Roles and responsibilities
Principal responsibilities
Principal responsibilities include:
- adopting a strategic approach to flexible work and ensuring that the achievement of business objectives drives flexible work planning
- building a climate supportive of flexibility and work-life balance including communication of the business needs in which flexible work options have to operate
- applying the flexible work guiding principles
- principles and the processes set out in this document
- processing flexible work requests in a timely manner
- transparent and fair decision making with each case being considered on its merits
- documenting all discussions and decisions
- considering the impacts that flexible work arrangements may have on colleagues and stakeholders and working to address these openly and transparently
- approaching requests for flexible work with an open mind
- ensuring clarity when communicating the business reasons for not approving the request
- ensuring the capacity to implement the decision and regular review of the arrangement with the employee
Employee responsibilities
Employee responsibilities include:
- appropriately assessing personal objectives with respect to work-life balance and being open minded about how these can be achieved in the relevant workplace
- being aware of the factors principals must consider when assessing requests for flexible work
- applying the flexible work guiding principles and the processes set out in this document
- working with principals and school leaders to ensure flexible work arrangements operate effectively in the school
- being open to genuine negotiation about the type of flexible work arrangements available or the details of the original request
- considering the impacts that flexible work arrangements may have on colleagues and stakeholders, and working with principals to address them openly and transparently
- being prepared to review the arrangement periodically and working with principals and school leaders to address issues as they arise
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