Judicial Commission of NSW Annual Report 2017-18

Judicial Commission of NSW — Annual Report 2017–18 66 Our people Results, challenges and strategic direction in brief Managers will continue to encourage staff to identify personal training opportunities during their yearly performance reviews. We are committed to ensuring that our people maintain and improve their skills and knowledge. The Commission will continue to value its staff and investigate opportunities to refresh inter-office communication. The development of further strategies to assess and understand where our productivity can be improved. Under our Equal Employment Opportunity Management Plan, we will continue to foster a workplace culture that supports employment equity and diversity and is aligned with the workforce strategies of the NSW public sector. Results 2017–18 Challenges 2017–18 Strategic direction 2018–19 Strong teams, acting together: 38 people work in judicial education, legal research, complaints, information technology and corporate services: see p 67. High staff satisfaction: 89% staff satisfaction as measured in our yearly staff survey: see p 67. Valued gender equity in the workplace and in senior roles: see p 70. Valued staff diversity: Our workplace is culturally and linguistically diverse, meeting NSW Government benchmarks: see p 70. Engaged staff: A low 6.8% staff turnover, reducing our risk of losing highly-skilled, experienced and professional people: see p 72. Highly skilled and well-trained staff: 50% of staff furthered their professional training, adding to the Commission’s knowledge and skills base: see p 72. Valued staff safety: Our workplace was safe with no worker’s compensation claims and no work, health and safety prosecutions: see p 74. Encouraging busy staff to balance their work commitments with training and development opportunities. Building teamwork and cooperation within the organisation. Developing further strategies to assess and understand where the Commission’s productivity can be improved. Photo previous page: Fleur Findlay (l) is a senior legal editor in our Publishing team and Karlena Fuata is our editorial assistant.