Thriving at work: Career development, leadership, training and networks

The Department is committed to ensuring there are no barriers to career success for all our staff, and we encourage everyone to take up career development, leadership, and relevant training opportunities. 

Annual Review Conversations (ARC)

The ARC is a dedicated opportunity for staff to have a discussion with their line manager focused on everything they need to thrive at work.

Crucially the ARC is not an evaluation of the previous year’s performance, but instead should be forward looking and planning for the year ahead, building on previous conversations in regular 1-2-1 meetings.

The ARC app is a streamlined, online process that enables staff to prepare for their ARC, gain their manager’s input, note objectives and goals for the year ahead, and sign the process off in one seamless, secure online form. 

EEE ARC Champions

We have two ARC Champions in the Department – George Constantinides and Tom Clarke. You can talk to them about the process at any time.

Line managers

We ask that all line managers attend one of the briefing sessions and to review the toolkits available to support successful conversations. 

Sabbatical leave for Academic refreshment

The Department is very supportive of academic sabbatical leave. It can be a valuable exercise for staff, providing opportunities to help develop a new research idea, transition into a new topic, or to build strong collaborative links with your hosts.

  • For EEE guidance and policy on sabbatical leave, please see the HR section on our Staff SharePoint intranet
  • Imperial College HR policy on Special Leave

Staff networks

  • Imperial has a number of staff networks that aim to encourage collaborative working, knowledge sharing, and opportunities for staff development and social engagement.
  • These include forums for various staff groups including technicians, professional and operational staff, educators, postdocs and fellows - as well as our equality and diversity networks that work to raise awareness of issues, and organise events and leadership and development opportunities.
  • In the department we have staff networks for Fellows and Postdoc staff, and for Professional, Technical and Operational staff:

Staff networks in EEE

Postdocs and Fellows network

EEE Postdocs and Fellows

The EEE department's Postdocs and Fellows Committee represents the voice of postdocs and fellows to the department management, and organises social and information events including career-focused workshops and seminars, and a Research Symposium.

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PTO staff forum

PTO Staff Forum

The EEE Professional, Technical and Operational Staff Forum is an opportunity for all PTO staff in our department to get together as a team, both socially and to share information about what is happening across the Department and the College.

Contact the Department Operations Manager to suggest topics for the next meeting.

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