams and line managers were involved in identifying benchmark job holders to attend briefings and interviews.

A new section Steps to job evaluation has been added to the Job Evaluation homepage.

Next steps

The Operational Steering Group has also agreed that the following benchmark jobs will be included in the next round of interviews. The process of briefing and interviewing staff will then be repeated until all the benchmark jobs have been evaluated.
 

Further work is required to identify benchmark jobs for grades 9 to 14, as well as the generic and unique jobs. The interview process will continue until all jobs in the council have been evaluated.

Remember, not everyone need to be interviewed for benchmark and generic jobs, it's a sample that's required to represent the majority of job holders. Unique job holders will all be interviewed as only one person does the job. 

Frequently asked question and answers

You can read the frequently asked questions and answers here.