Supporting Research Staff

Guidance for managers of research staff: 

The University's expectations concerning the responsibilities of research staff, the managers of research staff, and its own responsibilities throughout the lifespan of research projects employing research staff are articulated in a document that the University's senior committee responsible for research staff provision approved in September 2012:
Research Staff-Achieving Excellence.

Accompanying 'Research Staff-Achieving Excellence' is a table of recommended practices relating to the employment of research staff on projects (recommending practices to undertake at the project outset, mid-point, and end): Research project lifespan - recommended practice.
(both of these documents are the product of a broad consultation with academics who manage research staff and with research staff, that took place between June - September 2012)

Link to the department of Human Resource's Guidance on Recruitment and Selection.

Vitae – the national organisation which champions research staff development - has developed a set of pages for new and aspiring principal investigators which provide guidance on a number of key areas, including managing a research team and developing your people management skills.

Vitae has also produced a Vitae briefing for managers of researchers (pdf, 413kb) which takes each of the Concordat principles in turn, suggesting areas for consideration and providing illustrative examples of practice from UK institutions.