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Staff information & consultation committee<br />

SECTION 3.11<br />

This Committee was formed in 2003 in order <strong>to</strong> improve channels <strong>of</strong><br />

communication between <strong>the</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s Governing Body and <strong>the</strong> <strong>staff</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>College</strong>. It reports <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Staff and Employment Committee.<br />

Its membership consists <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Master, two members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Staff and<br />

Employment Committee (<strong>the</strong> Chairman and <strong>the</strong> Bursar) and eight elected<br />

representatives <strong>of</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>staff</strong>. The Committee is chaired by <strong>the</strong> Master<br />

and meets once in each term. The <strong>College</strong> <strong>staff</strong> are divided in<strong>to</strong> four<br />

departmental groups, as below, and each group has two elected<br />

representatives on <strong>the</strong> Committee.<br />

POLICIES & PROCEDURES<br />

Staff information and<br />

consultation committee<br />

GROUP 1<br />

GROUP 2<br />

GROUP 3<br />

GROUP 4<br />

Accommodation Office<br />

Catering Management<br />

Boathouse<br />

Housekeeping<br />

Bursary Food Preparation<br />

Food Preparation<br />

Buildings & Maintenance<br />

<strong>College</strong> Office<br />

Food Service<br />

Gardens & Grounds<br />

Conference Office<br />

Porters’ Lodge<br />

Development Office<br />

HR Office<br />

IT Department<br />

Library & Archives<br />

Master’s Lodge<br />

Tu<strong>to</strong>rial & Admissions Office<br />

The purpose <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Committee is <strong>to</strong> receive comments, views, and<br />

suggestions from <strong>College</strong> <strong>staff</strong> and <strong>to</strong> inform <strong>staff</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s<br />

activities and economic situation; <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> structure and probable<br />

development <strong>of</strong> employment and any anticipa<strong>to</strong>ry measures envisaged, in<br />

particular where <strong>the</strong>re is a threat <strong>to</strong> employment; and <strong>of</strong> decisions likely<br />

<strong>to</strong> lead <strong>to</strong> substantial changes in work organisation or contractual<br />

relations, including redundancy and transfers.<br />

STAFF HANDBOOK 87

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