Have to agree with Ben. If this job was ‘created’ for existing staff, it wouldn’t have been advertised externally. From what I understand, it takes a lot of jumping through hoops to advertise externally and managers have to justify why the job cannot be filled internally first of all. I do think, however, that this role could be encompassed within senior management duties, although I don’t know the setup so this idea may be unworkable. I really don’t think the council is doing anything improper in this regard, especially compared to other large institutions such as the aforementioned university.