The STAC Job Evaluation Sub Group has been established to provide guidance and assistance on job evaluation arrangements for Agenda for Change (AfC) staff, staff representatives and employers. The sub group reports directly to STAC and will provide regular reports on progress and will escalate any matters of concern.
The role of this group is to maintain the integrity of the Agenda for Change Job Evaluation process, ensuring compliance and governance standards are maintained. The key responsibilities of the group are as follows:
a) To maintain the infra-structure of the job evaluation system in NHS Scotland.
b) To ensure that the key principles and governance of job evaluation is maintained as determined in the Job Evaluation Handbook. This will include ensuring adequate training is provided, NHS Scotland Boards undertake monitoring and consistency audits as required.
c) To ensure the transparency and credibility of job evaluation outcomes: all posts are matched and/or evaluated by appropriately trained matchers/evaluators and everything is recorded on the TURAS Job Evaluation System.
d) The group may if required provide advice and expertise in Job Evaluation and will maintain links with UK mechanisms and processes.
e) To develop and implement a work programme based on an audit from the Boards and priorities allocated by STAC or STAC Secretariat.
Listed below are some useful JE publications and guidance documents:
DL(2022)03 – NHS Scotland Job Evaluation Policy (Published on 10 February 2022)
Agenda for Change Job Evaluation Handbook (Version published February 2024)
PCS(AFC)2023/3 – Job Description Sharing Protocol (Published 6 April 2023)
AfC National Profiles
Letter from STAC JE Group – Revised National Profiles for Nursing Healthcare Support Workers (HCSW) – 19 January 2022
– Annex A – Process for Implementation of New Nursing HCSW Profiles (Revised and Reissued on 5 May 2022)
– Annex B – New Nursing HCSW – Revised National Profiles Template
You can use the links below to download Word versions of the following documents:
NHS Scotland Job Description template
NHS Scotland Job Description template with Guidance Notes
In addition to DL(2022)03 above, the STAC Job Evaluation Group has developed a number of Good Practice Guides in order to provide further assistance to the service in Scotland. These can be found below:
Job Matching – A Quick Guide
Local Evaluation – A Step by Step Guide
Job Evaluation Policy – Changed Jobs Good Practice Guide
Job Evaluation Policy – Resources and Further Information
And a template letter for notifying staff of the outcome of a Job Evaluation process can be downloaded here:
Grading Notification Letter (Word version)