Induction for New

Leaders and
Managers
Human Resources and
Organisational
Development

Welcome to Aston

HR structure and my role

Aston 2020 and Aston's expectations
of its managers and leaders
Key policies and procedures
Salary and benefits
Web resource for managers and
leaders
http://www1.aston.ac.uk/staff/hr/managers-resources/

Structure of Human Resources

Director of HR and
Organisational
Development

Payroll
Services

Equality
and
Diversity

Health and
Safety

Professional and
Advisory Support to
Schools and
Departments

Staff and
Graduate
Development

Workforce
Information
Project

Aston People 2020 Leadership Expectations

Key HR Policies and Procedures

Ethically

Fairness

Without delay

Consistency

Framework

Confidentiality

Mechanisms

Right to be
accompanied

Induction

Who should be inducted?

New employees and existing
staff who have a new job role
When?
From day one
Who is responsible?
Department/School

http://www1.aston.ac.uk/staff/hr/a-z/#i

Induction is key to
familiarising
employees with the
University and their
given area of
responsibility

Probationary Procedure

Who does probation apply to?

All except Lecturers, Senior
Lecturers and Professors
Duration of the probationary
period? 6 months or 12 months
Assigned a Probationary
Advisor? Line manager
Options ? Extend, confirm, end

http://www1.aston.ac.uk/staff/hr/policy-procedures/other/probation/

Diversity, Inclusion and Well Being

Well Being Group

Champions for Equality and
Diversity
Athena Swan
Networks e.g. Disability, LGBTQ
Two Ticks - Positive about
Disabled People Symbol User

http://www1.aston.ac.uk/staff/hr/equalops

Performance Development and Reward

Scheme

Effective staff
performance and
development is
key to Astons
ability to deliver to
its 2020 Strategy.

Employees have one meeting with his/her line

manager a year
Set objectives (June/July)
Review objectives (May/June)
Continue to review during the year at one to
ones
Reward scheme runs once a year and is in 2 parts
All staff University level award (except staff
warnings)
Individual contribution (backdated to 1 August)
All new managers should attend the training run by
staff development
Training available on setting objectives and the
PDR scheme

www.aston.ac.uk/staff/staffdev/pdr

Performance Management
Informally meet with the employee
3 Formal Stages, sets out:
Right to be accompanied
Notice of meeting
Who should be at the meeting
Academic staff are referred to the
University Statutes
Suspension
Authorisation required
Appeal Process
Each stage of the procedure
http
://www1.aston.ac.uk/staff/hr/policy-procedures/other/performance-management-pro
cedure
/

Sickness Process and Procedure

Staff are expected to obtain a GP
note for absences of 8 days or over
All staff are expected to notify their
Line Manager if they are absent for
this to be recorded
Line Manager should enter the
sickness information promptly on
Core
Sickness data returned on a monthly
basis
http://www1.aston.ac.uk/staff/hr/policy-procedures/wellbeing/sickness-absence-poli
cy-procedures-and-guidelines
/

Sickness Absence

Sickness da

Impaired
performance
through sickness
may create
health and safety
risks

http://www1.aston.ac.uk/staff/hr/policy-procedures/wellbeing/sickness-absence-polic
y-procedures-and-guidelines
/

Disciplinary
Pre Disciplinary Counselling
3 Formal Stages, sets out:
Right to be accompanied
Notice of meeting
Who should be at the meeting
Academic staff are referred to the
University Statutes
Suspension
Authorisation required
Appeal Process
At each stage of the procedure
http://www1.aston.ac.uk/staff/hr/policy-procedures/other/alcdisc

Saying Thank You To Employees

Informal

Saying thank you!

Formal

Performance related pay

Aston Excellence Awards
Chancellors medal
Aston Star award
Use of Personal Academic Support Accounts
Recognition in print (Aspects)

Salary

http://www1.aston.ac.uk/staff/hr/pay-reward/salary-scales/
Please note additional duties which become continuing may result in requests for
evaluation.

Joint Campus Trade Unions

We recognise the following unions on campus:

http://www1.aston.ac.uk/staff/hr/new-staff-starters/unions/

Website for Managers and Leaders

Quick guide to policies and

procedures
Vidcasts and podcasts on key
topics
Aspirational training and
development opportunities for
managers at all levels
Key courses you should
attend in your first year at
Aston

Questions