Staff engagement framework
What is Employee Engagement?
Employee engagement is the ability to capture the heads, hearts, and souls of our employees to instil an intrinsic desire and passion for excellence. Engaged employees want their organisation to succeed because they feel connected emotionally, socially, and even spiritually to its mission, vision, and purpose (Gallup 2008).
What is the purpose of the USQ Staff Engagement Framework and what are the associated roles and responsibilities?
The USQ Staff Engagement Framework aims to provide all USQ Employees an opportunity to become more aware and involved in the achievement of our strategic goals.
As part of the framework, Principal Goal Stewards, under the broad guidance of their Executive Portfolio Steward, are required to document which strategies they are going to employ in order to engage relevant USQ employees in the achievement of their goal. The Strategies or Opportunities for Engagement are categorised in four main themes:
- Communication
- Learning and Development
- Involvement in Decision-Making, and
- Reward and Recognition
An important element of this data collection is the identification of relevant employee groups to be targeted and addressed. The benefit of this exercise is the ability to identify gaps and minimise the risk of employee categories being overlooked. Target employee groups include:
- All Staff
- All Academic Staff
- All Professional Staff
- Senior Executive Group
- Faculty Deans
- Non-Faculty Heads
- Academic and Administrative Leaders
- Professoriate
- Associate Deans
- Heads of School/Department/Discipline
- Heads of Program
- Casual/Sessional Academics
- Professional Staff Leaders
- Supervisors
- International Partner Staff
- Springfield and Fraser Coast Staff
- Equity Groups
- Other Groups
Full details of the strategies or opportunities for engagement, the target employee groups and a summary of definitions are available from the complete USQ Staff Engagement Framework (PDF 81kb).
Once data has been collated this will become part of the USQ Staff Engagement Plan overseen by Human Resources. It is anticipated that Human Resources staff will assist Principal Goal Stewards in coordinating the strategies as appropriate. Please note it is the responsibility of the Principal Goal Steward to ensure that their plan is completed and implemented.
Framework contacts
Rachael Millett, Human Resources.