Acting up policy and procedure

It's for all employees.

• This policy applies when an employee undertakes the duties and responsibilities of a higher-graded post for a continuous period of at least 4 weeks.
• Acting up is appropriate in situations where short-term cover of a more senior post is required, e.g. sickness absence, maternity/adoption leave, pending recruitment of a replacement.
• Acting-up arrangements should normally be for a minimum period of 4 weeks to 3 months and should never be longer than 6 months without conducting a full review and obtaining further approval from the grandparent line manager.
• A fair and transparent process will be applied to selection decisions for acting up.
• Managers should ensure they have objective evidence to support their selection decision.
• Where an acting-up post is subsequently established as permanent, the job will be advertised in line with the prevailing recruitment policy.