UM Career Policy & Compass

These academic profiles - tailored to each professional - clarify expectations for academic staff and serve as tools for career planning in consultation with their leadership. They are designed not as checklists but as aids for ongoing dialogue on professional growth, helping assessors and staff align on development goals. 

Key developments include: 

• The creation of the UM Career Compass, a guide for development dialogue aligned with the new academic profiles. 

   

• Development and promotion processes, such as annual appraisals, is being aligned with the Recognition & Rewards philosophy. 
• The release of the ‘Recognition & Rewards UM Career Development Policy 2023-2028,’ emphasises continuous feedback and development for all employees. 

In line with the academic profiles, the UM Career Compass has been developed: a format for the development interviews, replacing the existing toolkit for annual development talks. The compass was created to facilitate and support the dialogue on employee development. 

The development talk: 

• Focuses on the employee's work, behaviour and performance.  
• Is about finding a good balance between personal talents and ambitions and organisational needs and strategies. 

Here you read our most up to date UM Career Development Policy 2023-2028 (pdf).