femanagers questionnaire

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Questionnaire for FE college managersinvolved with making staff appointments

Succession planning and the employment andprogression of black and minority ethnic (BME) staff

We would be grateful if you would spend 15 minutes completing this questionnaire onlineat www.centreforexcellence.org.uk/managers or in hard copy. It will be received incomplete confidence. No part of your response will be used in any way that will enableyour comments to be attributed to you.

The Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL) is working to support leaders in the furthereducation sector plan for and manage its staffing succession crisis. Over the coming 5to10 years many more staff will be leaving the sector than are currently likely to join it.

This questionnaire is part of a policy research project designed to determine how the FEsector can develop one strand of a response to the succession crisis by maximising the

recruitment and retention of black and minority ethnic (BME) staff. To do this we need tounderstand the views and experiences of managers involved in staff appointments. Theproject is using companion questionnaires with college HR directors and BME collegestaff and prospective BME college staff. Your completion of this questionnaire will bevalued and will lead to changes in policy and practice.

If you complete this questionnaire in hard copy it should be posted to:

Emma GoreephThe Centre for Excellence in Leadership4th Floor

47 Mark LaneLondonEC3R 7QQ

If you would prefer to respond electronically you can access an e-questionnaire bylogging on to www.centreforexcellence.org.uk/managers

To ensure response is part of the research please complete and the return thequestionnaire by 30 January 2008.

Thank youYour response is greatly valued

http://www.centreforexcellence.org.uk/managers






Section 1: Personal profile

1. Please indicate to which age group you belong: (Please tick one box)

Under 25 45 to 54

25 to 34 55 to 59

35 to 44 60 plus

2. Please indicate whether you are: (Please tick one box)

Female Male Transgender

3. Disability: Do you consider yourself to have a disability? ( Please tick one box)

Yes No

4. Ethnic background: Please choose one section from (A) to (E) and then tick theappropriate box to indicate your ethnic background. (Please tick one box)

A White B Mixed

British White and Black Caribbean

Irish White and Black African

Any other white background, White and Asian

please specify: Any other mixed background, please

specify:

C Asian or Asian British D Black or Black British

Indian Caribbean

Pakistani African

Bangladeshi Any other black background, please

Any other Asian background, Specify:

please specify:

E Chinese or other ethnic group

Chinese Any other ethnic group, please

specify:



5. What is your religion or belief?

Christian Buddhist

Hindu None

Jewish Prefer not to sayMuslim Other (please specify):

Sikh

6. What is your sexual orientation?

Lesbian Gay

Heterosexual Bisexual

Prefer not to say

Section 2: Work and employment

7. How long have you been employed at your college? (Please tick one box)

Less than 1 year 11 – 14 years

1 - 2 years 15 – 19 years

3 - 5 years 20 years or more

6 - 10 years

8. How long have you worked in the FE sector? (Please tick one box)

Less than 1 year 11 – 14 years

1 - 2 years 15 – 19 years

3 - 5 years 20 years or more

6 - 10 years

9. What is your position in the management hierarchy?

Senior manager First line manager

Director Other (please say)

Middle manager



10. In which region is your college located?

East Midlands South East

East of England South West

Greater London West Midlands

North East Yorkshire and Humberside

North West

11. Type of college? (Please tick one box)

General FE College Specialist College

Sixth form College Residential College

12. Working hours – are you:Full time Fractional

Other

13. What is you employment status?

Permanent Temporary

Seconded Other (please specify)

14. What kind of organisation did you work for before coming to this college? (Please tick all

that apply)

School Private sector employer (non-education)

University Other (please say)

Private sector education provider

15. Do you have any of the following qualifications? (Please tick all that apply)

Certificate in Personnel Practice Certificate in recruitment and selection

Certificate in management CIPD Other HR/personnel qualification

(please say)



16. What is your highest qualification? (Please say)

17. Has you college provided equalities training for senior staff and those responsible forrecruitment and selection? (tick all that apply)

Race equality Sexual orientation equality

Gender equality Religion or belief

Disability equality Other equality training (please say)

Age equality

18. Did this training include a focus on mainstreaming equality in the following? (Tick all that

apply)

Recruitment and selection Coaching/mentoring

Management/supervision Other (please say)

Performance appraisal

19. Have you received training in equalities in relation to employing and managing staff?

Yes No

19a. If Yes – do you apply it to your involvement with the employment process?

Yes No

19b. If you answered Yes to question 19, at which stage do you apply it:

When making appointments I do not apply it

In managing staff Other (please say)

Developing staff

20. Do you consider addressing the staffing succession crisis in further education?

High priority Not a priority for you



Medium priority Not a priority for the sector

Low priority

21. Do you think generally of BME staff as part of a potential solution to the successioncrisis?

Yes No

21a. If Yes, what contribution do you see them making?

22. Do you take the need to increase the number of BME staff in FE into considerationwhen making appointments?

Yes No

22a. If No, please say why not?

22b.If Yes, how do you do this? (Please tick all that apply)

Mainstreaming equality in recruitment and selection and retention programmes

Placing vacancies in the BME press

Presentations at community events

College based careers events

Including welcome statements in job vacancy advertisements

Other (please say)

23. How successful were the measures used?

Very successful SuccessfulNot very successful Not at all successful

24. Do you take steps to equip and support BME staff to compete effectively formanagement positions in the college?



Yes No

24a. If Yes, do you do this:

As an individual By other means (please say)

As part of college policy

24b. If No, please say why not

25. If management positions are advertised, does your college seek opportunities to equipBME staff to compete effectively for these positions?

Yes

No

25a. If Yes, how does your college do this?

25b. If No, please say why not

26. Do you think it is necessary to take positive action to help BME staff to compete betterfor management positions?

Yes No

27. Do you feel / would you feel, comfortable and confident making the case for positiveaction in favour of BME colleagues to your staff?

Yes No

27a. If No, is this because there is a view in the college that … (please tick all that apply)

Positive action has the effect of marginalising some staff

Mainstreaming race equality in recruitment and selection would be more effective

BME staff already compete equally with other staff



Other reason (please say)

27b. What would help you become comfortable and confident? (Please say)

28. Are you aware that there is a 100% subsidy for BME staff on all CEL programmes?

Yes No

29. Have you authorised any of your BME staff to attend CEL’s First steps to leadership programme ?

Yes No Not applicable


29b. If Yes, did their attendance lead to: (please tick all that apply)

Improved performance No difference

Promotion Other outcome (please say)

30. Do you feel confident in managing staff of a different ethnicity from yourself?

Yes No


30b. If Yes, how have you arrived at that position?

31. Do you think that BME staff have the same access to promotion as their white peers?



Yes No

31a. If No, what do you think are the main barriers to their promotion?

31b. If No, what do you consider the contribution you can best make to overcomingbarriers to BME progression?

32. Looking at the sector as a whole, what two measures do you think would be mosteffective in removing any barriers to BME progression and leadership?



Please use the space below to provide any further comments or views relating to issuesraised by this questionnaire.

Further contribution to the research

Would you be willing to take part in an in-depth one-to-one interview or follow up focusgroup discussion?

No Yes Yes, but I don't wish to identify myself here.

If you answered Yes to the previous question, please supply your details below if you arecomfortable to do so.

Name OrganisationJob title AddressTelephoneEmail

If you prefer not to identify yourself here, please contact the project administrator,Suzanne King, on email [email protected]

Thank you for completing this questionnaire

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