A specialist at the beginning of their growth journey
- Carries out varied, relatively complex work requiring strong skills and careful planning.
- Delivers assigned responsibilities to a high standard.
- Identifies and resolves problems and errors within their specialist work and checks quality systematically.
- Recognises significant obstacles in their specialist work and helps overcome them.
- Can combine expertise from at least two disciplines.
- Works actively to develop new knowledge and skills, with a focus on specialist capability and connections beyond the organisation, in line with the Sarajan model.
- Shares specialist knowledge with others and helps SARAAJ become more interdisciplinary.
Established and resilient in their professional growth
- Introduces and implements effective models for carrying out processes.
- Proposes practical ways to test outcomes, structures and mechanisms.
- Breaks large tasks into smaller, manageable pieces.
- Guides and supports newcomers.
- Advances projects involving people from different disciplines. Their approach to organisation and creative work combines fields of expertise to achieve effective results efficiently.
- Develops knowledge across their broader specialist field and builds networks with experts in its subfields.
- Goes beyond simply answering questions, taking practical steps to help others solve specialist problems and share knowledge.
Sees the path ahead and guides others within a specialist discipline
- Provides highly advanced or specialised services and demonstrates leadership in a field of expertise.
- Sets standards and makes complex work easier for others to understand.
- Has experience designing and implementing data-informed solutions within their field.
- Identifies and defines project risks and technical requirements.
- Provides specialist guidance to others within a discipline.
- Can combine expertise from at least two disciplines.
- Works actively to develop new knowledge and skills, with a focus on specialist capability and connections beyond the organisation, in line with the Sarajan model.
- Acts as an accessible adviser and point of reference, helping share knowledge beyond the local urban context.
Has a distinctive professional approach and guides the organisation’s different roles
- Is recognised nationally as a point of reference for a distinctive specialist approach.
- Plans for different systems, teams and long-term projects, and prioritises the organisation’s important work effectively.
- Works with technical and operations leaders and organisational specialists to choose suitable technologies and methods, and plays a central role in setting new directions for development.
- Has deep specialist knowledge relevant to the business and examines alternative solutions thoroughly.
- Balances cost, suitability and the needs of clients and the organisation to make well-considered decisions.
- Can lead a unit or organisation working across several fields and guide projects that bring different disciplines together.
- Develops knowledge across the broader field and its specialist subfields, building networks at a national level.
- Is consulted by major organisations and helps share knowledge nationally.
