Human Resources Committee

Members:

Roger Gallagher, chair, Bea de Muinck Keizer, Bryan Jones, Lucy Pullen

The HR Committee continues to support First Church staff with respect to professional goals, duties, compensation, and performance. On behalf of the staff, we checked in with them at points during the year and helped to address staff needs, benefits questions, and strove to meet their support staff needs.

Last year we conducted searches and filled the positions of Youth Assistant and RE Assistant. We are currently searching to fill the position of Youth Advisor.

The HR Committee updated compensation levels based on UUA recommendations for 2008 for the coming fiscal year, and recommended these levels to the Parish Board for consideration in budgeting. We also examined anticipated compensation levels for an incoming settled minister in 2009 – 2010.

We assisted the Ministerial Relations Committee with information on staff reviews.

Ongoing efforts continue to be targeted toward standardized benefits implementation, and the development of uniform policies and procedures. We standardized some hiring procedures and accompanying documentation, and reviewed material for an employee manual.

The HR Committee welcomes the participation of anyone interested in supporting First Church staff, by working on small or larger projects.

The HR Committee is available to The First Church membership to respond to questions about personnel matters. Please contact Roger Gallagher at roger@gallagherremodeling.com