student and staff recruitment fran box nus sustainability programmes roundtable 2015
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Student and Staff Recruitment
Fran Box
NUS Sustainability Programmes Roundtable 2015
Where our programmes require staff and student recruitment?
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Staff and students in our programmes
Staff: Green Impact teams, Green Champions, SU staff…
Students: Student Switch Off ambassadors, Green Impact Project Assistants, Green Impact auditors, Green Champions, RF auditors…
Other ideas…
Tips
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How to recruit…
Communication and MomentumIncentives and RewardsPart of the Team/something bigger
Basic recruiting tips…
• CommunicationCreate a mailing listCommunicate regularlyUse recruitment methods suitable to your audience (e.g.
Twitter/Facebook)Have a volunteer role description that reflects the task, time,
location and length of commitment of the opportunity
Basic recruiting tips…
• IncentivesProvide a list of incentives (e.g. employability skills)Official status of volunteeringResponsibility
• Part of team/something biggerCommunicate targets, e.g. CO2 savingsRegular opportunitiesTreat volunteers like colleaguesEvents
Recruiting Staff Tips…
• All staff email From CEO/VC/Chair
• Mapping teams/recruitmentBy area/faculty/department Helps mid-way through to see the gapsShare with senior managers helps to create support for recruitment.
• Peer-to-peer recruitment Encouraged through the workbook
• Social occasions E.g. monthly coffee mornings, events are positive occasions to recruit new staff
Recruiting Student Tips…
• Do it earlyRecruit in the first few weeks of the new academic year
• Embed the opportunities…within dissertation/research opportunities, electives and modules
• Link to student volunteering schemesE.g. The Bath Award
• Use hall mentors/ambassadorsThese students can be used to access fresher's and provide them with information
• Get GI teams to recruit their own PAs Get teams more involved in student recruitment
Examples
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Student Switch Off ambassadors
University of Roehampton
SSO competition is tied into the college cup.
Students get college cup points for attending the ambassador training session. Moral of the story – there is probably already some structure in place to engage students (wardens, colleges)
Green Impact teams
Cardiff University
Gold criteria - to mentor a new team.
Helps with recruitment of a new team and also provides new teams with a network and support.
Your suggestions…
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Group brainstorm
• Get into groups Try and make sure your with people from different institutions.
• Brainstorm different ways of getting staff or students involved Try and provide tangible examples
• Feedback to the group
Finally…
Remember to measure, promote and celebrate success, these means you’re not starting from scratch each year.
Any questions?
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