CEB Staff Newsletter #44 - 10 Dec 2021
From the Executive Director
I would like to take the opportunity to thank all Catholic Education Ballarat staff for their hard work and diligence throughout 2021. We have successfully navigated our way through yet another challenging year of COVID, with many ups and downs to contend with as we continue to build upon our resilience as individuals and as an organisation.
I would like to acknowledge Ashley Wiseman for his leadership in bringing the new Gillies Street office space to fruition, with the support of Penelope Irish, David Bourke, Haiden McLachlan and Paul Jans. Photos of the new space are further below, and as you’ll see, it is looking sensational. We can all look forward to commencing 2022 together in this very professional, functional and modern facility.
I look forward to seeing many of you in-person at the Retreat next week, and I wish you all a peaceful and restful Christmas break.
Tom Sexton
Executive Director, Catholic Education Ballarat
New Office Details
The new Gillies Street office will open on Monday 17 January, 2022.
The new street address and postal address will both be:
200 Gillies Street North, Lake Wendouree, VIC 3350
The new office phone number will be: 03 4344 4350
Relocation to Gillies Street – Update
Following on from last week’s advice on the relocation:
- Thank you to everyone for your work to get to us to this point.
- By now all items to be relocated to Gillies Street should be boxed up and ready to go, clearly marked with your name and/or seat number.
- The removalists will commence moving items to your new location from Monday 13 December.
- The current seating plan is attached, together with the staffing list. These have been confirmed with Team Leaders, noting a small number of positions are yet to be confirmed.
- As previously advised, please work remotely for 13-17 December while removal is underway
- If you are not taking additional leave, please continue to work remotely in the week of 10-15 January to allow some final works and organisation of the new office, unless previously approved.
- We look forward to welcoming all staff to Gillies Street on the week commencing 17 January.
- More information to follow.
Click on the below recent photos of the new office space to enlarge them:
Retreat Update
Retreat will be held at the Victorian Emergency Management Institute (VEMI) in Mount Macedon next week. Directions to the venue and the Agenda are now available. A booklet will be available upon arrival outlining your workshops.
One night accommodation has been booked onsite at VEMI for everyone attending (and 2 nights for those who have indicated travel time exceeds 3 hours and require an extra night). For those staying Tuesday night, please note you will need to make your own arrangements for dinner.
Pool Cars
Please be advised that the Poolcar Booking system for the Ballarat Poolcars has been closed due to our office move, and the keys have been removed.
If you require a Ballarat Poolcar before 17 December 2021 please contact Aileen Loader directly on 0438 358 320.
The Poolcar vehicles will be transported to the new office location on 17 January 2022. The key location will be advised at a later date.
If anyone has any queries please do not hesitate to contact Aileen.
Staff Prayer
Staff Prayer will take place remotely on the morning of Monday 13 December at 8.30am and will be led by Tim O’Farrell. The google meet link and the prayer for the session will be on our SIMON homepage on Monday.
DOBCEL YouTube Channel
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