Dear Colleagues,

As most of you will be aware, the University is undertaking a staff satisfaction survey, commencing today, 12 May and continuing through until 23 May (inclusive). "Your Voice" Curtin Staff Satisfaction Survey 2008 will enable the University to survey staff views on the quality of their working experience. It will help us to identify areas which are working well and those which we need to improve. A similar survey, the Quality of Working Life was conducted in 2006.

This year, the survey will be administered and reported on by an independent external agency, Voice Project. Voice Project has conducted similar surveys for 18 other universities in the sector and their engagement allows us to benchmark our 2008 results against other universities.

The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

Confidentiality

Individual confidentiality is our first priority. I assure all staff that the survey is entirely anonymous and only aggregated scores from groups of 10 or more respondents will be reported. Responses from individual surveys will not be reported.

Use of Data

At the close of the survey, Voice Project will provide the University with the results. Staff will be able to view on-line their own School/Faculty/University results or Area/Division/University results, whichever is appropriate. All managers will then be required to respond to the results for their area and action identified areas for improvement.

Questions

Further information can be obtained from Clem Hansen in Staff Services on 08 9266 3955 or c.hansen@curtin.edu.au or Frank Basile of Voice Project on 02 8875 2809 or frank.basile@voiceproject.com.au.

I encourage as many staff as possible to take the time to complete the survey. It is anticipated the results will be available in August/September 2008. A report of the outcomes of the survey will be made available via the Staff Portal to all staff.

"Your Voice" Survey Instrument Full Report (PDF 87kB)

Jeanette Hacket
Vice-Chancellor