Common use of The Steering Group Clause in Contracts

The Steering Group. 3.1 As with the paper-based version of the NJC JES, a joint steering group is required where the computerised version is used. (The Part 4 Users’ Manual recommends how this should be set up.) 3.2 The group should agree the benchmark sample of jobs to be evaluated on exactly the same basis as would apply using the “paper version” of the scheme. 3.3 The group needs to agree who has access to operating the scheme (on a password protected basis) and on what basis (e.g. who is going to be the system administrator, who will amend the help screens to incorporate locally agreed conventions, who will input answers from job holders at interviews). The system administrator is provided with a higher level of access (than job analysts) to enable help screens, local conventions to be inserted or amended, reports to be produced and new system users authorised. 3.4 The steering group should agree a protocol on access to the data deriving from the evaluation of jobs. Appropriate access needs to be agreed for union representatives and personnel staff, e.g. the rank order of point scores, print- outs of questionnaire answers (where requested), print-outs of job overviews.