The current duties of a member of staff refers to the job or position which, at the time of the reference date, the member of staff is working in.
When a member of staff has been appointed to act temporarily (for a specific period or until further notice), the staff member's "current duties" classification type and level and/or the current duties term should reflect the position the staff member is acting in and not the staff member's substantive position.
If a member of staff is acting temporarily in a job or position other than their substantive appointment, then:
- their current duties classification type and level will be coded in respect of the job or position in which they are acting temporarily; and
- their current duties term will be coded in respect of the period of time for which they will be acting temporarily in that job or position.
For example, if a Senior lecturer (Level C) who has confirmed tenure gains a temporary appointment for a three year period as Head of School (Level E):
- the Appointment term (E505) will be coded to "tenurable term - confirmed"
- the Current duties classification group code (E509) will be coded to "above senior lecturer"
- the Staff work level code (E408) will be coded to "Level E"
- the Current duties term (E507) will be coded to "limited term - 36 months"
If that same member of staff is not acting temporarily in a job or position other than their substantive appointment, then:
- the Appointment term (E505) will be coded to "tenurable term - confirmed"
- the Current duties classification group code (E509) will be coded to "senior lecturer"
- the Staff work level code (E408) will be coded to "Level C"
- the Current duties term (E507) will be coded to "tenurable term - confirmed "
If a member of staff is on paid leave, their current duties are those for the job or position which they would be required to work in were they not on leave.