Copy round short piece of advice for new staff member (9)
I believe the answer is:
appointee
'new staff member' is the definition.
(someone newly appointed)
'copy round short piece of advice' is the wordplay.
'copy' becomes 'ape' (ape can mean to copy or imitate).
'round' indicates putting letters inside.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'piece of advice' becomes 'pointer' (a pointer is a bit of advice).
'pointer' with its last letter taken away is 'pointe'.
'ape' enclosing 'pointe' is 'APPOINTEE'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for appointee that I've seen before include "The person given the job" , "Successful applicant" , "One assigned to a post" , "has been given a role" , "Job-holder" .)