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Human Resources Support and Development Plan

The Human Resources Key Operational Plan outlines six major goals for 2011-2013. The goals involve University employees across all employment groups and include: implementation of the PeopleSoft Human Resource System; commitment to equitable pay; professional development and succession planning; the University’s wellness program; Inclusive Excellence and the development of a University Staffing Plan.

Goals for 2009-2010

 

In late 2008, the following goals were established for the two-year period of 2009-2010:

  1. Revise and improve the recruitment policy for faculty, academic staff and limited appointments.

  2. Develop a training plan for classified staff supervisors regarding operational issues.

  3. Develop a plan for classified and academic staff development plans.

  4. Develop a campus-wide staffing plan to include student employment.

  5. Offer performance-evaluation training for classified staff supervisors.

  6. Develop a follow-up to the Diversity 2008 Plan as part of the UW System initiative.

  7. Develop a new-employee orientation plan for all employee groups.

  8. Develop a plan for department chair training.

 

Accomplishments for 2009-2010

Accomplishments within these goals during 2008 include the following:

  1. The recruitment policy for faculty, academic staff and limited appointments has been improved to allow greater flexibility.
  2. Classified staff supervisors are trained on an as needed basis regarding operational issues and performance evaluation.
  3. Human Resources staff work one-on-one with classified and academic staff to assist them with development plans.
  4. Department chairs are trained on an as needed basis regarding human resources issues.
  5. Working with a subgroup of the Senate of Academic Staff, an improved process for professional-administrative academic staff to request consideration for salary equity was developed.

Goals for 2011-2013

 

  1. Ensure successful completion of Human Resources business practices, utilizing state-of-the-art technology and best practices.

  2.  Ensure the process utilized to determine University employees’ pay and benefits is transparent, understandable and equitable.

  3. Provide employees with a premier professional development and growth program.

  4. Advance the physical and emotional health of all University employees to become a “well-university.”

  5. Weave the principles of Inclusive Excellence (I/E) into all aspects of Human Resources, modeling the University’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

  6. Develop a comprehensive University staffing plan.

 

 

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