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Help me write a plan - why I should be regraded...

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Orinoco · 07/05/2008 12:22

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WingsofanAngel · 07/05/2008 12:32

Have your current job description and link where you exceed the requirements of that job. Then have a job description of a Senior and state were you have meet the criteria.

You could also give examples of what you have done (paper work to back it up)

Can you get other departments to collaborate what you have been doing.

Does this make sense.

flowerybeanbag · 07/05/2008 13:52

Orinoco what you're saying is quite contradictory.

In terms of what you are doing, it does sound as though a review of your job description and salary is a reasonable request. A change of hours is a different request altogether, (although it might help finance the first request.)

But if you've been running the office by yourself with no support, overseeing huge projects and having meetings, are you really in a position to reduce your hours? If your job is much bigger than it is supposed to be, you will need to come up with an excellent proposal about how you think it can be done in less hours, even though it's more than you should be doing already.

Explaining how you need a regrading/pay rise because you are doing loads more than your job description and then at the same time saying you can fit everything you are doing into less hours is a tricky proposal to put forward! Think carefully about what you are saying. With so much going on, are you proposing some of the more junior stuff gets done by someone else? Or can tasks be done differently/more efficiently/don't need to be done at all?

I would suggest you write your own job description, write what you are actually doing. Then look at it realistically and think whether it can be done in less hours. Think about how this would work. It might involve coming up with a wider proposal about how the office is run. Then put forward a proposal including a rewritten job description for you, details of what hours you want to work, details of how other work will be covered, and outlining how all this will benefit the business.

For more on how flexible working can benefit the business, have a look at working families website, there's an online guide and some factsheets that might be useful.

Orinoco · 07/05/2008 14:23

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flowerybeanbag · 07/05/2008 15:02

Yes probably MN would not be considered a valid use of your time!

I think the point you're making is that your job description and grade (if you have a formal grade) do not accurately reflect what you do and what your contribution is. You feel you have taken on responsibility at a more senior level, which you are enjoying and feel you excel at. At the same time you feel your work is more seasonal that perhaps the initial job spec allowed for, and although you are hectically busy at some points during the year, at other times, in terms of quantity of work anyway, you feel the hours you are doing are probably more than is strictly necessary.

Therefore you are proposing a revised job description (which you have produced), which accurately reflects what you are doing, a pay rise to reflect that, and a reduction in hours which will offset the payrise and have no negative impact in terms of your workload and your contribution. Therefore the business benefits from you being highly motivated by the recognition of your achievements and contribution, and from the flexibility that your proposal involves, you benefit from feeling your contribution is being acknowledged plus reducing your hours to enable you to enhance your work-life balance, thereby being happier and more motivated when at work, and there is no negative cost impact for anyone.

Ta da!

Orinoco · 07/05/2008 20:03

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Orinoco · 21/05/2008 22:13

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flowerybeanbag · 22/05/2008 09:23

Excellent news! Probably makes sense to start from the autumn and it will go quickly.

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