Performance Development Review (PDR)

PDR Roles

Who is involved?

There are FOUR identified roles in the PDR process as shown in the table below:

PDR Role	Example
REVIEWEE The person whose performance is being reviewed. Sets personal objectives and identifies development needs.	Constable, Administrator
REVIEWER The person who reviews the Reviewee’s performance and proposes solutions for development needs.	Sergeant, Admin Supervisor
MANAGER Prioritises and authorises development proposals. Discusses career development.	Inspector, HR Manager
SENIOR MANAGER Carries out a quality check. Responsible for ensuring the process is fair and effective.	Chief Inspector, Director of Corporate Services

There may, therefore, be FOUR different people involved in the process, although this will not always be the case. Where required or desired, one person can perform more than one role, e.g. for staff working in a relatively small team or department the responsibilities of the Manager and Senior Manager could be carried out by the same person

The Process

This PDR process encourages your participation by involving you in:

• setting objectives
• identifying priorities for your development
• gathering evidence in relation to your performance

The PDR record is completed using a ‘workbasket’ process. The form is automatically forwarded to the personal, electronic workbasket of each of the individuals involved in the process at the appropriate time.  Each recipient of the form is notified as required by a system generated e-mail, and its progress is logged and can be monitored. Only the relevant sections of the PDR form will be open for completion at each stage: sections completed or awaiting completion by others are shaded out and cannot be altered.

Whilst the document is in an individual’s workbasket, it is a ’live’ document. The user can add, delete or amend text in the sections open to them at that stage, and save the document as they would in any word processing system. Once the user is satisfied with what has been added, a click of the “Submit” button forwards the record to the next person in the process (or, at the end of the process, adds the document to the Reviewee’s Personal Record).

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Timescale for completion

It is recommended that the process, from generation of the PDR to final Reviewee sign off, should be completed within eight weeks with each person involved adhering to locally agreed time constraints.