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+ − 6 <title>Notes and Actions from Eliza Giles's Annual Employment Review Conversation</title>
+ − 7 <author>Henry S. Thompson</author>
+ − 8 <date>17 April 2024</date>
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+ − 11 .a::before {content: "ACTION: "; font-weight: bold}
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+ − 14 <body>
+ − 15 <div>
+ − 16 <title>Introduction</title>
+ − 17 <p>Notes from a meeting held on 2024-04-16 with Miranda Girdlestone
+ − 18 (Meeting House Manager, MG hereafter), taking the lead and Henry Thompson (Convenor, Meeting House
+ − 19 Management Committee, HST hereafter), taking (most of) these notes. The section titles and questions which follow are taken verbatim from the <emph>Employment
+ − 20 Review Conversation</emph> shared with Ellie in advance of the meeting.</p>
+ − 21 </div>
+ − 22 <div>
+ − 23 <title>Nature of the job</title>
+ − 24 <p class="q">Does your job description accurately reflect the nature of your
+ − 25 duties?</p>
+ − 26 <p class="r">Yes.</p>
+ − 27 <p class="q">What have you done in your role that has made you feel proud?</p>
+ − 28 <p class="r">Dealt with challenging clients [e.g. xxxx]. Taken on more
+ − 29 responsibility. Taken initiative:, e.g. Daily and weekly cleaning tasks,
+ − 30 book shelf.</p>
+ − 31 <p class="q">Was there anything that felt less than successful when you attempted
+ − 32 it? And what did you do to improve the situation?</p>
+ − 33 <p class="r">Getting started with emails was hard, couldn’t really figure out what
+ − 34 was in them. Now that Majk and I have figured out a system for managing
+ − 35 things, it’s much better, and the new system for leaving notes usng
+ − 36 TeamUp for MG has improved things as well.</p>
+ − 37 <p class="q">What changes have you implemented and how do you think they went/were
+ − 38 received?</p>
+ − 39 <p class="r">The daily cleaning tasks: the sheet is working well. Keeping the
+ − 40 Facebook page current is working, can’t tell if it’s working, but it’s
+ − 41 not out-of-date. Scheduling some things will help. Bookshelf looked
+ − 42 good, contacted the Lighthouse Books, sounded good on the ’phone, but
+ − 43 still no emails.</p>
+ − 44 <p class="r">New biscuits. Better, and less food waste.</p>
+ − 45 </div>
+ − 46 <div>
+ − 47 <title>Obstacles and support</title>
+ − 48 <p class="q">What extra support would you like from me as your manager?</p>
+ − 49 <p class="r">One or two cases where I wasn’t sure if it was my job or not, and
+ − 50 then you asked if I’d done it, for example lunches, [which seems to have
+ − 51 been lost somewhere between MG and MS and EG].</p>
+ − 52 <p class="a">MG to clarify with MS and EG that anything about a booking
+ − 53 that one of them is working on is that person's job to initiate and/or follow up</p>
+ − 54 <p class="q">Have you encountered any particular difficulties where you would have
+ − 55 appreciated more support?</p>
+ − 56 <p class="r">See above.</p>
+ − 57 <p class="r">When working alone in the evenings/weekends, twice disturbances
+ − 58 outside the Meeting House, involving drunken and/or homeless men, with
+ − 59 potential interactions with clients, and I didn’t know what to do.</p>
+ − 60 <p class="a">EG to read Lone-working Policy, MG to ensure personal alarm
+ − 61 is activated.</p>
+ − 62 <p class="r">[The recommendation to call 111 is in the LWP document]</p>
+ − 63 <p class="q">Can you say why you didn’t ask for support at the time?</p>
+ − 64 </div>
+ − 65 <div>
+ − 66 <title>Quaker Ethos</title>
+ − 67 <p class="q">Do you think the Quaker ethos is nurtured in your work and your
+ − 68 workplace?</p>
+ − 69 <p class="r">Yes. Sustainability is a priority, as is good interaction style.</p>
+ − 70 </div>
+ − 71 <div>
+ − 72 <title>Working relationships</title>
+ − 73 <p class="q">How would you describe the relationships you have built with your
+ − 74 colleagues and users of the building?</p>
+ − 75 <p class="r">It’s good.</p>
+ − 76 <p class="q">How do you see your role within the team now and how would you like
+ − 77 it to grow?</p>
+ − 78 <p class="r">Taken up a good position in the team, taking on more bit-by-bit as go
+ − 79 along, which is nice.</p>
+ − 80 </div>
+ − 81 <div>
+ − 82 <title>Work environment</title>
+ − 83 <p class="q">What do you like or dislike about your work environment?</p>
+ − 84 <p class="r">Dislike how cold it is, everything else is good.</p>
+ − 85 <p class="q">Do you have any suggestions for improving it?</p>
+ − 86 <p class="r">No.</p>
+ − 87 </div>
+ − 88 <div>
+ − 89 <title>Training and development needs</title>
+ − 90 <p class="q">What training have you undergone during the year?</p>
+ − 91 <p class="r">Fire, First Aid, Food Hygience, Manual Handling</p>
+ − 92 <p class="q">Are there any training opportunities you would like to pursue? Or any
+ − 93 skills you would like to develop?</p>
+ − 94 <p class="r">More Social Media experience, more like practice on my own than
+ − 95 training.</p>
+ − 96 </div>
+ − 97 <div>
+ − 98 <title>Overall</title>
+ − 99 <p class="q">If you could change anything about your role or the way the team
+ − 100 operates, what would it be?</p>
+ − 101 <p class="r">Just one thing, would be clarifying how the division of labour works
+ − 102 as I’m in and out of the office.</p>
+ − 103 <p class="r">[HST: Yes!]</p>
+ − 104 <p class="r">Drinks together was nice, and doing that again would be good.</p>
+ − 105 <p class="a">MG to organise a booking process review session with MS and
+ − 106 EG</p>
+ − 107 </div>
+ − 108 <div>
+ − 109 <title>Actions agreed</title>
+ − 110 <p class="a">MG to clarify with MS and EG that anything about a
+ − 111 booking that one of them is working on is that person's job to initiate and/or follow up</p>
+ − 112 <p class="a">EG to read Lone-working Policy, MG to ensure personal
+ − 113 alarm is activated</p>
+ − 114 <p class="a">MG to organise a booking process review session with MS and
+ − 115 EG</p>
+ − 116 </div>
+ − 117 </body>
+ − 118 </doc>
