Description
Prior to 1954 all University staff had been appointed under and subject to the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1902, as amended by subsequent Acts. All but minor staff matters were the concerns of the New South Wales Public Service Board. With autonomy, came the transfer of personnel administration to the University, and in preparation for this process Council approved the creation of the position of Bursar (Council meeting 29th March 1954, resolution 405). The Bursar looked after all personnel matters, including appointments, conditions of employment, awards, rates, promotion, loadings and related matters, sites, buildings and a variety of other matters. Mr JOA Bourke was appointed Bursar in April 1954. Consequent to the creation and appointment of the Bursar it became necessary to appointment a small clerical staff to assist the Bursar, and later that year, Council resolved to create a Division of the Bursar which contained a Personnel Section (Council meeting 10th June 1954, resolution 427). The Division of the Bursar continued to administer the Personnel affairs of the University until 1984 when, following a review of the Central Administration, the Personnel Department was placed in the new Division of the Deputy Principal (Administration (Council meeting 12th March 1984, resolution 84/5). At this time, the Personnel Department was divided into four major sections - the Staff Development Unit, Academic Staff Office, General Staff Office, and Industrial Relations Office. (UNSW Annual Report for 1985 p68) In November 1989 the Academic and General Staff Offices were merged to form a single Staff Office in order to provide maximum flexibility to maintain an acceptable level of service in a time of financial stringency. In September 1990 a further re-organisation resulted in the movement of the Staff Office into the Division of the Bursar and Deputy Principal. (UNSW Annual Report for 1989 p145 and 1990 p188) In 1992 the Staff Office was again amalgamated with the Senior Appointments Unit, Industrial Relations Office and the Superannuation Office to form the Personnel Services Department under the new Director of Human Resources. From 1993 this department was known as Human Resources and was located in the Vice-Chancellor's Division. (UNSW Annual Report for 1992 p166) In 2004 the Director, Human Resources was Mr Neil Morris. The Department included the following units - Human Resources, Salaries, Recruitment, Industrial Relations, Superannuation, HR Systems, Risk Management, and Indigenous Employment. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 29/03/1954-
