One of the keys to success for any organisation is the effective management and supervision of staff.
Managers and supervisors provide leadership, coaching, guidance, support and direction for staff working with and for them.
In this area you will find the resources that you will need if you manage or supervise staff.
Download the Supervisor Reference Manual (PDF) to understand the scope of your responsibilities as a supervisor. The Reference Manual provides a snapshot of the key generic obligations of supervisors and offers pointers to resources and information that will assist supervisors in carrying out their role.
As a supervisor, you are responsible for effectively managing leave arrangements of staff members, including appropriate authorisation of absences, and balancing the operational needs of your area. You should be mindful of your duty of care to your staff by ensuring that they take regular periods of leave.
You can use Workday to view and approve your teams leave requests and balances.
Flinders University has 13 Casual Employment Registers that are accessible via the Jobs at Flinders webpage. These are:
Topic and course coordinators have access in Workday to the Casual Academic Candidate Pool and are thus able to see Casual Academic Register applicant details.
Access to the Casual Professional Candidate Pool is restricted. Hiring managers wishing to engage a casual professional should contact People & Culture at recruitment@flinders.ed.au so that they can be sent Casual Professional Register applicant details.
Workday is the web-based solution used to view and manage employee information.
Workday is used by staff for:
As a supervisor, you can use Workday to:
Service One is an online service request tool that is used widely across the University for service management.
The following People & Culture Services are available on Service One:
For information on the casual engagement process, please refer to Hiring and managing casuals for more details.
Fixed-term and continuing positions are advertised on the external-facing Workday jobs board. Please refer to the Job at Flinders page for details of currently advertised positions.
Hiring managers wishing to recruit a fixed-term of continuing employee must first raise a new Job Requisition via Service One. Once People & Culture have completed the Job Requisition in Workday, the hiring manager will be granted access to the Workday Recruitment Dashboard.
The hiring manager will be responsible for screen candidates, organising and conducting interviews, conducting reference checks and making a recommendation to appoint all in Workday.
P&C Client Services Unit can assist you with employment and staffing matters
Supervisors at Flinders University are required to undertake the following mandatory programs:
As a manager or supervisor, you have an important role to play in assisting new staff members gain familiarity with their work environment and acquire a sense of belonging which will build their commitment to the University.
Refer the Inducting new staff page for manuals, checklists and what you need to do before your staff member begins, on their first day and in their 3 month review.
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