In the early hours of Friday 16 November, many buildings within the Museum were unfortunately vandalised.
Whilst this is a truly frustrating incident, I am grateful to every member of staff who pitched in to clear up the mess, fix the damage and have the Museum open to visitors as usual by 10am. This was a wonderful team effort and I would like to thank everyone involved!
The email invitations for the new e-payslip portal have now been sent out. Please check your email for a message from [email protected] and click on the link to register.
As previously advised, you will need your NI number to verify your identity.
The most common reasons for failed verifications are as follows:
You will then receive a second email to activate account using your chosen user name and password – you must do this within 24 hours.
If you are having any difficulties please contact Diane, Caroline or Sam in Finance for assistance.
Applications for the Visitor Services Knowledge Circle 2018 close at 5 pm on Wednesday 28th November. Have you applied?
This fantastic opportunity which is fully funded to include travel and accommodation, gives two BCLM colleagues, in a visitor facing role, the chance to spend 5 days with one of our partner Museums which include The British Museum, National Trust and Leeds Museums to name a few. The aim of the programme is to enable colleagues to gain knowledge and insight which they can bring back and apply to their role.
Interested? You can apply by filling out an application form and sending it to Lucy Bennett, Head of Human Resource Development. Find out more on the Intranet at Documents/Useful Contacts & Support/HR/Training & Development/Secondments.
We have been advised by our external payroll provider, CK Chartered Accountants that they are gradually transferring their clients to a new e-payslip portal.
The new portal is designed to enhance security, ensure compliance with GDPR and be more user-friendly. Other CK clients have been using the portal for several months and the Museum is now required to start using the new portal.
This will affect all staff – those of you who currently receive e-payslips and those who have paper payslips. With the new portal there is no longer the facility for CK to provide paper payslips. (There is an option in the portal to allow staff to print their own individual payslips for those that want to keep a paper copy).
All staff members will need to provide an email address to receive an email invitation to access the portal. (For individuals who already receive an e-payslip through the existing system, that email address will be used for the new portal).
You will also get a user guide to assist you in the registration process and you will be able to set your own memorable username and password.
Access to your payroll data will be through the internet, via desktop, tablet and smartphone devices with the ability to download and save as required.
More information will be provided to staff through their team managers over the next couple of weeks.
We’re looking to increase our pool of Casual Filming Assistants. The positions will cover periods of filming at the Museum on a ad hoc basis.
If you are interested in applying for one of these positions, please submit a cover letter detailing why you would like to be a Filming Assistant and why you are right for this role.
The full job description can be found on the Vacancies page of the intranet.
Cover letters should be submitted to HR by hand or by emailing [email protected] by the closing date of Fri 7 September at 5pm.
Interviews will take place the 2nd or 3rd week of September
As a result of the implementation of GDPR legislation the owners of WhentoWork, the Museum’s staff rostering system, have decided to withdraw WhentoWork from the European market. This means we will not be able to use it after 30 September 2018.
Since we were informed of the withdrawal of WhentoWork we have been working hard to find a suitable replacement which meets our needs. After trialling a number of products, the preferred system of the user group was a product called Planday and this is the system that will be implemented.
The staffing rosters for September and October will be generated on both WhentoWork and Planday. They will be accessible on WhentoWork up to 30 September. Staff will be given access to Planday during September and pop-in training sessions will be put on for staff during week commencing 24 September. Planday is accessible both via the web and a downloadable application for mobile phones. More information will be provided to staff through team managers over the next few weeks.
We are fast approaching one of the Museum’s busiest events and are appealing for volunteers to help make it the great success that it has been on previous years…. 1940’s weekend!
Volunteers are needed within the food and drink outlets as well as within retail and admissions.
Staff that are willing and able to offer some time over the weekend of 14 and 15 July are asked to complete the volunteer sign up form by 29 June at 5pm.
All help will be greatly appreciated!
Any questions? Please contact Michaela Fallon-Williams [email protected] Tel: 0121 521 5619 Internal: 238
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After a short period of leave, Jonathan Wilson will be leaving the Museum’s employment. I’ve agreed with Jonathan that he doesn’t need to work his notice period.
As things stand, I don’t intend to fill the vacancy this leaves us with until I have reviewed our long-term needs. In these circumstances I’ll be putting in place alternative line-management arrangements for Jonathan’s direct reports, which I expect to last until the end of the year. I’ll be discussing this with those individuals in the next few days.
During his time with us, Jonathan showed great enthusiasm for the Museum and its development and I wish him every success and happiness in the future.
Andrew
