One Professional Service (1PS)
For each area of activity that forms Size and Shape, there is a set of drivers (why we’re doing this) and a set of outcomes (what we aim to achieve).
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The 1PS project seeks to create an efficient, effective and integrated Professional Service that works as one team across the University, in partnership with academic colleagues.
1PS was launched in 2019, but due to Covid-19 challenges, the project was paused. Staff who were involved in the original project have worked with the team to ensure that we include and learn from the earlier work undertaken, including extensive process analysis.
The project was originally aimed at helping to make it easier for Academics and Professional Services staff to work together in a collaborative and efficient way to provide services to support the whole student journey from recruitment to graduation, teaching, learning and research across the University.
1PS is looking at PS organisational structures and to deliver a more strategic approach to procurement, to achieve greater economies of scale and improving the quality of service.
1PS aims to deliver a single, unified structure for Professional Services across the University, with consistency in job grading and workload. This will deliver cost savings as well as ensuring greater resilience for academic Schools.
We continue to work on the structure of Professional Services, so that services are organised optimally to support our academic mission. In the Schools, we are exploring whether clustering services may be helpful and are developing a consistent staffing and grading structure. We are also seeking better efficiencies in procurement and reviewing technical support, to provide a more flexible and resilient service.