Career Progression Frameworks · UK

Career progression frameworks that make growth visible.

Access HR builds career progression frameworks and job architecture for agencies and scaling businesses, so people can see how to grow and leaders have a fair, consistent basis for promotion and pay decisions.

Definition

What is a career progression framework?

A career progression framework sets out the levels within each role or function, what's expected at each level, and how people move between them. Combined with job architecture, it gives a transparent basis for promotion and pay.

Signs you need one
01
Good people leave because they can't see a next step.
02
Promotions and pay rises depend on who asks loudest.
03
Job titles mean different things in different teams.
04
Managers can't answer “how do I get promoted?”
What we deliver

Clear levels, fair decisions.

01

Job architecture

Consistent job families, levels and titles across the business.

02

Level expectations

What good looks like at each level, role by role.

03

Promotion process

Clear criteria and a fair route for promotion, linked to pay bands.

04

Launch

Manager guidance and communications to roll it out well.

FAQs

Progression frameworks, answered.

What is job architecture?

Job architecture is the structure of job families, levels and titles across a business. It's the foundation for progression frameworks, pay bands and workforce planning.

Do progression frameworks include pay?

They should link to pay. We design levels and promotion criteria, and work with your leadership and finance team to align them to pay bands.

Do you build progression frameworks for agencies?

Yes. Agencies and creative teams are a core part of our work, including frameworks that balance craft skills with client and leadership responsibilities.

Next step

Show your people where they can go next.

Delivered through fractional HR or as a project for in-house HR teams.