B/5.1 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence

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5.1.1 Principles
5.1.2 Criteria for Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence
5.1.3 Eligibility for Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence
5.1.4 Awards
5.1.5 Vice-Chancellor's Awards Committee
Related Documents
Modification History

5.1.1 Principles

The Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence aim to recognise exceptional performance of staff who demonstrate sustained and outstanding achievement in activities that are aligned to the University's vision and strategic goals.

The number of awards granted each year will be determined by Vice-Chancellor's Awards Committee in accordance with the quality of nominations received. A maximum of 20 awards will be granted annually.

An open call for nominations will occur early in the year and an annual award ceremony will be held mid-year to announce the recipients.

Award guidelines and nomination procedures are available on the Human Resources website.

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5.1.2 Criteria for Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence

The Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence are for eligible staff of the University who demonstrate distinguished sustained achievement in the workplace. The nominations will be based on one or more of the following criteria:

• Research
• Learning and teaching
• Partnerships and engagement
• Client focus
• Innovative and creative practice
• Leadership.

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5.1.3 Eligibility for Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence

All ongoing and fixed-term academic staff, sessional academic staff, and ongoing and fixed-term professional staff are eligible to be nominated for a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence. Individual awards may be granted to senior staff of the University only under the Leadership category.

An award may be granted to an individual or to a team of people. Team nominations would not normally exceed 10 members. Teams may be within a work area or across organisational areas (eg schools / departments / faculties / divisions).

A recipient of an award for excellence is only eligible for renomination in subsequent years on the basis of new supporting evidence.

Any award recipient who is no longer employed by the University at the time of the announcement of the awards will be issued an Award Certificate but will not be entitled to award money.

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5.1.4 Awards

Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence are presented at an annual University-wide award ceremony. All recipients will be recognised by the awarding of a certificate which will detail specific and identifiable reasons for the award. The Vice-Chancellor will determine annually the maximum amount for individual and team awards. The award money may be paid as a one-off non-superannuable salary payment or may be used at the recipient's discretion for work-related purposes (eg for equipment purchases or to offset costs of participation in conferences, seminars and training courses). Relevant taxation will apply to any salary payment.

Any equipment purchased by the University with award monies remains the property of the University, subject to University policy. Any expenditure of award monies (other than money paid as salary) should conform with the University's policy on appropriate expenditure of University funds (see G/5.1 and the Financial Management Practice and Procedures Manual ).

Senior staff nominated under the Leadership category will not be eligible for any monetary award.

Staff receiving a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence are ineligible to be considered for a Vice-Chancellor’s Performance Award (see B/5.2) in the same year.

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5.1.5 Vice-Chancellor's Awards Committee

Vice-Chancellor’s Awards Committee is a Vice-Chancellor's committee established in accordance with Council Procedure 1 (Committees). Vice-Chancellor’s Awards Committee is accountable to the Vice-Chancellor for fulfilling the following terms of reference.

Terms of reference

Vice-Chancellor’s Awards Committee:

• considers nominations for Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence and recommends to the Vice-Chancellor:
  • the number of awards to be granted,
  • the recipients of the awards, and
  • the amounts to be awarded to each recipient;
• provides advice to the Vice-Chancellor on policy and procedural matters relating to the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence.

Membership

• Vice-Chancellor or nominee as Chair
• Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) or nominee
• One head of division nominated by Vice-Chancellor’s Advisory Committee
• One executive dean of faculty nominated by Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee
• Director, Human Resources or nominee
• One academic staff member nominated by the Vice-Chancellor
• One professional staff member nominated by the Vice-Chancellor
• Two previous award for excellence recipients invited by the Chair (normally one academic and one professional staff member)

A nominee of the Registrar is secretary.

Tenure and frequency of meeting

Terms of office are as detailed in section 6 of Council Procedure 1 - Committees.

Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence Committee meets on an annual basis.

Reporting

Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence Committee reports to the Vice-Chancellor annually, usually in conjunction with recommendations for awards.

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Related Documents

MOPP B/5.2 Vice-Chancellor's Performance Fund

MOPP G/5 Expenditure

MOPP Appendix 2 QUT Council Procedures - Council Procedure 1 (Committees)

Financial Management Practice and Procedures Manual

Human Resources Department website - guidelines and nomination procedures for Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence

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Modification History

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