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Intent
The Awards for Excellence are designed to recognise staff who demonstrate outstanding achievement in activities that are aligned to the University’s Corporate Strategy and/or the Reconciliation Action Plan.
The number of awards granted each year will be determined by the Awards for Excellence Assessment Panel in accordance with the quality of nominations received.
Scope
All ongoing, fixed term and casual Academic, Professional and Technical staff, in positions below the level of Dean or Director are eligible to be nominated for a University Award for Excellence.
Policy
1.1 An award may be made to up to three individuals or three teams of people in each category. Teams may be of any size.
1.2 Nominees must have been employed by the University for at least 12 months.
1.3 Previous award winners are ineligible to be nominated for another award for a period of three years.
1.4 Nominations for the University Awards for Excellence will be based on one or more of the following categories:
- Client Service;
- Community Engagement;
- Innovation and Change;
- Research;
- Leadership;
- Reconciliation; and
- Cross-unit Collaboration
1.5 Recipients will be recognised by:
- A certificate detailing the specific reasons for the award;
- Formal recognition by the University
1.6 Award recipients who are no longer employed by the University at the time of announcement of awards will be issued an Award Certificate by request.
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Approval Details
Policy Domain | Human Resources |
Policy Custodian | Deputy Vice Chancellor, Services and Resources |
Approval Authority | Human Resources Committee |
Date for next Major Review | 07/11/2024 |
Revision History
Version no. | Approval date | Approval Authority | Implementation date | Details | Author |
23-1 | 25/09/2023 | DVC SR (minor amendment) | 26/09/2023 | Minor amendments to add casual staff and term of employment to eligibility criteria, and to include reference to JCU Values. | Manager, Culture and Capability |
22-1 | 21/09/2022 | DVC SR (minor amendment) | 23/09/2022 | Minor amendments to relocate Scope content to Policy heading (wording not changed), and clarify award certificates for former employee; formatting updates to align with current style guide. | Manager, Organisational Development and Equity |
20-1 | 29/10/2020 | HR Committee | 15/10/2020 | Full approval of policy provided by HR Committee. No further amendments made by HR Committee. | Manager, Organisational Development and Equity, Human Resources |
20-1 | 13/10/2020 | Vice Chancellor | 15/10/2020 | Interim approval provided by Vice Chancellor. Amended to increase number of award recipients to 3 and remove remuneration reward components. | Manager, Organisational Development and Equity, Human Resources |
19-2 | 07/11/2019 | HR Committee | 22/11/2019 | Full approval of Policy by HR Committee. Policy unchanged from v19-1 to v19-2 | Learning and Development Consultant – Human Resources |
19-1 | 23/08/2019 | Vice Chancellor | 26/08/2019 | Amended to clarify that only positions below that of Dean or Director are eligible for an Award. (Interim approval to correct an inconsistency between this Policy and the Guidelines. Proposed amendment will go to HR Committee Nov. 2019 for full approval.) | Learning and Development Consultant – Human Resources |
17-1 | 08/12/2017 | 08/12/2017 | Minor amendment to reflect current organisational structure | Quality, Standards and Policy | |
16-2 | 26/09/2016 | 27/09/2016 | Minor amendment (Awards list) | Quality, Standards and Policy | |
16-1 | 11/09/2016 | 14/09/2016 | Reviewed with minor amendments. Contact Quality, Standards and Policy Officer for details. | Head, Organisational Development and Learning – Human Resources | |
15-1 | 31/08/2015 | 1/09/2015 | Policy sponsor and approval authority amended to reflect Council approved Policy and Delegations Framework. Link to Awards for Excellence Nomination Form updated. | Quality, Standards and Policy | |
09-1 | 23/09/2009 | 24/09/2009 |
Keywords | Award, University Award, excellence |
Contact person | Manager, Culture and Capability |