Goals Measures Responsibility Deadline The HiOA Academy shall The present diversity course portfolio shall HR director/project Ongoing further develop its strategic be reviewed/expanded and reorganised manager for the HiOA focus on diversity and offer based on different groups of employees’ Academy all employees diversity knowledge and competence needs. It competence based on should be considered whether parts of the requirements and needs training should be made compulsory. HiOA shall encourage an Twenty-five per cent of participants in Pro-rector for R&D From 2018 increase in the proportion of HiOA’s mentoring programme for immigrants in top academic candidates for promotion to top academic positions. positions shall come from immigrant backgrounds. All TR positions must be advertised internationally with a requirement for Scandinavian language qualifications to be acquired within three years. HiOA shall contribute to and HiOA as case institution in a Nordic study HR director/expanded 31 Dec. 2019 make use of research-based of recruitment practices in higher recruitment team diversity recruitment education funded by Nordforsk and led by the Institute for Social Research (ISF) HiOA’s new managers shall Competence in and experience of diversity Formal bring experience and and equality work shall be emphasised in practice from knowledge of the field of recruitment for managerial positions. The 1 Jan. 2018, diversity and equality into content of the term diversity competence then ongoing the organisation to ensure must be defined. that the organisation can ‘reap the benefits of diversity’ (Strategy 2020) HiOA shall have good gender HiOA’s expanded recruitment team, Head of HiOA’s Ongoing balance in all job categories managers, assessment and appointments expanded recruitment (as a rule, a maximum range committees are to be trained in team and programme of 60/40). recruitment for equality, and gender director for balance is established as a fixed checkpoint leadership in the recruitment process. Training under development the auspices of the HiOA Academy
Goals Measures Responsibility Deadline The HiOA Academy shall further develop its strategic focus on diversity and offer all employees diversity competence based on requirements and needs The present diversity course portfolio shall be reviewed/expanded and reorganised based on different groups of employees’ knowledge and competence needs. It should be considered whether parts of the training should be made compulsory. HR director/project manager for the HiOA Academy Ongoing HiOA shall encourage an increase in the proportion of immigrants in top academic positions. Twenty-five per cent of participants in HiOA’s mentoring programme for candidates for promotion to top academic positions shall come from immigrant backgrounds. All TR positions must be advertised internationally with a requirement for Scandinavian language qualifications to be acquired within three years. Pro-rector for R&D From 2018 HiOA shall contribute to and make use of research-based diversity recruitment HiOA as case institution in a Nordic study of recruitment practices in higher education funded by Nordforsk and led by the Institute for Social Research (ISF) HR director/expanded recruitment team 31 Dec. 2019 HiOA’s new managers shall bring experience and knowledge of the field of diversity and equality into the organisation to ensure that the organisation can ‘reap the benefits of diversity’ (Strategy 2020) Competence in and experience of diversity and equality work shall be emphasised in recruitment for managerial positions. The content of the term diversity competence must be defined. Formal practice from 1 Jan. 2018, then ongoing HiOA shall have good gender balance in all job categories (as a rule, a maximum range of 60/40). HiOA’s expanded recruitment team, managers, assessment and appointments committees are to be trained in recruitment for equality, and gender balance is established as a fixed checkpoint in the recruitment process. Training under the auspices of the HiOA Academy Head of HiOA’s expanded recruitment team and programme director for leadership development Ongoing