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 9 October 2024 Wednesday 16 October 2024 Wednesday 30 October 2024
Monday 4 November 2024 Monday 11 November 2024 Monday 25 November 2024
Thursday 21 November 2024 Thursday 28 November 2024 Thursday 12 December 2024
Thursday 9 January 2025 Thursday 16 January 2025 Thursday 30 January 2025
Friday 31 January 2025 Friday 7 February 2025 Friday 21 February 2025
Thursday 6 March 2025 Thursday 13 March 2025 Thursday 27 March 2025
Thursday 3 April 2025 Thursday 10 April 2025 Thursday 24 April 2025
Wednesday 7 May 2025 Wednesday 14 May 2025 Wednesday 28 May 2025
Friday 6 June 2025 Friday 13 June 2025 Friday 27 June 2025
Thursday 10 July 2025 Thursday 17 July 2025 Thursday 31 July 2025

 

Please submit cases to academic-hr@socsci.ox.ac.uk