Key Performance Indicators
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Leadership, engagement and organisational culture:
- 71% of our staff took part in the staff engagement survey – this is is well above the CRI average. The results demonstrate the passion and commitment our staff have to our organisation and our Core Purpose. Despite a significant restructuring of our science framework, levels of engagement remained stable; this highlights the strength of our culture.
- Members of the Senior Leadership Team participated in individual development initiatives with one member attending a 9-month programme with Leadership New Zealand.
- The developmental focus for tier 3 and 4 managers has been on managing non-performance of staff; formal programmes will follow the success of the pilot programme.
Talent management:
All support and science teams have capability plans in place.
Good employer:
- Our performance is reported comprehensively online at Our People
- H&S; Wellness; EEO; gender, age, length of service and pay equity; commitment to Treaty obligations; labour relations and diversity are covered under Good Employer
- Our support for the Mainstream Programme, Superannuation and student loan repayments are covered under Social Responsibility
- Our subsidiary carboNZero Holdings Ltd followed the same policies and procedures as the parent company.
Human Resources
| For the year ending 30 June: | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
| Total staff (FTEs) in Landcare Research | 377 | 379 | 356 | 329 | |
| In science teams | 263 | 261 | 250 | 232 | |
| With post-graduate qualifications (HC) | 210 | 210 | 195 | 1801 | |
| In science support | 43 | 45 | 44 | 42 | |
| In general support | 71 | 73 | 62 | 55 | |
| carboNZero Holdings (subsidiary) staff | - | - | 19 | 122 | |
| Women (% science team staff) | 36.1% | 37.6% | 38.4% | 32.8% | |
| Women recruited (% science team staff recruited) | 38.1% | 62.5% | 48% | 53.8% | |
| Māori science staff (HC) | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | |
| Days sick leave (self or for family dependant) | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 | |
| Lost-time injuries | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Days lost per lost-time injury | 1.7 | 1.8 | 40.63 | 74 | |
| Staff turnover (based on HC) | 9.2% | 14.7% | 11.5% | 16.1%5 | |
| Turnover of key senior scientists | 0 | 3.4% | 8.6%5 | 5.9%6 | |
FTE = full-time equivalent, HC = head count
1 In addition, 24 science support staff and 12 general support staff have post-graduate qualifications
2 Does not include Enviro-Mark staff who joined with carboNZero Holdings staff to form a new subsidiary on 1 July 2013
3 A fall from a ladder when standard procedures were not followed.The injured staff member is now a fully recovered
4 One lost time event relating to an open wound to the leg; inadequate medical advice delayed recovery. Lost-time injuries per million hours worked = 1.4 (includes injuries where only a part day was lost)
5 Turnover of science staff = 13.7%; science support = 8.9%; general support = 31.1%. Turnover includes a programme of voluntary and mandatory redundancies ( 9 staff). (Another 8 staff redundancies occurred in early 2013/14.)
6 Key senior scientist = Band 6, Science Team Leader or Science GM. The only reduction in resource for key staff included a reduction in hours for one of our principal scientists.