Competencies Framework
The CDU Staff Competency Framework outlines the range of knowledge, skills and attributes required of employees of the University for proficient workplace performance. Application of the framework occurs in the context of an individual’s role, and the recognition that different competencies, and different levels of competency, are necessary to perform a given set of activities.
Competency frameworks are used by organisations to:
- focus workplace performance on the organisation’s vision and values
- align workplace behaviours with organisational objectives
- provide a benchmark against which all individuals or a broad band of individuals can be evaluated for recruitment and selection, performance management, succession planning or promotion
- facilitate matching people to roles
- focus Learning and Development strategies
- allow organisations to establish a competency database, especially for critical roles (This database makes it possible for organisations to identify their staffing needs , ascertain their capability to respond to new challenges, and identify people who would benefit from secondments or placement in new roles.)
- enhance the organisation’s ability to respond to change by supporting the broadening of staff competency sets.
The University will use this competency framework for all these purposes in due course but the immediate uses will be informing the Performance Development Review System (PDRS), the Staff Professional Development Strategy and professional development more broadly.
Download the CDU Staff Competencies Framework document (PDF)