Change and Delivery - grade 9

Experiences

Activities and responsibilities likely to be required when working at this level

•  Inspiring leadership and management of teams with a responsibility to build and develop industry-leading capability.
• A leader in your field, you help develop strategy-aligned vision and translate this into clear outcomes, priorities and direction for teams while fostering a highly collaborative environment.
• Ensuring those around you can maintain a focus on delivering high quality and high value outcomes, iteratively and frequently by pre-empting and removing blockers and impediments.
• Develop an innovative and empowered culture for others and improve processes and ways of working, challenging the status quo and striving for excellence. 
• Relationship building at all levels and engagement with leaders across the organisation. 
• Thoughtful planning and management of budgets, third party suppliers, and sequencing of change and communications.

Personal and professional development

Development options to consider when working towards this level

Learning on the job

• Identifying and leading opportunities
• Getting involved in areas outside of remit in order to build personal profile
• Involvement in various committee/working groups
• Taking the lead in developing a new strategy
• Ownership and leadership of teams or activities
• Reviewing options for an approach and making appropriate decisions based on business needs

Learning from others  

• Offering to mentor colleagues
• Attending or presenting at network events
• Leading a Communities of Practice (CoP) group or project
• Providing advice and/or support to others
• Deputising for senior managers where possible

Formal learning

• Leadership and management training
• Training and accreditation related to the specific role, e.g. Business Analysis

Transferable skills and competencies

UCL uses the Universal Competency Framework (UCF) to discuss transferable skills. Find out more details on the framework.

Leading and supervising 

• Providing direction and co-ordinating action
• Supervising and monitoring behaviour
• Coaching
• Delegating
• Empowering staff
• Motivating others
• Developing staff
• Identifying and recruiting talent

Formulating strategies and concepts

• Thinking broadly
• Approaching work strategically
• Setting and developing strategy
• Visioning

Creating and innovating

• Innovating
• Seeking and introducing change

UCL Ways of Working

These describe expected behaviours in line with UCL culture and values.  For Ways of Working indicators and steps to development please refer to the Ways of Working website.