2010 promotions process professor andy vann senior deputy vice-chancellor
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Overview
• Four takeaway points
• Overview of process
• Changes in 2009
• Helpful advice
• Reminder of four takeaway points
• Questions
• Talk to your head of school now!• Read the policy and procedures• Clearly state your case – make it
easy for the Committee to say yes• Get a critical friend to read your
application before submission
Takeaway points
Overview of Process
• Applicant talks to HOS to get advice• Applicant completes promotions application form
• Ensure all supporting documentation is in order
• HOS comments on application and recommends• PVC(F) comments on application and
recommends
Overview of Process
• Applicant may respond to comments from HOS and PVC
• Application submitted to Human Resources for consideration by the Committee
• Committee interviews Head of School and candidate
• Committee makes decision on application
Key Dates
24 June - Applications open
23 Aug - Deadline for submission of applications to
Head of School for final comment
6 Sep - Deadline for submission of applications to
Faculty PVC complete with Head of School Report
20 Sep - Final deadline for submission of applications
to Human Resources complete with Faculty PVC
comments
8-12 Nov - Interviews
15-17 Nov - Advice to applicants on outcomes
Please note that the final schedule will be dependent on the number of
applications
Changes in 2009
• Reducing key criteria from five to three:• Teaching and Learning• Research and Scholarship• Service and Engagement
• Rationale:• Scholarship was separate, but evidence was
around research impact• Leadership usually demonstrated in higher levels
of performance than separate issue• Should be simpler for applicants and panel
Changes in 2009
• Equality between research and scholarship and teaching and learning• Associate Professor previously required outstanding teaching
but not necessarily outstanding research• Possible to be promoted to personal chair based on
international teaching and learning leadership as per research track
• Note service and engagement is still seen as impliedly somewhat less equal than research and teaching and learning
• Reader category now gone
• Rationale: wish it to be plain that research and teaching are both essential to the University’s mission
Changes for 2010
• New promotions form introduced in 2009 (based on UQ form) with more explicit guidance on structure for application
• Revised in 2010 following feedback
Changes in 2009
• HOS to specify whether PMP is satisfactory and whether any issues should be brought to attention of the committee• Rationale: Job of HOS is to advise committee
appropriately, not to barrack on behalf of staff member
Helpful Advice
• Read the policy and procedures• At
http://www.jcu.edu.au/policy/hr/classification/index.htm
Helpful Advice
• Role of HOS:• Assumption is PMP is working well. • You should already know roughly where you stand• Your HOS (perhaps with assistance from senior peer)
should be able to advise you on your chances• You are very unlikely to be promoted without the
support of your HOS• Talk to your HOS right now and listen carefully to
what they say.
Helpful Advice
• Clearly state your case• Reflection from panel last year: people who were
promoted had a clear and justified view of their own performance and contribution, supported by evidence.
• Grantsmanship: make a clear, easily graspable case with enough compelling evidence that it’s difficult to dismiss.
• Do not leave it until the last minute!
Helpful Advice
• Get a critical friend to read your application• They will give you a read on whether you have
complied with previous tip• Often previous successful applicants will share their
application• Often previous successful applicants or committee
members will be glad to provide advice
Other Points
• Ensure publications are registered with HERDC collection
• Apparently JCU has missed out on >$600k of funding through publications not being registered with HERDC
Contact Points
Any queries should be directed to Mr Reg Jackson
• Talk to your head of school now!• Read the policy and procedures• Clearly state your case – make it
easy for the Committee to say yes• Get a critical friend to read your
application before submission
Takeaway points