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author Henry S Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>
date Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:02:12 +0000
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1 *Interim Employment Review at 3 Months*
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2 [Initials:
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3 MG - Miranda Girdlestone
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4 DS - David Sterratt
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5 HST - Henry Thompson
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6 JN - Jackie Noltingk
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7 MHMC - Meeting House Management Committee
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8 AM - Area Meeting
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9 LM - Local Meeting]
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12 A) *Difficulty* A major staffing issue is being addressed by MHMC.
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14 B) *Difficulty* Holiday cover/sick leave as a single person in post
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15 has made it difficult to get a full week with weekends at either
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16 end, and I found this caused some resentment.
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18 ACTION: MHMC to consider how to address this when addressing the
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19 larger staffing issue.
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21 ACTION: MHMC to consider doing some contingency planning for
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22 extended sickleave: possibly involving former Wardens or existing
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23 senior staff. Possibly (already) in the Risk Assessment?
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25 C) *Good things* Learning, including from mistakes, being in charge.
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26 [Good communcation/collaboration with DS and HST]
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28 D) *Successful* Satisfaction that I can do the job: None of what I've
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29 had to do is unfamiliar.
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31 E) *Not so successful* Not getting as much done as had hoped/feel I
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32 should have. Fixes for some causes for that
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33 are in process, and my expectations may also
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34 have been a bit overly ambitious
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36 F) *Changes that worked* Quickbooks / Hallmaster integration working/coming.
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37 No evening lettings of the Bow room if other rooms are available.
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39 _But_ Bell Labs point: No time to make a change for things that
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40 happen on an annual basis, given only a 2-year
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41 contract. ACTION: Avoid short-termism!
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43 G) *Work environment* + Friendliness of staff, hirers, Quakers
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44 - Gloomy ground-floor space: some prospect of improvement
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45 Suggestions: Double-glazing, lighting
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47 H) *Support* Missing the opportunity to talk about things. Used to a
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48 regular opportunity for sounding-board conversation
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49 ACTION: HST to institute regular meetings [Done: HST and
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50 MG meet most Friday afternoons]
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52 *Difficulties* Nothing major
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53 Need to agree some shared communication
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54 practices to improve on some issues with
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55 one member of staff
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57 I) *Quaker ethos* Seriously? But, indeed, many relationships are not
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58 in practice all clear, e.g. AM vs. LM; Trustees vs. MHMC vs. AM
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59 ACTION: DS to share AM/LM spreadsheet
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61 J) *Relationships* Colleagues and users: good.
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62 I have enjoyed the event-based hiring story we
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63 have now, as opposed to the (semi-)permanent
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64 office space story
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65 [Staff appreciated the one-to-one meetings, some devolved
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66 responsibility]
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67 All-hands staff meeting was a success, casual staff are
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68 a good team
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70 K) *Supervison* As supervisor, seems good from my perspective
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71 Instituted catch-up when people are on the way in or
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72 the way out
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74 L) *Training* Hallmaster/Email
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75 [multiple email addresses, multiple folders for mail
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76 coming to office@ ACTION: HST to meet with Miranda
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77 and Majk about this
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78 [Done, in part, more to come]
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80 More Hallmaster/Financial systems [ACTION: MG to talk with JN]
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81 ACTION: MG to do Food Hygiene
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83 M) *Job more effectively* More staff time, clearer references
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84 [ref. I above], reporting? Strategy
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85 vs. tactics
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86 [Tracking system for building faults?]
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87 [Building action calendar?]
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88 [Compliance register? E.g. staff training]
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90 ACTION: HST to get sub-roles in MHMC clear [Working on it]
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92 N) *Job changes* Do more BizDiv, look outward more.
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