SFIA Skills: Performance Management (PEMT)

Mentors and influences senior individuals in consideration of their career opportunities and contribution to the organisation talent pool. Advises on their career paths, and encourages pro-active development of skills and capabilities.

Facilitates effective working relationships within and between senior staff. Motivates, engages with, influences and empowers senior staff. Acts as a role model for senior staff and staff at all levels across the organisation, setting a high standard, acting professionally at all times and working to the highest levels of conduct and ethics.

Conducts formal appraisals of the performance of senior staff. Facilitates a dialogue with senior staff about expectations, progress, performance and development needs. Leads on formal processes such as compensation negotiations, grievance procedures, and disciplinary procedures.

Optimises performance of senior staff, measuring and reporting on performance against agreed high level strategy and key performance indicators. Collects data on the performance of senior staff. Gives regular feedback to senior teams as to their contribution towards organisational performance and strategy.

Regularly reviews job descriptions to ensure recruitment and development activities meet the needs of the organisation. Champions and promotes continuous professional development as key to successful performance management.

Leads, supports and guides the work of senior staff, including allocation, to senior individuals, of management and supervisory responsibilities.

Participates, as appropriate, in formal processes such as compensation negotiations and disciplinary procedures.

Defines and manages probationary periods for senior staff, setting out the requirements of the job, monitoring progress (e.g., regular interviews) and reacting to variances from expectations, organising training and development as required within appropriate timescales.

Champions the importance of skill mix and the understanding of team dynamics to successful team creation, development, operations, and delivery.

Leads the organisation during times of change, aligning change programmes with the skills and capabilities of key senior staff. Support senior staff, through difficult and challenging change programmes.

Initiates strategic work packages and aligns these with the skills and abilities of senior staff teams. Supports senior staff in the delivery of high impact work packages. Determines and delegates work to individuals and teams, taking full account of skills and capabilities. Influences senior staff teams and is sensitive towards team dynamics.