Congregational Resources
Information, Advice and Services
People and Culture can assist you with
- Award interpretation and pay levels
- Drafting letters of offer and changes to employment
- Developing position descriptions
- The best way to engage someone, for example as a contractor or an employee
- How to manage extended personal/sick leave
- The best way to manage probationary periods and annual reviews
- Performance support, management and employment termination
- Occupational Health and Safety, personal wellbeing and incident reporting
Recruitment
People and Culture can assist you with role design, salary evaluation and recruitment, such as
- Drafting compliant position descriptions
- Assisting with advertising vacancies, collecting and shortlisting applications
- Provision of interview templates and reference check templates
- Provision of an employment pack for new employees
- Assistance with onboarding, such as Criminal History Checks and required employment paperwork
Employment
People and Culture can assist you in complying with employment obligations such as
- Payment of minimum wages in alignment with a Modern Award or Agreement
- Provision of a position description and employment terms and conditions
- Keeping employment records
- Complying with the Fair Work Act
For information about minimum wages and other employment related obligations, please refer to the Fair Work Commission.
Paying employees
Central Accounting and Payroll Services acts as a Payroll Bureau on behalf of presbyteries, congregations and agencies, on a fee per employee basis.
Visit https://victas.uca.org.au/resources/central-accounting-and-payroll/ and contact [email protected] for further information.
Policies, Procedures, Templates and Guides
The documents below are available as optional tools for presbytery and congregational use. People and Culture can assist congregations in adapting these to suit their needs. Documents apply to presbytery or congregation employees and are not applicable to ministerial roles.
Queries
For further information or advice contact People & Culture on (03) 9116 1939 or reach via email at people&[email protected].
Related documents
| Title | Date modified | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Position Description (PD) for Congregations - Template | 23-01-2024 | Download |
| Information - Contracting Service Providers | 25-09-2024 | DownloadPreview |
| People & Culture Team | 25-09-2024 | DownloadPreview |
| How to Calculate Pay Rates | 25-09-2024 | DownloadPreview |
| How to recruit new staff | 25-09-2024 | DownloadPreview |
| Volunteer Policy and Procedure | 15-08-2024 | DownloadPreview |
| Congregational Staff Dispute Resolution Procedures | 06-03-2019 | DownloadPreview |
Fair Work information statement
Employers must provide every new employee a copy of the relevant Fair Work Information Statements as a part of their new employee paperwork:
Fair Work: Information statement (for all new employees)
Fair Work: Information statement for casuals (for new casual staff)
Fair Work: Information statement for fixed term contracts (for staff who are on a limited fixed term tenure)
Related links
National Criminal History Checks
Fair Work:Â Employment Templates & guides