New roles decided

During my PDR, my line manager offered me a pick from three potential roles I could take on within the School: international student liaison, plagiarism officer, and EDI lead. I was drawn to the last two. I arranged a chat with my colleague who was currently doing the EDI role. She was dead keen to hand the role over to me. 

I also intended to arrange a meeting with Jaco who for now holds the other roles. But then I got an email from him: he said that John, our shared line manager, had told him I was taking over both roles. Hm! That was not what he told me. I tried a few times to go to John’s office, but I never found him available. I decided to send an email asking for an explanation. Nothing was forthcoming.

Later I bumped into him. And then he said I had choice after all! So I told him I would indeed go for the plagiarism and EDI roles. And he was ok with finding someone else for the international students role.

So it’s official now! In the new year, I will start my new two roles. Stay tuned for finding out how that will go!