This Policy provides information about the our company’s expectations of Employer’s availability and
Employer’s work in the context of Career Pathways (CP), and, it includes details of workload allocation that implements the [relevant] provisions of the Company Staff Enterprise. These support our company’s achievement of a ‘Culture of Performance’.
Policy Purpose
The purpose of the Policy is to align workload allocation for academic activities with the entitlements and conditions in our company Staff Enterprise Agreement, and in the context of the company’s strategic priorities.
The application of this Policy provides transparency of workload allocations enables overall equity of load across all Employer’s Staff and provides mechanisms for consultation in the allocation of workload.
Application of Policy
Our company Workload Policy applies to all Staff who are employed and/or assigned and/or engaged as an Staff member, Level A to Level E and includes Staff who hold concurrent assignments as well.
Academic Availability
In ensuring that the needs of our company and other relevant stakeholders are effectively met, Heads/ nominated supervisors expect Staff generally to be available during the company normal operating hours for employee’s and other consultation and meetings concerning teaching, research, administration and other activities (see also the Company Availability Policy).
Broad Definition of Academic Work
Teaching, Research, Academic Leadership and Service, and other activities of an academic nature are either considered together as a group under the broad headings above or inserted in the relevant sections of Workload Allocations (see below) as described which details the allocation of hours.
Teaching and Scholarship of Teaching may include:
- preparing teaching materials for face-to-face, online and other modes of delivery;
- developing units and courses, including online, off-campus and off-shore learning materials and obtaining professional accreditations;
- conducting lectures, laboratory classes, tutorials, seminars, workshops, field or practicum supervision or clinical education;
- developing and/or delivering online learning;
- supervising honours year and postgraduate coursework students’ projects;
- scholarly activity to maintain professional currency in the discipline area;
- designing and preparing of student assessment;
- developing innovations including the use of new technologies;
- developing and implementing updated pedagogical methods;
- preparing and submitting learning and teaching grant applications;
- marking and student feedback; and
- student consultation.
Research may include:
- supervising research higher degree students;
- undertaking a master’s qualification (normally an initial master’s in an approved area of expertise when required by the role);
- undertaking a Doctor of Philosophy (or equivalent);
- undertaking and publishing research;
- writing articles and other works for publication;
- preparing and submitting research grant applications;
- conducting research activities following a successful grant;
- presenting scholarly papers, addresses to conferences and the like and their subsequent publication;
- scholarly activity to maintain professional currency in the discipline area;
- editing journals;
- curating exhibitions and directing performances other than those related to teaching responsibilities; and
- relevant and approved professional development.
Other Activities including administration and/or University service may include:
- undertaking a role with formal staff supervision including of continuing, fixed-term,
- sessional and casual teaching and/or research staff and professional staff in a
- University-assigned role (e.g. Deputy Dean, National Head of School, State Head,
- Deputy Head of School, Associate Dean or Director of a Centre/Academy/Institute);
- undertaking a role such as:
- Course Coordinator or Course Advisor;
- Timetable Liaison Officer;
- Chair of a Course Implementation Committee, Faculty or School Standing Committee, University Committee, Course Development/Review Committee (other than as a Deputy Dean, National Head of School, State Head, Deputy Head of School or Associate Dean);
- contributing to committees such as course development and review committees;
- organising and/or attending meetings, forums and/or seminars;
- peer review and quality assurance activities;
- independent moderation of assessment;
- mentoring;
- mandatory professional learning;
- attending graduations, orientation, open days and the like;
- other administrative and relevant activities that occur from time to time;
- contributing to and involvement with professional associations, business, industry and unions;
- contributing to and involvement with relevant government and community bodies and associations, consistent with the Company engagement strategy; and
- promoting of the Company in the community.
Company service is defined as an appropriate and sustained contribution both to the corporate and general life of the University in the community, where this is not covered in other areas.
In circumstances where the University introduces a Policy that creates new academic activity in addition to these Teaching and Scholarship of Teaching Workload allocations, for example through the Learning and Teaching Framework, the components in Table 1-3 will be reviewed to include workload allocation for the new activities.