University of St Andrews

Temporary Staff Reassignment (TSR)

TSR is a simple, flexible, no cost approach that enables the University to reassign staff from their normal duties for a short, defined period (up to 12 weeks), into a new role. This may be part-time or full-time over the defined period and opportunities are advertised to all staff.

TSR can be used for the following situations:

• A School or Unit has a temporary shortfall in resource or a short-term skills deficit - either due to seasonal work patterns, urgent project work, or in response to changing circumstances
• To support colleagues who are unable to undertake all of their normal duties
• To provide work for staff who have spare capacity to take on duties elsewhere

TSR enables the University to match resource in one part of the University with temporary requirements elsewhere, creating development opportunities for staff, while making best use of our staff resources in a responsive and flexible way.

Please see the Temporary Staff Reassignment webpage for further details of using this recruitment route.