Massey University Shared Services Review
The Shared Services Project is a restructuring exercise across Masey involving predominantly general staff jobs. Massey proposing to cut 53 jobs across its three campuses in Palmerston North, Wellington and Albany. Under the proposals 120 current positions, including computer support staff, administrators, teaching consultants and student advisors would be cut and 67 new positions created. Most current staff whose positions are cut will have to apply and compete for the new positions.
The university will now begin a period of consultation on these proposals until 18 August. It anticipates announcing its final decision by about 23 August.
Links to useful information
- Massey University human resource advice to managers on managing and implementing workplace change (see especially section 6.4.5 on pages 6 and 7)
- University’s public announcement of proposed changes to University shared services
TEU news on the Shared Services Review
Massey and Canterbury redundancies hurting universities (Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 25)
News of 53 proposed redundancies at Massey University has rung alarm bells for TEU members at Christchurch’s University of Canterbury. The proposed redundancies at Massey University echo those at the University of Canterbury where 95 people have already been made redundant and even more redundancies are to come [read more...]
Massey to cut general staff jobs (Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 24)
Massey University is proposing to cut 53 jobs across its three campuses in Palmerston North, Wellington, and Albany. Under the proposals, 120 current positions, mostly general staff, including computer support staff, administrators, teaching consultants and student advisors, would be cut and 67 new positions created. Most current staff whose positions are cut will be able to apply and compete for the new positions. As with the University of Canterbury’s Project STAR, the proposals also aim to bring a range of services currently managed in different parts of the university under a single management structure [read more...]
Massey to cut more than 50 jobs (media release)
Massey University is proposing to cut 53 jobs across its three campuses in Palmerston North, Wellington and Albany. Under the proposals 120 current positions, mostly general staff, including computer support staff, administrators, teaching consultants and student advisors would be cut and 67 new positions created. Most current staff whose positions are cut will have to apply and compete for the new positions [read more...]
