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Orientation for New Heads
Participant Group: Newly appointed Heads of Schools/Heads of Departments/Heads of Units
Dates: For programme topics, dates & times, please see below. To book your place on any or all of the sessions below, please email traininganddevelopment@ucc.ie
Duration: 5 x 2 hour sessions
Location: via Microsoft Teams
Facilitators: Staff Wellbeing and Development, HR Managers and HR Business Managers
Programme Topics & Dates
Introduction to HR and the role of the Head/Manager throughout the employee lifecycle |
Ashley Flaherty & Maeve Doyle |
Monday 2nd December 2024 |
3pm - 5pm |
MS Teams |
Research HR, Leave and leave management, Garda vetting and Staff Development and Wellbeing |
Mary O'Regan / Carol O'Dwyer, Kathy O'Connell, Grace Conway & Mary Horgan |
Tuesday 3rd December 2024 |
3pm - 5pm |
MS Teams |
Recruitment and Selection & Contract Management |
Mags Walsh & Mary Ward |
Wednesday 4th December 2024 |
10am - 12pm |
MS Teams |
Performance Management |
Briona Ryng |
Tuesday 10th December 2024 |
10am - 11am |
MS Teams |
Employee Relations – Policies and Procedures & Managing challenging situations |
Paul Ryan, Kieran Creedon, Anne Gannon & Susan O'Mahony |
Wednesday 11th December 2024 |
10am - 12pm |
MS Teams |
This programme is designed to introduce newly appointed Heads to the full range of HR policies and procedures which are relevant to their role in addition to exploring the role and responsibilities of the Head in relation to the following areas:
- Staffing and Recruitment
- Performance Management
- Leave Management
- Handling Conflict
- Staff Wellbeing and Support
This programme has been developed based on feedback from newly appointed Heads on their requirements to be most effective in the HR aspects of their role.
It offers the opportunity to meet Heads from other areas of the University and to find out about the various HR supports that are available to them during their Headship.
Each participant is offered follow-up coaching as part of the programme.
Staff feedback
- Thank you for a very useful programme. It has definitely helped me in my new role as a Department Head.
- The information on university processes, regulations and supports was very useful to me as a new Head.
- I gained an insight into the challenges of leadership in university management, assertiveness skills as well as a new network.
- It was very useful to get all the information on the policies which apply and advice on engaging with colleagues. The session on performance and managing colleagues was very helpful in that respect.
- Gave clarity on many of the topics. Heightened awareness of some of the subtleties/nuances of contracts which are important to know. Better understanding of the role of the HR partner. Realisation there are many policies and procedures and need to consider how this could be filtered down better to Department level.
- Provided me with a much more in depth knowledge on policies and procedures I didn't know!
To book your place on any or all of the sessions above, please email traininganddevelopment@ucc.ie