To create a new staff member, either:
- click on the Set Staff Search Criteria window
- click on the Staff Maintenance toolbar
- select File > New from the main menu
- right click on the Staff Selector grid and select New
- press Ctrl + N.
Several data input windows will follow.
See Staff creation windows (on page ) if you need more information about what to enter when you are creating a new student.
Tip: You can navigate using and if required.
For each new staff member:
- Enter their personal details and employment information in the Staff Maintenance window. See Maintaining staff (on page ).
- Add the staff member to a job position. See Appointing staff members to a job position (on page ).
- Create a payroll record. Creating new payroll employees in the Payroll manual.
- Assign the staff member to any relevant constituencies. See Community Maintenance - Constits tab in the Community manual.
If the new staff member needs to use Synergetic:
- Create a new Synergetic user for the staff member, add them to a security group and authorise them to relevant G/L codes. See Creating new users and Group/User Security Maintenance - Users view in the System maintenance manual.
- Create an email address using your organisation's internal processes and enter it as the default email for the staff member. See Community Maintenance - Occupation tab.
If the new staff member is a teaching staff member, also:
- Create or load your organisation's default timetable definition for the staff member on the Definition tab of Staff Schedule Maintenance. See Staff Schedule Maintenance - Definition tab in the Curriculum manual.
- Add the classes that they teach. See Staff Maintenance - Classes tab (on page ).
- Make the staff member available as a substitute, if necessary. See Making a staff member available as a substitute.
Tip: You may need to reload click File > Reload Configuration Settings so that the new staff member is displayed in drop-down lists.