Academic Staff Performance Management Scheme Procedures (Sessional Staff)

Preamble

The following procedures formalise arrangements for the performance management of sessional academic staff.

Definitions

Sessional staff member: Casual academic teaching staff member engaged under the Monash University Enterprise Agreement (Academic and General Staff) 2005 or an AWA.

Sessional staff member engaged for a short period: Casual employee engaged for a short period within the meaning of section 638(1)(d) of the Workplace Relations Act 1996.

1. Performance goals and standards

Appropriate performance goals and standards are to be assigned for a sessional staff member within the terms and conditions of his/her role as part of the process of induction.

Responsibility: Supervisor

2. Management of unsatisfactory performance

2.1 The allocation of further sessional hours to and/or the re-engagement of a sessional  staff member engaged for a short period (as defined) is to be subject not only to operational requirements but also to a consideration of the performance of the staff member in terms of his/her assigned performance goals and standards.

Responsibility: Supervisor

2.2 Where the performance of a sessional staff member is unsatisfactory during the period of sessional  engagement, any applicable disciplinary procedures in the relevant Workplace Agreement should be considered and where appropriate, applied.

Responsibility: Supervisor

3. Rewarding superior performance

Demonstrated superior performance by a sessional staff member in terms of his/her assigned performance goals and standards may be rewarded by:

• the allocation of more sessional hours;
• re-engagement; and/or
• favourable consideration for fixed-term or continuing vacancies.

Responsibility: Supervisor