2018-11-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                     6 NOVEMBER 2018


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                         CURRENT PRIORITIES                          THE NEXT QUARTER
Business as Usual activities                  Developed new Branch Plan and             Continued provision of a high level       Continued provision of a high level
Support the organisation with payroll,          undertook risk assessment.                  of     service    and      systems          of service.
work health and safety, recruitment, on-      28 positions were advertised this           enhancements.
boarding and workplace relations.               quarter compared to 42 in the
                                                previous quarter. 12 appointments
                                                were from internal applicants while
                                                the remaining 16 appointments were
                                                from external applicants.


Community Engagement
Website Project                               Finalised review of website content       Work with ICT to further develop the      Work with ICT to develop the project
                                                undertaken by Web Authors.                  Web Framework and Guideline.                plan to transition to a new web
                                              Undertook navigation consultation.        Work with ICT to progress                   platform.
                                              Liaised with LGAQ for migration to          navigation changes to Council’s
                                                new platform timing and resources –         website.
                                                now confirmed early 2019.
Internal Communications Project               Reinforced     importance      of         Communications          requirements      Continued reinforcement     of the
                                                communications with managers and            associated with a possible Intranet         importance       of         internal
                                                Pelican Brief.                              migration to new platform.                  communications.
                                                                                          Work with ICT to fully use the
                                                                                            revamped Intranet to improve
                                                                                            internal communications.
Intranet Project                              Managed naming competition and            Management of home page sliders           Continued management of home
                                                finalised and launched new home             to      improve        internal             page    sliders and   content
                                                page and format.                            communications.                             development
Waste Reduction & Recycling Plan –            Development and Implementation of         Work with Waste team around timing        Continue to work with Waste team to
Roll-out of new garden waste bins,              Communications Plan for Kerbside            of Kerbside Collection results MR           manage community perceptions and
Recycling campaign                              Collection                                  and lime-lidded bins MR.                    media regarding recycling
                                              Noosa recycling campaign –                Illegal dumping social media and          Continued liaison with Noosa News
                                                - Excellent pick-up when on-shared          video campaign.                             regarding                    further
                                                via social media;                         Add PDF files of each article to            partnerships/collaborations
                                                - Rate of downloads of Council’s            website.                                    opportunities
                                                Recycle Smart app has increased as        Develop remaining 6 articles.
                                                direct result of newspaper campaign.




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