Status and Details

Status and Details

This page contains information about the status, approval and a summary of the changes from the previous version of the document. Please note that the Unit Head listed on this page is the current owner of this policy and may not reflect the University position/staff member who owned this policy at the time of publication.

Recruitment and Selection Policy

Show Field Notes
Status Historic
Effective Date 2nd December 2015
Review Date 2nd August 2016
Approval Authority Vice-Chancellor and President
Approval Date 3rd November 2015
Expiry Date 12th October 2022
Unit Head Troy Cardoso-Vigors
Chief People Officer
Enquiries Contact Matthew Bond
Executive Director, Employment Experience
matthew.bond@westernsydney.edu.au

Summary of Changes from Previous Version

11 May 2021 – System Administrator Fix – update placeholder for Board of Trustees from the Division-based record to the Committee-based record.


16 April 2021 – Document updated to reflect unit title change for the Equity and Diversity Unit to Equity, Diversity and Support.


30 November 2020 – the document has been amended to reflect the renamed position title Executive Director, Human Resources to Chief People Officer.


22 June 2020 – updated references to the “Department of Education” to the new name “Department of Education, Skills and Employment”.


19 March 2019 – removed embedded URLwww.ipc.nsw.gov.aus and replaced with associated information placeholder URLs.


28 February 2018 – Update references to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection which has changed to the Department of Home Affairs.


7 June 2017 – Update references to the “Gender Balance on University Committees Policy” and replace with the new title “Gender Equality Policy”.


19 December 2016 - Policy amended to reflect unit title change of the "Office of Organisational Development" to "Talent and Leadership Development".

21 November 2016 - Policy amended to reflect unit and position title change - Office of People and Culture to Office of Human Resources and Executive Director, Human Resources and Organisational Development to Executive Director, Human Resources.

8 July 2016 - policy amended to reflect the official name change of the University concurrent with the change to the University's Act and By-Law.

26 February 2016 - Amended clause 55, 96 and 108 to remove redundant position title Director HR Strategy and Services and replace with Executive Director, Human Resources and Organisational Development.

This is a minor review involving amendments to Part D, Internal Secondments, inclusion of a due diligence clause to highlight risk minimisation associated with recruitment and selection issues, acknowledgement of the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders contribution and clarification of gender balance requirement for selection panels. Some amendments have been made to wording and where it is necessary to reflect changes in titles and units involved in recruitment and selection.

Clauses Amended

Policy: All

Procedure: All

Guidelines: All


 




16/06/2021: Division name changed from Equity, Diversity and Support (E,D&S) to Equity, Diversity and Wellbeing (E,D&W)



17/06/2021: Division Office of Human Resources (HR) replaced with Office of People and Success (People and Success)