HR NEWS
HR NEWS
HR NEWS
HR NEWS
HR SUPPORT – COLLEGES DIVISION involved employee relations within Durham Constabulary and recruitment at Newcastle City Council. Prior to joining the University, Vicki held a similar post in HR at IKEA. Deborah joined the University earlier this year following 16 years in HR roles supporting hospitality and support services for a variety of customer focussed clients. For HR help and advice, email hr.colleges@durham.ac.uk
The University’s HR department works in teams to assist and guide each faculty/division on a range of staffing issues. In this issue of Dialogue, we’re focussing on HR support for our colleges. Support is provided by HR to all colleges, including the recognised Colleges of St Chad’s and St John’s. The staffing issues are as diverse as the wide spectrum of roles undertaken by college staff, often
HR support for the Division is covered by HR Manager, Susanne Bradley (ext 46506), and two job share HR Officers, Vicki Casey and Deborah Moller-Andersen (ext 46521).
Following an extensive review, new guidance for staff and Heads of Department, including a new format for applications for promotion, has been launched. Documents are now available on the HR webpages at: www.durham.ac.uk/hr/policies/promotion
Susanne has been a member of the HR department since 2002, initially as Reward Manager. Previous roles
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MAJOR PROJECTS
CELEBRATING SUCCESS!
During 2011, HR will be working on a number of major projects to support the University Strategy.
We’re starting the New Year with a celebration for all those members of staff who have successfully completed qualifications in the last 12 months.
A key project will be to modernise our recruitment and selection practices. This will include the development of our e-recruitment system to take advantage of SMS capabilities to contact candidates and store details in talent pools for future vacancies and staff development opportunities.
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with different HR requirements, in delivering high standards of service to our students and visitors, e.g. pastoral care and welfare, admissions, cleaning, catering and portering roles.
ACADEMIC PROBATION, PROGRESSION & PROMOTIONS
A total of 110 staff will receive their certificates in a presentation from the ViceChancellor, Chris Higgins, on 11th January.
FIND OUT MORE For details of future courses, contact the Training & Development team – Mark Crabtree ext 41650 or Sophie Sowerby ext 41640.