Human Resources
Request for “Acting Up” Allowance
Contact for
School/Service
Queries:
Who are you needing to provide cover for?
Name Job Title Grade FTE
Please provide details of why the cover cannot be managed within existing resources through
redistribution of tasks, reallocating priorities etc.
Who will be providing cover?
Name Current Job Title Current Grade FTE
What will their job title be during the period of Acting Up:
Dates for Cover
From: To:
Where an initial acting up period exceeds 6 months in total a ‘Request to Appoint’ monitoring form should be
submitted in place of this form.
Is this request to extend an existing period of acting up?
Yes
No
Please contact your HR Manager in the first instance if this extension will take the initial acting up period over 6
months.
If the previous acting up request was submitted through monitoring an ‘Extension, Increase or Conversion’
monitoring form should be submitted in place of this form.
Is the cover full time or part time?
Full Time
Part time
Hours per week
If part time, please confirm the hours and weeks per
year:
Weeks per year
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What will the working pattern be during the acting up period?
Please provide the working pattern for this request (enter the number of hours to be worked each day – N.B. 7.4
is a standard day, 3.7 is a standard half day):
MON TUES WEDS THUR FRI SAT SUN
Will they be covering all of the duties?
Yes
No
If no, has a list of duties been submitted and evaluated in accordance with the University’s Job
Evaluation Scheme?
Yes, the Grade was approved at
You will need to complete this stage before your request can be
No
considered.
Cost Centre
Please confirm the salary cost centre for the
duration of the acting up period:
Line Management
Who will be their manager during this period of acting up?
Name
Job Title
Does the employee manage staff in their substantive role?
Yes
No
Will the employee manage staff during this period of ‘acting up’?
Yes
No Please go to the Authorisation Section
Please list the reportees for each role in the boxes below. This helps to ensure that the system is as
accurate as possible.
Substantive Role Reportees Acting Role Reportees
Who will these individuals report to during the Who will these individuals report to at the end of the
acting up period? acting up period?
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School/Service Authorisation
I support this request and confirm that all reasonable alternatives in managing this in-house have been pursued.
Signed Dean/Director: Date:
Print Name:
For HR Use Only
Approval given?
Yes
No
Reasons:
Signed HR Manager: Date:
Print Name:
Line Manager Changes
actioned
System Changes actioned
HRO Initials
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