Senior Appointments Panel (SAP)

Senior Appointments Panel (SAP)

The Senior Appointments Panel (SAP) governs salary setting for senior staff in the University. The SAP is chaired by the Vice-Chancellor. 

The SAP considers a range of issues, including:

  • super-scale payments for senior staff on the basis of recruitment of retention. This includes academic and senior research staff as well as senior administrative staff.
  • salary setting for Statutory Professors
  • the creation and salary setting of  RSIV (senior researcher) posts
  • the creation and salary setting of ALC6 (senior administrative) posts
  • the award of the title of Professor on the grounds of recruitment or retention
  • the annual Recognition of Distinction exercise
  • the biennial Professorial Merit Pay exercise 

University HR's webpages outline what materials are required for each of the above. 

Departments must seek support from the Division in order to submit a case to the SAP. Please contact Meghan Lawson, Divisional Academic HR Manager, if you wish to discuss the details of a case. 

SAP meeting dates and deadlines

The SAP considers cases on a monthly basis. The upcoming meeting dates and deadlines for SAP cases are:

Divisional paper deadline
Central paper deadline
Meeting date
Wednesday 4 October 2023 Wednesday 11 October 2023 Wednesday 25 October 2023
Monday 6 November 2023 Wednesday 8 November 2023 Thursday 23 November 2023
Tuesday 28 November 2023 Tuesday 5 December 2023 Tuesday 19 December 2023
Wednesday 3 January 2024 Wednesday 10 January 2024 Wednesday 24 January 2024
Wednesday 7 February 2024 Wednesday 14 February 2024 Wednesday 28 February 2024
Wednesday 28 February 2024 Wednesday 6 March 2024 Wednesday 20 March 2024
Monday 8 April 2024 Monday 15 April 2024 Monday 29 April 2024
Wednesday 24 April 2024 Wednesday 1 May 2024 Thursday 16 May 2024
Wednesday 29 May 2024 Wednesday 5 June 2024 Thursday 20 June 2024
Wednesday 12 June 2024 Wednesday 19 June 2024 Thursday 4 July 2024

 

Please submit cases to mailto:meghan.lawson@socsci.ox.ac.uk