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Step 1
Introduction
Welcome to week eight of NUSTART - Supporting Personal Growth. This week you will learn about the resources and opportunities available to support your development at UKNNL. You will learn about Personal Development Reviews and how they can help you understand the part you have to play in achieving our purpose. You will get to know Careers Lab where you can find opportunities to develop your skills, expand your expertise and reach your potential.
Step 2
Performance Development Review
Our Performance Development Review (PDR) process supports everyone to be their best at work. Every year you will have a PDR meeting with your line manager and set objectives and goals for the year ahead. This will help you to:
- develop the skills and knowledge you need to succeed.
- support the delivery of our purpose – nuclear science to benefit society.
- maximise your performance through feedback.
- identify your training and learning needs for the year ahead.
PDR provides an ongoing conversation between you and your manager throughout the year, with five key elements.
Visit PDR Portal
Step 3
Making the most of your PDR
As a new employee, take control of your PDR and complete the following activities.
Visit the PDR portal.
Download and read the Employee PDR Guide.
Find a PDR form on Q-Pulse (IMS-F-PDR).
Write a SMART Objective for example, what do you want to achieve in the next six to nine months?
Step 4
Careers Lab
Careers Lab is our central hub designed to support your professional development at UKNNL. We have some great opportunities across the business and provide lots of resources for career planning. To hear more about our latest vacancies and to develop your technical knowledge or enhance your professional skills, you can find Careers Lab through the main menu on the Nucleus homepage.
Visit Careers Lab
Career Planning
These pages help you map out your development and career goals.
Career Pathways
Our career pathway tool sets out a route for professional development, whether you are looking to grow in a specific discipline, expand your breadth of knowledge or move into a different area of the business.
PDR portal
You can find the latest communications about PDR along with best practice and guidance about how to get the most out of your development.
UKNNL Jobs and Opportunities
This section brings together different ways to develop skills, share knowledge and progress at UKNNL.
Jobs at UKNNL
You can look at internal vacancies through the recruitment portal.
Secondments
Opportunities to temporarily join another team or organisation can be found here.
Skills & Career Development Opportunities
These focus on informal roles carried out alongside your regular work that offer you an opportunity to develop skills, build your network and expand your knowledge of the business.
Knowledge Management (KM)
Connects people to share knowledge and ideas with the aim of developing ourselves individually and the business, our Knowledge Management (KM) pages encompass different activities including:
Talks
KM Talks can be given by anyone in UKNNL and cover a range of topics from technical deep dives to commercial activities. You can join the mailing list on the KM talks SharePoint page and access an archive of previous talks.
Communities of Practice
Are internal networks where you can share your expertise and passion for a specific subject.
Journals
All employees can access SCOPUS, ScienceDirect, Springer and a Reprints Desk to support research and innovation.
Corporate Memory
Accessed under UKNNL applications you can find recent and historic documents relating to UKNNL and the nuclear industry.
Register for KM mailing lists
Step 5
Learning Lab
Learning Lab is the focal point for the learning and development needs for all colleagues. Here, you will find access to training, development programmes, academic and vocational qualifications.
Visit Learning Lab
Leadership at UKNNL
Leadership Framework
Our leadership framework sets out what it means to be a leader, manager or supervisor at UKNNL, whether you lead through influence or hold a formal management position. It can be used as part of your development as a leader and used by those looking to step into a leadership role for the first time.
Leadership Development
If you are a new or existing leader, you can use the Learning Lab to access development programmes and tools to support you to lead with purpose.
Professional Institutes
Professional Membership
Being a member of a professional institute develops your skills and knowledge in your chosen area of expertise. To support your continued professional development, UKNNL will fund membership of one professional body appropriate to your role.
Nuclear Institute
All employees are invited to join the NI, the only dedicated institute for the nuclear industry. UKNNL will fully fund your associate membership in addition to your chosen professional body.
Register your membership on Business World
Visit Professional Institutes
Training and Development
Training and Education Concessions
We are committed to the development of our people and believe supporting professional growth is fundamental to building our skills and capabilities. You can apply for funding for training and qualifications via a Training Concession (for external courses or development programmes) or an Education Concession (for academic or vocational qualifications).
Personal Growth Workshops and Development Programmes
Each year UKNNL hosts personal growth workshops, building personal and professional skills in the workplace. You can find out about our latest programme of events on Learning Lab
Step 6
Careers Lab and Learning Lab activities
To do
Visit the Knowledge Management page and register to join the mailing list.
Visit the Professional Institute pages and find out how to join your chosen institute. Register your membership on Business World using the instructions.
Explore Careers Lab and Learning Lab. Contact nnl.land@uknnl.com to sign up to our mailing list and be notified of the latest learning and development opportunities.
Explore the Corporate Memory (found on Nucleus under UKNNL Applications) and try searching for this document 'Introduction to Sellafield.
Step 7
Compliance Training and Training Records
As well as your professional training and development courses, you also need to complete mandatory training courses. Mandatory training, which we call Compliance Training, is an important part of our safety and security culture and is managed by a dedicated Compliance Training Team to ensure you are compliant in your role and UKNNL adheres to requirements set out by our regulators and legislation.
The Compliance Training Team assign each person a training role – you might have more than one depending on your role and location, and this determines what compliance training you are required to complete. The Compliance Training Team will book and arrange specific courses to help you become a Suitably Qualified and Experienced Person to carry out your role or SQEP.
The Compliance Training Team regularly reports on training metrics to senior management. If your training is out of date or incomplete, it may prevent you from carrying out certain aspects of your role. Each month Business World will look at any gaps in your compliance training record and send you an email asking you to complete training that has either never been done OR is due to be refreshed. It’s your responsibility to complete training. It may be as simple as logging into the UKNNL e-learning system, or you may need to contact the Compliance Training Team to arrange a course. Either way, your email will tell you what you need to do.
All training records are stored and managed in Business World. You can view your training record, along with your training roles, by following the below instructions.
View Training Record and Training Roles
Qualifications
Each employee is responsible for adding their qualifications to Business World. We use qualification and other training data to understand our capabilities and identify gaps in skills to help us maintain the depth and breadth of experience that is critical to our business. Qualification and skills data can also help us bid for work by showcasing the broad experience and skills of our people. You can add your qualifications using the below instructions.
Add your Qualifications to Business World
Step 8
Compliance Training and Training Records activities
To do
Find and identify your Training Role(s) in Business World. Ask your manager about what type of training you can expect - don’t worry if your training role says ‘in training’, it just means your role is still being assessed. Keep checking back for updates.
Add your qualifications to Business World - don’t worry if you can’t remember everything, you can just add the highest level of qualification you hold (and/or the most relevant to your role) e.g. Master’s Degree.
Step 9
Glossary
Personal Development Review (PDR)
A quarterly development meeting with your manager to help you achieve your objectives and develop your career.
SMART Objectives
An acronym that stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Timebound. It’s a useful tool to help set goals that are clear, attainable and meaningful.
Careers Lab
A SharePoint page to support your professional development.
Learning Lab
A SharePoint page designed to help your learning and development needs.
Knowledge Management (KM)
Knowledge Management aims to connect people together and sharing knowledge effectively for personal and business gain.
SQEP
Stands for Suitable Qualified and Experienced Person. Some roles may require you to undertake a SQEP package of training to ensure you are able to carry out your work safely and securely.
Compliance Training Team
The compliance training team work to ensure you are SQEP for your role; organising any training required by regulation or legislation.
Training Roles
Training roles are allocated to individuals by the compliance team and determine what compliance training you need to undertake to make you SQEP. It’s not uncommon for people to have more than one training role. All employees are given an UKNNL Worker Role in the first instance. This training role sets out the training UKNNL requires you to do.
Professional Institute
A professional institute or body is an organisation that holds individual members associated with a specific profession, interest or occupation e.g. Nuclear Institute, Institute of Physics and Royal Society of Chemistry to name a few.
Training and Education Concessions
The mechanism to apply for funding to access external training and academic or vocational qualifications to further your development.
Step 10
End of week checklist and further activities
This week, we asked you to:
Visit the PDR portal
Download and read the Employee PDR Guide (link tbc – will be on portal)
Find a PDR form on Q-Pulse (IMS-F-PDR)
Write a SMART objective – What development would you like to prioritise in your first six months?
Visit the Knowledge Management page and register to join the mailing list
Visit the Professional Institute pages and find out how to join your chosen institute. Register your membership on business world using the instructions.
Explore Careers Lab and Learning Lab . If you wish to do so, you can register for updates on the latest training and development opportunities by emailing nnl.landd@uknnl.com
To continue your progress, consider these questions:
- Which courses did you find on Learning Lab that interest you?
- When is the next KM Talk and would you like to attend? Ask your line manager about the KM talks that are related to your role.
- What development would like to prioritise in your first six months? Prepare your thoughts for your next one-to-one with your manager.
You’ve completed 9/9 steps, nice work!
And that's week 8 completed! Next week, is all about UKNNL, our role as a National Laboratory and the work that we deliver.
Finish week 8