2020-02-11 Services and Organisation Committee Agenda

 SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    11 FEBRUARY 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES               RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                                  CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER

People and Culture
Domestic and Family Violence       Developed a Domestic and Family Violence           Develop a Workplace Domestic and            Implement the Workplace
Awareness and support program        Strategy.                                            Family Violence Policy as part of an          Domestic and Family Violence
                                                                                          Employee Wellbeing initiative.                Policy.
                                                                                        Develop and promote a suite of              Continue to monitor and review
                                                                                          internal resources.                           the program for continual
                                                                                        Research/investigate initiatives that         improvement.
                                                                                          reduce the stigma related to domestic       Continue to identify initiatives that
                                                                                          and family violence and promote ways          reduce the stigma related to
                                                                                          to support supervisors and affected           domestic and family violence and
                                                                                          employees.                                    promote ways to support
                                                                                        Partner with the Australian Services          supervisors and affected
                                                                                          Union to support awareness                    employees.
                                                                                          and victims.
Leadership Group Development       Commenced Stage 2 of the Leadership                Promote the progress & purpose of           Feedback and monitoring of the
Program                              Group development program which is                   the group to teams & the organization,        program to ensure return on
                                     based on reinforcing council’s                       reinforcing the agreed values which           investment is achieved.
                                     values/culture, strengthening relationships          have been adopted by the group.
                                     and building a high performing                     Organise & support development
                                     management/leadership team.                          sessions.
Mentoring Program                  The mentoring program was identified as            Commence the program - Introduction         Evaluate the program at mid-
                                     an initiative to develop leadership skills,          session to be held on 27 February for         point to determine the success of
                                     increase knowledge sharing, support                  a period of six months.                       the program and seek feedback
                                     career progression, build internal                 Develop support material.                   Continue to develop the program
                                     relationships, encourage networks and                                                              and use the feedback to inform
                                     increase employee engagement.                                                                      future programs.
                                   Endorsement of 7 mentees and mentors
                                     across the organisation to participate in the
                                     pilot program
Young Employees Program            Continue to engage with and develop the            Career planning session with LGMA           Finalising the program,
                                     general skills of our young employees.             Public Speaking                               evaluation and review.
                                   Employees agreed on their development              Leadership skills
                                     activities which included:
                                      Speaking confidently in the workplace
                                      Public Speaking
                                      Job Shadowing
                                   Career planning
                                   Interview skills

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