An opportunity for employees to come together and provide input into the formation of a unified core competency framework.
Purpose: Working with our employees and union partner(s) to explore and develop a Unified Core Competency Framework for all three of our employee groups (Support Staff, Academic and Administration). Completing this work together will allow us to share in co-created skill sets that centers us on our combined purpose of supporting students.
Why is this work important? It has the potential to impact several areas of HR that are important to Algonquin College employees; recruiting processes, allowing us to hire the right people, with the right skill sets into the right jobs. Performance Management; core competencies will assist employees and managers in understanding expectations, if we know what skills (core competencies) are required in each of jobs, we can then ensure we are able to meet those expectations in order to best serve our students. Additionally, there is impact to our Succession Planning Framework as well as the way we plan and deliver professional development and learning opportunities.
How will we collect data?
Step one: We will collect information focus groups where employees will be invited to share their thoughts and ideas in a group exercise. Everyone’s input will then be collated and shared with the larger group. Individual ideas will be not be identifiable.
Step two: Online survey – the survey will provide those who are unable to attend a session with an opportunity to provide feedback. Employees may use the following link to submit their thoughts: www.algonquincollege.com/employeeengagement/unified-core-competency-exploration-questions/
Please RSVP to 7660@algonquincollege.com for any of the following Focus Group dates:
- October 29 – 11:00am – 1:00pm – Room C122
- October 30 – 5:00pm -7:00pm – Room C121
- November 5 – 12:00pm – 2:00pm – Room C122
- November 7 – 9:00am – 11am – Room C126
