MRAEL Employer of Choice Initiatives

Compressed Working Week
MRAEL offer all employees the opportunity to participate in a Compressed Working Week.  Participating staff are rostered to work over four days per week rather than five, providing staff with one RDO each week (in addition to weekends).

MRAEL also offer flexibility within the Compressed Working Week roster and consider all requests from employees who wish to structure their working week differently to suit their personal situation.  MRAEL strive to achieve a balanced approach to work successes with an understanding of personal needs and life goals.

Wellbeing Programs
MRAEL encourages a healthy and balanced lifestyle for all staff and regularly runs wellbeing programs to promote this.  Over the years, examples of MRAEL wellbeing programs include:

Our People Program
MRAEL is committed to providing our people with opportunities for ongoing learning and professional development and has implemented the following development programs to facilitate this:

The MRAEL Leadership Graduate Program provides an opportunity for MRAEL to employ final year university students or recent graduates of a relevant program and to develop their leadership, people management and organisational skills, along with their business acumen. Over the duration of the program, Graduates will work towards achieving set competencies and completing projects which will provide them with the knowledge and practical skills to step into a management role upon completion of the program.

To develop our people and broaden employee career goals, MRAEL has created an Employee Career Development Program. To encourage employee growth and assist in career development, this program provides eligible staff with the opportunity to set career goals and work towards those goals with the assistance of a Career Development Training Plan. From this, employees are able to expand their knowledge and develop the practical skills and competencies required for their desired position.

MRAEL offers an excellent Professional Development Program, available to all staff.  Employees undertaking approved Professional Development have all fees paid up front by MRAEL and our Compressed Working Week Roster provides employees with the ability to spend a full day per week undertaking study.

The MRAEL Traineeship Program offers school leavers with the opportunity to learn all aspects of the MRAEL business and complete a Certificate III in Business. Trainees rotate through Business Units of MRAEL ensuring exposure to each business discipline.

MRAEL also maintains a Corporate Library in our head office for all staff to utilise.  Our library has extensive resources on various topics and fields of study.

Values-based organisation and culture
MRAEL operates on a foundation of values which in turn creates an organisational culture of mutual respect, dignity and honesty. We recruit staff in alignment with our organisational values and our performance management framework is also underpinned by our core values.

Our organisational culture is maintained through ongoing staff training on the concepts of emotional intelligence and being ‘people smart’. We receive consistent feedback that our workplace is welcoming, happy and professional. To boost staff morale and assist in maintaining a healthy organisational culture, MRAEL supports initiatives such as Christmas parties, ‘Frinks’ (Friday drinks), culture training sessions and team days which assists to align employees with the unique MRAEL culture and our values.

Approachable Management Style
MRAEL recruits and develops Managers that are approachable, empathetic and at all times professional.  MRAEL embraces the management philosophies of ‘firm but fair’ and ‘hard on the issue, soft on the person’.  This ensures our Managers maintain high-performing business units with professional standards and exceptional customer service along with happy and engaged staff.  All MRAEL Managers participate in annual 360 degree feedback to aid them in the development of a positive management style.

Volunteer Program
MRAEL have a Volunteer Program that enables all employees to participate in one paid day of volunteer work each year.  Employees can select an approved charity of their choice in which to contribute to.

In addition to this, MRAEL supports various charities through regular fundraisers and initiatives which are held at the MRAEL office and coordinated by MRAEL staff.  Examples include:

Salary Sacrifice
MRAEL employees are able to salary sacrifice lap-top computers and superannuation contributions.

Cutting Edge Technology
MRAEL has been progressively upgrading its information technology infrastructure in a deliberate attempt to provide the most efficient possible workplace utilising some of today’s best technologies. Some of these upgrades include; HD Video conferencing between offices, Remote Networking software enabling staff to ‘connect from anywhere’, software upgrades, development of custom Apprentice Management System and the implementation of Blackberry Enterprise Server for corporate mobile email. These investments are to ensure MRAEL has the tools to perform and be productive at an extremely high level.

Performance Management Framework
MRAEL operates in a Performance Management Framework that facilitates regular and ongoing performance feedback.  This ensures all employees are being developed to reach their full potential with the support of their Manager.  High performers are easily identified in this framework ensuring that recognition and reward is applied appropriately.

MRAEL utilise a state of the art performance management program ‘Sonar 6’.  This program allows employees to log on and self-assess their own performance, view their managers ratings and comments and performance trends and objectives are visually displayed.  This is an open and honest approach to performance discussions to retain a focus on performance requirements and productivity.

Feedback Tools

30/60/90 checks:
Our HR department meets with each new employee after 30 days, 60 days and 90 days from their commencement date. This is to ensure we are meeting their expectations as an Employer of Choice and provides employees with a chance to voice any concerns, and provide feedback on their MRAEL experience so far.

Employee Engagement Surveys:
All employees are invited to participate in annual Engagement Surveys.  This ensures that any factors contributing to employee dissatisfaction can be identified and resolved proactively. These surveys determine satisfaction and engagement levels of MRAEL staff, and information gained from this is used to enhance the well-being of employees.

360 degree feedback:
MRAEL conducts 360 degree feedback on all employees.  This ensures that performance feedback is obtained from a variety of sources, thereby increasing the accuracy and objectivity of feedback provided to staff.

Exit Interviews:
All exiting staff are invited to participate in an Exit Interview.  Feedback is treated with confidentiality and allows MRAEL to address resignation triggers in a proactive manner.

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