Individuals and Teams

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Individuals and Teams

The ARMA Professional Development framework is a rich resource, designed to support individuals, teams and team managers. Depending on where you are in your career journey, the Framework can be used in a variety of ways.

A helpful starting point is the ‘How to use’ section of the PDF, which provides an overview of the full framework, its structure and sections.

Individuals

Individuals: Plan your professional development in the current role

Identify the pathway and function most relevant to your role, using the ‘How to use’ section
Explore the skills, knowledge and behaviours expected from your role
Consult the ‘Core competencies’ page to get further insight into specialist and transferable skills
Reflect on what you are already doing in your role, the tasks and expectations Reflect on your strengths and areas for development
Consider what skills you may wish to develop, to help you thrive in your role
Consider ways in which you could acquire these skills and knowledge
Approach your line manager, to explore available CPD opportunities together

Individuals: Plan your next step within the existing function

Identify which pathway and function is most relevant to your role, using the ‘How to use’ section

Explore the skills, knowledge and behaviours expected at your level (operational, management, or leadership)

Identify the skills, knowledge and behaviours expected at the next level up, within this pathway (operational –> management; management –> leadership)

Consult the ‘Core competencies’ page to get further insight into specialist and transferable skills

Identify areas for development that could get you the knowledge and the skills required at the next level

Consider ways in which you could acquire these skills and knowledge

Approach your line manager to explore available CPD opportunities together

Individuals: Use PDF for career development within the same pathway

Identify which pathway is most relevant to your role, using the ‘How to use’ section and the relevant pathway tab

Explore the full range of functions within this pathway and the associated skills, knowledge and behaviours

Engage with the ‘Core competencies’ section to get further insight into specialist and transferable skills that you already have, and those you wish to develop

Identify areas for development to help you bridge any potential gaps

You may also wish to speak to colleagues who have experience in this function

Consider ways in which you could acquire these skills and knowledge

Approach your line manager to explore available CPD opportunities together

Individuals: Explore what's possible in the world of Research Management

It may be helpful to explore the rich diversity of functions and roles across all professional development pathways, to have good insight into what type of careers are possible

Start with the ‘How to use’ page, which will provide you with the scope of the framework

Identify the pathway and function that ‘hosts’ your current role

Identify one or more potential career options you are curious about

Explore the ‘Core competencies’ page to get further insight into specialist and transferable skills

Consider which specialist and transferable skills you already have

Identify areas for development, and possible ways to develop new skills

Approach your line manager to explore available CPD opportunities together

Team Managers

Team Managers: Use PDF to inform job descriptions and person specifications

Start with the ‘How to use’ page, which will provide you with the scope of the framework

Identify the functional area and level required for the role in question

Explore the core skills, knowledge and ways of demonstrating these, in this role

Read through the ‘Core Competencies’ section, to consider how the technical and transferable skills for this role will be supporting and interacting with other’s skill sets

Consistently using the PDF for designing job descriptions will ensure a consistent professional approach

Team Managers: Use PDF to inform performance and career development conversations

Start with the ‘How to use’ page, which will provide you with the scope of the framework

Identify the pathway, functional area and level most relevant to the individual’s role

Reflect on the evidence of strengths and potential areas for development

Identify development opportunities that will support the individual in their current role

For talent development, identify gaps and development opportunities to enable career progression

Encourage the individual to engage with the framework in a similar fashion, in preparation for the performance and career development conversation

Together, identify most suitable and effective CPD opportunities

Team Managers: Use PDF to guide the induction and onboarding process of new staff

Start with the ‘How to use’ page, which will provide you with the scope of the framework

Identify the pathway, functional area and level most relevant to the individual’s role

Encourage the new employee to engage with the PDF in their own time, to enable broader and deeper understanding of the sector, pathway and function that their role is associated with

Use the PDF to build broader awareness of cross-function and cross-team working

Embed the framework in the mentoring for onboarding process

Teams

Teams: Use PDF to support team development and project planning

Consider what collective knowledge and skill sets your team / project requires

Explore the scope of the PDF pathways and functions in the ‘How to use’ section

Explore the ‘Core Competencies’ section for an insight into specialist and transferable skills

Conduct a mapping exercise

Identify team strengths, potential gaps and development opportunities

Explore ARMA’s training offer in relation to your teams/projects current and future needs

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