There are many people involved in organizing a successful official opening or what is commonly referred to as a Welcome Ceremony.
Planning for the Welcome Ceremony will start at least 2 months out from the final relocation to the new workplace.
An official opening of the new workplace may include an Acknowledgement to Country. An 'Acknowledgement to Country' can be done by everyone, Indigenous or non-Indigenous, to pay respect to the fact that one is on Aboriginal land. But get your wording right, and make sure that you have your Indigenous Relations Manager or someone as knowledgeable about to pay respects onboard.
In this course, you will gain an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the facilitators of the Welcome Ceremony, including the behind the scenes actions and deliverables that other functional teams and key stakeholders will be doing to make this event a great success.
Approximately 20 Minutes
During Relocation Readiness month, the Project Team are coordinating activities such as Neighborhood Manager selections and meetings, staff inductions, Command Centre coordination, content creation and format for Neighborhood Walks, planning for the Welcome Ceremony to the new workplace and of course, content selection for Welcome Packs.
The Welcome Pack provides the Project Team an opportunity to deliver messaging to employees about what they need to know to get settled in their new workplace. Although there has likely been many months of information packs circulated and spoken about, not all employees will be across everything that has changed, nor what is expected on Day One, Week One.
In this course, you will gain an understanding of how much detail needs to be woven into an informative Welcome Pack.
Approximately 20 Minutes
The Facilities Manager is not just “managing facilities”, they are accountable for handling a wide array of services.