2022 NCRIS Directors Research Infrastructure Workforce Position Paper

Thursday, November 10, 2022

A Position Paper prepared by a working group of #NCRIS Directors, proposes a new, fit-for-purpose classification for research infrastructure specialist staff for better, more appropriate career progression.

The position of the NCRIS community is that we need to support the development and implementation of a new, simple, and fit-for-purpose classification for RI specialist roles in

higher education at all levels, such as by creating a new job family specifically for these roles, separate from academic and administrative job families.

This classification system should be based, similar to the current academic scales, on an ability to be promoted without the need for a job reclassification or a substantial change in core duties.

The KPIs for promotion should be tailored to the specific responsibilities and development pathways for RI specialists.

Read the position paper here