People

People is one of the four focus areas that reflect the VCA’s FY22-25 priorities. We define People as goals and activities supporting our campus community. We consider the current environment to identify objectives, and develop key performance indicators that will track our progress.  

Objectives

Key Performance Indicators

Increase staff talent retention.
  • Reduce voluntary turnover to 6.0% or lower.
  • Increase overall VCA average compa-ratios to 95.5%.
  • Average VCA staff morale increases or remains consistent through FY22.  

Increase opportunities for staff to engage around issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
  • Organize annual summit/conference by June 2022.
  • Launch cultural literacy courses available to all VCA managers by June 2022.
  • Create and publish a "persistence dashboard" by April 2022 to help track different demographics proceeding through the hiring process.
  • 100% of employees complete training on ADA/disability as required after mandatory training program is launched.
  • 100% of VCA managers obtain Managing Implicit Bias Certification by June 30, 2022.

Educate and support staff on opportunities for career advancement.
  • 100% of VCA managers obtain Berkeley People Management Certification by June 30, 2022.
  • Maintain or increase percentage of positive responses on Career Development questions from the UC Systemwide UC Staff Engagement Survey.
  • Maintain or increase percentage of positive participant responses on Staff Career Development Workshop evaluations.
  • Maintain or increase percentage of positive participant responses on NOW Conference / MSAP / 1:1 Coaching / Staff Fellowship evaluations.

Engage in succession planning.
  • 100% of VCA units have engaged in succession planning using the People and Culture Succession Planning Toolkit by June 2022.