University of Melbourne General Staff Job Evaluation Project Review Committee

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Agent TypeOrganisationHistoryPrevious Control number UA352 The General Staff Job Evaluation Project Steering committee evolved from human resources management planning that identified two projects to study the nature & scope of jobs undertaken by general staff.

The general staff job evaluation project - University invited Cullen Egan Dell Australia Human Resource Management consultants to participate in its review of job classifications. The review cover general staff positions in secretarial, administrative, technical, professional, library & computing services. Job evaluation establish relative worth of jobs by examining their content , demand & accountability. It focus on the requirement of the position and not on individual performance or work method or present salary rates. About 100 benchmark positions will be studies in details People in positions need complete questionnaire and be interviewed about their job & extensive briefing & training sessions to be held. The benchmark data will be used to develop new grade structure and to review remuneration policies.

The Administrative Committee has appointed Steering committee to oversee each project. The UOM General Staff association which has been involved in preliminary discussions, will be represented on both Steering committees.

The role of the Steering committee was to monitor progress of the projects, report of regular intervals to administrative committee, guide the project leaders & inform the university committee about the project.

The other project was the general staff performance management pilot project - commence under supervision of wheeler strobel consulting group involves 60 member of general staff from 5 administrative units. These staff will help in preparation of position descriptions which give details & comprehensive account of their duties & responsibilities. Descriptions should give staff & supervisors a much clearer understanding of job requirements and at a late stage may be used in performance reviews.

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[UMA-SRE-20180039] Records of the University of Melbourne General Staff Job Evaluation Project Review Committee

[UMA-SRE-20150110] Minutes, Agendas and Papers of the General Staff Job Evaluation Project Steering Committee

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University of Melbourne General Staff Job Evaluation Project Review Committee