Staff Engagement - Best Practice

Message to Our Staff

Our journey towards sustainability is one necessitating change in both attitudes and behaviours; rhetoric means little without the engagement of people and the communities we create. Supporting staff in our engagement with issues of sustainability and processes of change is challenging but critical to translate aspirations into action.

There is unquestionably expertise within the Charles Sturt University staff base that remains untapped until individuals are actively consulted. Similarly, staff are often very engaged in sustainability in their personal lives but fail to engage with agendas in similar ways during their working lives. Charles Sturt University is tapping into this energy and expertise by facilitating conversations with them through the LiFE process.

Sustainability Champions

Champion Position Campus
Jennie AndersonDirector, Workforce Services and Business ImprovementBathurst
Sandra SharphamExecutive Director, StudentsBathurst
Kyle BryantDirector, Student AdministrationWagga Wagga
James CardiffDirector, Marketing Strategy and PartneringOrange
Jenny McIntyreFaculty Administration Manager - FoSWagga Wagga
Jillian TaylorFaculty Administration Manager - BJBSWagga Wagga
Jelena BogdanovicFaculty Administration Manager – A&EWagga Wagga
Amy FelkeManager, Brand and Performance MarketingWagga Wagga
Hannah Madden Executive Officer, Facilities ManagementBathurst
Caroline Golden Executive Officer, Division of StudentsWagga Wagga

Marathon Health Ribbon Cutting

Marathon Health ribbon cutting with Albury City Mayor Kylie King, Charles Sturt Vice-Chancellor Professor Renee Leon, Marathon Health CEO Megan Callinan, Marathon Health Chair of the Board Annette Crothers, former Charles Sturt students Marley Pucket and Lauren McLennan and Member for Albury Justin Clancy.

Photo: Albury City Mayor Kylie King, Charles Sturt Vice-Chancellor Professor Renèe Leon, Marathon Health CEO Megan Callinan, Marathon Health Chair of the Board Annette Crothers, former Charles Sturt students Marley Pucket and Lauren McLennan and Member for Albury Justin Clancy.

Progress Towards Best Practice

This framework was benchmarked with the Human Capital Framework in 2016. The below graph illustrates our progress towards best practice across the eight (8) activity areas. The green bars reaching four (4) highlight best practice and the lower bars indicate Charles Sturt University’s baseline ratings from 2016 to present.