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Following our update in December 2022, we can now report that all 22 college HR departments have received the initial outcomes from the evaluation process for feedback. 

College HR department feedback is now ongoing and will be considered before the finalised outcomes from the evaluation process are ready for ratification from the NJNC Job Evaluation Working Group, and subsequently the full NJNC.

Employers and support staff trade unions met on Wednesday 22 February 2023 for informal, exploratory discussions on this area of work.  This included undertaking Stage Three (development of pay and grading options) in a timeous and efficient way.  Both sides reiterated their joint commitment to ensuring college staff can access the funding set aside for National Job Evaluation outcomes as soon as possible. 

Further discussions will continue between employers and support staff trade unions over the coming weeks, and we will aim to provide a further update in April 2023.

In the meantime, if you have any questions, you can contact your college HR department, Job Evaluation Project Team or UNISON, GMB, Unite.

Following our update at the end of October 2022, we can now report that work on the final quality assurance checks, as part of Stage Two (evaluation of roles), has been progressing well over the past few months and all 22 college HR departments are due to receive the initial outcomes from the evaluation process for feedback ahead of the festive break. 

Next steps will be for the project team to consider this feedback and finalise the outcomes from the evaluation process ready for ratification from the NJNC Job Evaluation Working Group and subsequently to the full NJNC in early 2023 and therefore, conclude this stage of the project. 

A project update was provided at the recent NJNC Side Table (Support) meeting on Wednesday 7 December 2022 and further key meetings will be scheduled for early 2023 to allow further discussions to take place between the support staff and management sides on taking forward the remaining stages of the project which includes Stage Three (development of pay and grading options) and Stage Four (Appeals Process). 

Once these discussions have taken place, the project team will be able firm up the details around timescales for final implementation, and we will aim to provide a further update in February 2023.

In the meantime, if you have any questions, you can contact your college HR department, Job Evaluation Project Team or UNISON, GMB, Unite.

Following our update in July 2022, we can now report that over the past few months, the project team has been concluding on the final quality assurance checks on the scores across all 22 colleges, as part of Stage Two (evaluation of roles) of the project. 

The outcomes from the evaluation process will be presented to individual college HR departments for final feedback during mid-November 2022 before these are presented to the NJNC Job Evaluation Working Group and subsequently to the full NJNC for ratification.

Once Stage Two of the project has concluded, the project team will be able to communicate definite timescales for taking forward Stage Three (development of pay and grading options).

We appreciate your continued support whilst we do the necessary work to conclude Stage Two and we will aim to provide a further update during December 2022.

If you have any questions, you can contact your college HR department, Job Evaluation Project Team or UNISON, GMB, Unite.

Following our update in December 2021, we can now report that during the first six months of 2022 the project team has been undertaking the final quality assurance checks on the scores across all 22 colleges, as part of Stage Two (evaluation of roles) of the project.  These checks have taken longer than initially anticipated however, we are pleased to report that after the Summer we will be able to start to present the outcomes from the evaluation process to individual college HR departments for final feedback before these are presented to the NJNC Job Evaluation Working Group and subsequently to the full NJNC for ratification. We appreciate you are all awaiting the outcomes of the exercise and we thank you for your patience whilst we do the necessary work and finalise quality checks.

Due to the volume of work required to properly validate and analyse the Stage 2 data, we are not as far on with Stage Three (development of pay and grading options) as we had hoped, as we require a robust set of job evaluation outcomes to undertake the actual pay modelling part of the project. The Pay Working Group has however been continuing to meet regularly and has been undertaking a full review of the previously gathered pay data with individual colleges and verifying this to ensure modelling work can commence straight away once the outcomes from the evaluation process are known. 

The Role Analysts who have remained on the project for the past two and a half years have now returned to their substantive posts back at their individual colleges. We would like to thank them for their hard work and for their dedication to the project to date.

The project team will be able to firm up the details around timescales for taking forward Stage Three after the Summer break and these will be communicated to you as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, you can contact your college HR department, Job Evaluation Project Team or UNISON, GMB, Unite.