Performance Enhancement Sample Clauses

Performance Enhancement. 25.1 Objectives of the performance enhancement scheme are: • To provide role clarity and reach agreement on annual goals and objectives of the position; • To provide feedback to the staff member and supervisor on a regular basis throughout the annual cycle; • To highlight developmental training needs for the individual relative to the position and for career development purposes; • To formally review performance and achievement of agreed goals and objectives at the end of the cycle based on self-assessment and discussion with the supervisor and/or Head of the Administrative Unit; • To plan goals and objectives and staff development/training activities for the next annual cycle; and • Recognise and reward high performing staff. 25.2 The process Incremental progression shall be based on an assessment in accordance with the following provisions: (a) The staff member and the supervisor shall meet to agree on goals and objectives to be pursued during the forthcoming annual cycle and to familiarise them with the requirements for future incremental progression. (b) At least three months and no more than six months before the increment of a staff member falls due, or the anniversary of appointment in cases where the staff member has reached the top of the incremental scale for his/her classification, the supervisor shall convene a meeting at a mutually agreeable time, to discuss the staff member’s performance over the past review period and to identify factors which demonstrate the staff member’s enhancement and/or acquisition of relevant skills. This meeting shall also be used to identify skills which may need to be developed or acquired over the ensuing review period. (c) When a supervisor/Head of Administrative Unit is satisfied that the staff member’s performance and development merits the granting of an increment for which he/she is eligible, that increment shall be paid at the appropriate due date. (d) An increment may be withheld if the supervisor/Head of Administrative Unit identifies factors where the staff member has not satisfactorily met the agreed goals and objective of the cycle under review. The supervisor/Head of Administrative Unit shall write a report which clearly identifies these factors and the improvement in performance and/or skills required to achieve these goals and objectives. The report shall be prepared and made available to the staff member as soon as possible after the meeting referred to in clause 25.2(b) above. A copy of the report ...