Your details should be added to the SRP a minimum of 3 months from the end date of your assignment on your current externally funded project, unless that project has funding to extend the duration of your assignment with them, or your PI has an immediate other assignment for you to transfer to.

No. The Skilled Resource Pool (SRP) is the mechanism through which Research staff who have received contracts of indefinite duration (CIDs) continue to be assigned to work on externally funded research projects. Through this process, researchers are given preferential consideration for available posts.

You will be required to participate in the SRP process so that you can continue to be assigned to suitable, externally funded research work.

You will be able to upload your CV and details into a special area of the e-Recruit system, which has been set up for this purpose.   PI’s in your college and who have research vacancies will use this system to review the skills and experience of available staff and make an assessment whether there is a potential match with their requirements. This assessment is criteria based against the specification for their vacancy.

For the first 6 months your line manager will continue to be the PI that was your line manager at time the contract of indefinite duration was issued to you; after that period your line management could transfer to your Head of School or their nominee. While you are in the SRP your PI will work with you to secure an alternative assignment.

This work will continue indefinitely unless/until you secure an alternative core-funded role through the normal competitive recruitment process, and could involve several re-assignment processes over a number of years. The responsibility to facilitate your re-assignment during any period of time that you are in the SRP will always stay with the PI that was your line manager at the time the contract of indefinite duration was issued to you.

While you are in the SRP, your line manager will ensure that you have an appropriate place to work and have agreed activities which you can undertake relating to your own portfolio of research or to support the School’s research activities , or to help with your re-assignment e.g. completion of papers, supporting grant applications etc. This work is also to be agreed with the relevant Head of School.

You may apply for any suitable advertised university positions following the normal recruitment process.

You should avail of support and guidance from your PI. You should also use your own network and contacts in relation to suitable vacancies in your area of expertise, either in the university or elsewhere. You should actively pursue funding opportunities yourself and support others in funding applications which may afford you further opportunity. You should continue to develop your skills and experience to better equip you for new assignments and your long-term career aspirations.

No, there are no changes to your terms and conditions of employment while you are unassigned.

Your terms and conditions will remain the same on each assignment that you take up.

Career Advice will be provided to you through your PI and you will also have access to resources/services through the UCD Career Advisory Service. This should enable you to identify potential career options and plan the steps you would need to take to advance your chosen option. Ultimately it will be your own responsibility to do this.

Any shortfall between your existing salary and that available for a new post will be charged  to the budget of the school you were with at the time your CID was issued.   Salary variations should not be a barrier to an otherwise suitable assignment.

Assignments into temporary research posts will occur where it is considered that there is a suitable match of skills, knowledge and experience. Where this exists you will be required to take on the available assignment.

PI’s in your college and who have research assignments will review the skills and experience of staff in the SRP through the e-Recruit system; they will make an assessment based on specific criteria for their assignment. The PI will need to complete an interview scoring sheet for each staff member to document the basis of their selection decision

Only PI’s with approved vacancies in your College and staff in the College who are involved with the SRP process, such as the HR Partner, will be able to access your details, along with HR staff managing the system.