Understanding yourself
Drive your development
How do you want to grow your career at York?
Whether you have a plan, no idea! or somewhere in between, these resources are here to help you.
Watch our short introduction video about career development to get started.
In the videos below, we delve deeper into development.
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We cover what is means to drive your own development and how this is key to your career satisfaction.
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We cover how to spot and explore your development needs.
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Next we cover how to grasp development opportunities and plan your development actions using the 70/20/10 model of development.
What is a career pathway?
A career pathway is a set of occupational roles that share common tasks and responsibilities - this is also known as a job family. Each grade on the career pathway requires common transferable behaviours and skills for success.
There are currently two career pathways for professional support staff:
- technician job family
- managerial, specialist and administrative job family.
These career pathways provide you with greater agility and opportunity to move between teams and roles. They help you find out how you might move from one job to another.
Each grade within the job family has a standardised role profile that details the transferable behaviours and skills that are important for success. These help you focus your development and build your potential for a broad range of roles within the job family - they help you identify how to develop for a lateral progression (a sideways move to a new role at the same grade) and for an upwards progression (a promotion to a higher grade).
You can also view the behaviours and skills required for a different job family to help you work towards a move between different pathways at the University.
Technician job family
The following resources will help you understand this career pathway:
- Technician job descriptions
- Technician person specification comparison
- Career progression for technicians
Managerial, specialist and administrative job family
The following resources will help you understand this career pathway:
Other resources
- Explore example development opportunities using the 70/20/10 model: This listing gives you a head start but is no means complete - talk to others and keep your eye out for new opportunities.
- Development planner template: Complete a draft plan and then talk it through with your manager.
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