Orientation for Managers

Participant Group: Managers, Team Leaders, Supervisors

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 People & Culture and the role of the Manager throughout the employee lifecycle	Mary Ward & Mags Walsh	Monday 19th May 2025	10am - 12pm	MS Teams
Research HR, Leave and leave management, Garda vetting and Staff Development and Wellbeing	Carol O'Dwyer, Kathy O'Connell, Grace Conway & Mary Horgan	Tuesday 20th May 2025	10am - 12pm	MS Teams
Recruitment and Selection & Contract Management	Maeve Doyle & Helen O'Donoghue	Thursday 22nd May 2025	10am - 12pm	MS Teams
Performance Management	Briona Ryng	Tuesday 27th May 2025	10am - 11am	MS Teams
Employee Relations – Policies and Procedures & Managing challenging situations	Paul Ryan, Kieran Creedon, Anne Gannon & Susan O'Mahony	Thursday 29th May 2025	10am - 12pm	MS Teams

This programme is designed to introduce managers to the full range of policies and procedures which are relevant to their role in addition to exploring the role and responsibilities of the manager 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 managers on their requirements to be most effective in the HR aspects of their role.

It offers the opportunity to meet managers from other areas of the University and to find out about the various supports that are available to them.

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

Staff Wellbeing & Development

First Floor, Block E, Food Science Building, UCC, T12 YN60