Sessional (casual) staff
Sessional (casual) academic staff make a significant contribution towards providing outstanding learning outcomes and a rich student experience. They bring expertise and experience and are involved in ensuring UniSA meets its ambitions and strategic directions as outlined in Horizon 2020.
This site provides information and links for sessional staff to resources from areas across UniSA. It also brings together key information for managers and administrators.
For further information, please contact
Justene Knight, Senior Consultant: Organisational Development
Email:
justene.knight@unisa.edu.au
Resources for Sessional Staff
Resources for managers
Administrative resources
Resources for Sessional Staff
We value your work, and we want your experience with us to be rewarding and fulfilling. To help you acclimatise to the University, and better understand your role and responsibilities within it, we provide new staff with access to a range of induction information and activities, professional development opportunities and support services.
Your supervisor will be the best first point of contact for you on most matters, but you will find that there are many other sources of advice and support in your School, in your Division, at your campus, and in the wider University.
Induction
The Induction site for new staff provides you with an overview of information about UniSA.
The Quick Guide for Sessional Academic Staff has been developed to provide you with key information specific to your role as a sessional academic.
A range of other quick guides are available to all staff and provide information on topics such as research, ethics and equity and other key facets of your employment.
The Learning and Teaching Unit
The Learning and Teaching Unit (LTU) site for sessional academic staff provides advice on the services and resources that have been developed specifically to help staff involved in teaching and learning at UniSA.
Vacancies and further employment
Working at UniSA is the main page to explore if you are interested in registering for further employment opportunities and for finding out what new positions are available at UniSA.
Staff home pages
Every staff member at UniSA has their own home page that can be customised. For information about your homepage and how to adapt it to meet the needs of you and your role visit the staff homepages site for sessional staff.
Library – support for staff
The Library plays a significant role in supporting the University’s teaching learning and research mission through the provision of relevant information resources and associated services. www.library.unisa.edu.au/services/staffsupport/default.aspx
Division specific sites for sessional staff
Education, Arts and Social Sciences (EASS)
Dean: Teaching and Learning:
www.unisa.edu.au/easdeanteaching/sessional/defaultnew.asp
Human Resources
www.unisa.edu.au/eas/humanresources/cas/default.asp
Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment (ITEE)
Human Resources:
https://teamsites.unisa.edu.au/iee/ieo/sg/hrsg/Lists/CSA1/Public%20View.aspx
Resources for managers
Many of the resources covered on other parts of this site will be of interest and use to managers of sessional staff. However, the following segment contains some specific information aimed at managers.
Protocols for the Management of Academic Casual Staff
The Protocols for the Management of Academic Casual Staff site provides a framework for best practice processes for the management of sessional staff to ensure an equitable and consistent approach to their recruitment, selection, employment and development.
Induction resources for managers
- Designing an induction program for sessional academic staff (word 46kb) -updated 18 January 2012
- Example of an induction plan for sessional staff (EASS example) - CAS Induction Plan
Administrative resources
A range of administrative templates and forms are available on the HR website via the forms and administrative resources site or clicking on the embedded links below.
Casual administration
- Procedures for employing casual academic staff (word 45kb)
- Guidelines for the management and administration of casual employment (pdf 1.07mb)
- Sessional academic casual role statement (word 87kb)
- Performance management plan - academic casual staff (word 70kb)
- User guide to the CAS (word document 19mb)
- Online Casual Pay Acknowledgement Quick Guide (pdf 139kb download Adobe Acrobat)
Casual letter of offers
- Casual Academic Letter of Offer (word 48kb)
- Casual Professional and General Staff Letter of Offer (word 49kb)
Casual with existing AWA
- Casual Academic Letter of Offer - existing AWA (word 42kb)
- Casual Professional and General Staff Letter of Offer - existing AWA (word 42kb)
Appointments and staff movements (casual)
- 003c Casual employee details (word 87kb)
- 005 Request for casual staff contract of employment (word 60kb)
- 005a Request for casual staff contract of employment - academic (word 125kb)
- 011 Request to deposit salary into bank account (word 37kb)
System Access
- Casual Administration System Access (word 50kb)
