Human Resources Department
Mission Statement
The Human Resources Department mission statement is “Human Resources is a strategic partner in maximizing the effectiveness of people; and aligning the workforce with the campus mission, value, strategies, and needs of all stakeholders.” The mission statement supports the overall mission of the University, including its goals around diversity.
Diversity Activities
The Human Resources Department ensures that elements of diversity awareness are incorporated in programs and processes that are utilized by the campus community. One of the major goals of Human Resources is to “promote strategies and deliver quality services that support the recruitment, development and retention of a diverse and highly productive workforce.” Objectives supporting this goal include: enhance diversity and quality of applicant pools through strategic advertising and sourcing. Another area in which diversity is emphasized is the UCR Performance Appraisal process that includes a diversity performance factor on which supervisors are rated. In addition, the UCR Jobs website visually portrays the diversity of the staff and contains a statement of UCR’s commitment to “Valuing Diversity” and as part of the Building Core Supervisory Development program participants receive a four hour session on diversity, specifically cross-cultural communication.
Our web site includes several diversity awareness statements, diversity activities, etc:
http://humanresources.ucr.edu/news/default.asp?ArticleID=82
Future Diversity Activities
Future diversity activities, include the development of an employment brand with diversity as an integral element; expanding recruitment efforts to include sources with a diversity focus, e.g., IMDiversity; expanding the performance appraisal process to include campus-wide performance standards (five campus-wide performance standards with one of the five being diversity); development of new campus recruitment procedures with a diversity focus including ensuring diverse representation on search committees and providing complete information about expectations regarding candidates’ skills in managing diversity; ensuring all development programs that address campus mission, goals and initiatives incorporate specific information about UCR’s overall diversity vision, goals, and initiatives; monitor the new hire and exit survey data to identify climate issues and recommend action/policies to reduce attrition of staff who are members of underrepresented groups; continue the development and design of and advocacy for “family friendly” employment systems; and establish a staff leadership development program with a mentoring component.
Internal to the department, establish recognition rewards related to exceeding campus-wide performance standards; at staff meetings, regularly discuss information about the University’s diversity initiatives; incorporate diversity responsibilities in all HR job descriptions.Contacts
- Sue Anderson
- Holly Evans