People

All staff, academic and Professional Services, have a role to play in delivering our academic strategy, so it is vital to create an environment where everyone can flourish and succeed.

We will continue to promote and develop a culture of excellence, innovation, inclusion, commitment and respect. We will encourage openness and transparency. We will develop a diverse community of highly motivated, fully engaged staff with a strong sense of belonging.

We will ensure effective management of staff costs in line with University strategy and respond flexibly to opportunities, challenges and risks in both the internal and external environments.

Human resources priorities for the period 2010–2015 will be to:

• Build up leadership capacity to ensure we have people who can lead and manage through future challenges and changes ahead. We will focus on the development of leadership and the strengthening of management capabilities across the University.
• A new development programme, the Sheffield Leader, will be put in place for new and aspiring heads of department.
• Continue to nurture and develop a culture of belonging and engagement. We will pay special attention to keeping staff involved in and briefed about changes, and we will continue to work with the trade unions to maintain and develop good industrial relations.
• Reward excellence through fair and open processes. We will develop and implement a new pay framework for senior professional staff to reflect the recently revised banding structure, and we will continue to implement the hourly paid/atypical framework, to ensure fair pay and conditions for all.
• Sustain a motivated and diverse University community where staff and students work together to enhance delivery of the University’s academic strategy. We will continue to promote the inclusion of all staff; continue our focus on creating opportunities for women academics to progress; and regularly review our Excellence through Inclusion strategy to ensure it is focused on our future needs.
• Develop a culture where excellence is nurtured. We will make full use of the skills and experience of all staff and encourage greater internal movement and redeployment.
• Ensure health, safety and wellbeing initiatives remain a key priority during what will be an uncertain period. We will support specific programmes to address workload allocation and staff wellbeing.
• Manage resources to sustain capacity and achieve strategic growth to help protect our future. We will pay particular attention to reducing complexity in our processes and managing staff costs within the resources available. We will also complete a thorough review of our local pension scheme arrangements.

For more detail, and information about specific actions relating to this area, please see Human Resources.