Equal Employment Opportunities Officer

Responsibilities

• Is responsible for all employment related matters.

Tasks

• To oversee the Equal Employment Opportunities programme within the school.
• To oversee the employment of staff that meets the criteria of all awards and employment agreements.
• Guides these policies and procedures:

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Appointments

Appraisal

Disputes

Health and safety in the workplace

• To act as liaison for staff in the event of grievances concerning:

- access to career training and development.

- disabilities in the workplace.

- harassment, sexual or otherwise.

- childcare or eldercare.

- fairness in job evaluation.

- promotion.

- discrimination of any kind etc.

• To inform the Board of Trustees of its responsibilities with respect to the above issues.
• To develop and implement annual EEO programme possibly addressing issues such as:

- reviewing EEO related policies (recruitment and selection, promotion and career development, staff training and development, conditions of service, harassment).

- EEO database.

- staff consultation and education in EEO.

- monitoring EEO status and progress.

• To develop new policies and initiatives aimed at making the school a better EEO employer.