December 8, 2016
Grievance Procedure
August 15, 2016
Sign up for a mindfulness course
Workplace Health and Wellbeing are offering our staff the chance to attend an 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction course at our Colchester Campus. With increasing pressure both in our professional and personal lives, this course will equip you with improved skills to manage modern day lifestyles and encourage mindfulness practice.
July 20, 2016
Organisation Structure
What is ‘organisation structure’?
The organisation structure is the backbone of our University. It gives details of the departments and jobs in which people work, and their relationship to each other.
A clearly mapped structure allows the University to highlight vacant positions and those to which we are recruiting; this helps us to understand how changing certain jobs can impact other people and their jobs. It also enables the University to estimate financial staffing costs both now and in the future.
A clear and well planned organisation structure helps us create a robust plan for a successful future.
April 12, 2016
You said, we listened update
The Staff Survey question of the month in December and January asked for any recommendations from you – and we received over 100 ideas! We wanted to share with you some of the work we have been doing as a result of your comments and suggestions.
We have updates covering:
- Improving communication during change
- Escape from your desk
- Getting the work-life balance right
- Improve your IT efficiency
- Food outlets across campus
- Syncing calendars with teaching hours and HR Organiser
- Toilets at Colchester campus
- Chairing meetings course
April 6, 2016
Mindfulness Course
Workplace Health and Wellbeing are offering staff the chance to attend an 8 week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course on the Colchester campus. With increasing pressure both in our professional and personal lives, this course aims to equip individuals with improved skills to manage modern day lifestyles and encourage mindfulness practice.
What is ‘Mindfulness’?
Mindfulness is based around maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, emotions, body and surrounding environment. It can be expected that following the 8 week course there may be:
February 15, 2016
You’re hired!
From 11th July, we will be moving to a new e-recruitment system, which will improve the process for recruiting managers. Effective recruitment is an important way of building our capacity and capability to achieve the aims of our Strategic Plan.
This work, together with new guidance and training, will help us deliver the commitments outlined in our People Supporting Strategy.
January 20, 2016
Managing sickness absence in HR Organiser
What will it mean for me?
If you are absent from work due to illness, you will report your sickness as you do now, in line with the University policy. A period of sickness will be opened in People Manager, and you will receive an email to your work address confirming this. On your return to work, you will log onto HR Organiser and close the period of sickness, confirming that you are back at work.
January 19, 2016
More to discover in HR Organiser coming soon….
Working better together
The People Supporting Strategy is the blueprint around which we will build improvements to our processes and the way we do things at the University. One of the first ways our HR team aims to make these improvements is through better use of the HR Organiser system.
Why are we moving to an online system?
HR Organiser provides the University with a secure integrated system where everyone has access to and ownership of their own data and that data is dealt with consistently across the board. It will reduce the need for entering HR data in multiple places and reduce paperwork, giving all of us access to the information we need to do our jobs.
There are five areas of work, all of which will be rolled out over the next academic year: (more…)
December 1, 2015
Building confidence and trust in our managers
Have you answered the latest question of the month?
October’s QOTM results
In October 2015 we asked whether your line manager inspired confidence and trust. We received over 190 responses and the highlights were:
- Overall 57.9% of the responses voted ‘yes’ their line manager inspires confidence and trust.
- In the Faculty of Science & Health, 75% of the votes were ‘yes’, followed by the Faculty of Social Sciences with 69.2% ‘yes’ votes and Professional Services staff voting 56.1% positively.
- The Faculty of Humanities, Professional Services staff within a faculty/department and Campus Services all received 50% or lower ‘yes’ voters.
Feedback from the free text comments will be factored into an ongoing review of manager training and development opportunities at the University. This is a core element of the People Supporting Strategy which seeks to clarify the roles and responsibilities of those who are in leadership and management positions and establish a talent development programme for all members of the University.
Training currently available
November 12, 2015
Essex Women’s Network launch event
Be a founding member, shape the group’s aims, change your working life…
Come to our first gathering of our new Essex Women’s Network. Don’t sit at your desk that day! Follow signs to soup, bread and bunting.
When: Wednesday 25 November 2015, drop in anytime between 12pm and 2pm.
Where: Silberrad Student Centre Foyer
What is the Essex Women’s Network?
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