Mission

The mission of the Council is to foster direct and regular communication between University staff and University leadership. The purpose of these communications is to identify and address areas of opportunity impacting the University’s workplace culture. The Council will serve as an advisory body and report directly to the President of Boston University who will chair the Council. The Council will also provide a forum to share staff feedback on concerns and priorities that are important to the University staff. Further, the Council may be asked to give or solicit feedback from University staff as requested by senior and executive administrators on specific initiatives impacting staff. The Council shall be comprised of a diverse, representative group of staff from various University administrative and academic departments. The Council will also serve as advisors to the President and executive or senior administrators to offer feedback to improve the University’s workplace culture and work environment for University employees.

The Council will:

• Meet regularly to represent staff perspectives as part of the University’s decision-making processes.
• Recommend staff members to serve on institutional committees.
• Provide feedback on University policies and procedures that impact staff or workplace culture;
• Establish committees or working groups to sponsor events and activities with the goal of continuously improving communications, workplace culture, and staff morale.
• Collaborate with departments to create networking opportunities for staff across the University’s community; and
• Provide a supportive network to collaborate with the University in communicating and achieving its goals.
• Advise administrative leadership on advancing goals for diversity, equity and inclusion for staff.