Employment

Who's Who In HR?

The Human Resources Unit of the South Australian Tourism Commission consists of Summa Gilbert, Manager Human Resources and Matthew Styling, Senior Human Resources Consultant. We have responsibility for developing, implementing and advising on a range of human resources strategies, policies and procedures. This includes recruitment, induction, payroll, performance management, training, occupational health and safety, industrial relations and workforce planning.

We also play a key role in facilitating a number of change initiatives, which are described in "The People Plan", a HR strategy which aims to ensure that our people are assisted to perform at their best in a healthy climate of ongoing learning and development. There are four key areas outlined in The People Plan.

1. People
   

   We aim to ensure that people are positively engaged in the business and life of the SATC by:

   • Best Practice Recruitment
   • Effective Induction
   • Internal Communication Strategy
   • Celebrating Success
   • Social Activities



2. Change
   

   We aim to help people proactively adapt and respond to business needs by:

   • Leadership and Management Development
   • Secrets To My Success
   • Workforce Planning
   • Effective Staff Training
   • Supporting Industry (trainees, exchanges, work experience etc)



3. Environment
   

   We aim to facilitate a work place that enhances performance and well being by:

   • Best Practice OHS&W
   • Health Promotion
   • Flexible Work Practices
   • Employee Assistance Program
   • Classification
   • Healthy Industrial Relations



4. Service
   

   We aim to deliver a HR function that is strategic and supports SATC success by:

   • communicating policies
   • benchmarking information
   • providing advisory services
   • streamlining procedure