Why are there two different systems of measuring jobs for different staff groups – matching and evaluation?
The two different approaches have been adopted as a result of consultation with the trades unions. Among the unions representing support staff, there was a preference for maintaining the existing approach of evaluating individual roles (except where roles are very clearly “generic”). Therefore, job descriptions are written up by the role-holder on an individual basis, and a University of Bristol Job Evaluation Scheme (UBJES) panel of four, plus an expert adviser, evaluates each role. For academic and related staff, the Memorandum of Understanding, which was agreed at a national level, committed universities to adopting a “matching” approach, which means that individual roles are “matched” to generic role profiles. However, the linking factor is the fact that an UBJES panel has evaluated those profiles using the same criteria as for all other roles.
