Faculty and Division Awards
Please note that at this stage the budget has not been finalised for 2013 therefore changes may still occur.
The Charles Sturt University Faculty and Division awards are an annual celebration of excellence and outstanding achievements demonstrated by individuals and teams within each management area of the University.
Each year, up to 81 individual and/or team awards are presented to both General and Academic staff across each of the categories listed below:
| Academic Staff Award Categories |
General Staff Award Categories |
|
Academic Excellence
Leadership Excellence
Professional Excellence
Research Excellence
Research Supervision Excellence
Teaching Excellence
|
Leadership Excellence
Performance Excellence |
Award nominations are based on sustained contributions or a single outstanding achievement, as determined by Managers and Supervisors. The Delegated Officer to approve awards for each management area, is either the Dean, Executive Director, Deputy Vice-Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor.
As 'One University', we congratulate and recognise all staff who are nominated for awards for their ongoing contributions and commitment to excellence.
Each Faculty and Division has a maximum number of awards in which they are able to allocate each year, as outlined in the table below.
|
Management area
|
Maximum number of awards allocated for
General Staff
|
Maximum number of awards allocated for
Academic Staff
|
|
Faculty of Arts
|
3
|
7
|
|
Faculty of Business
|
2
|
4
|
|
Faculty of Education
|
2
|
5
|
|
Faculty of Science
|
5
|
11
|
|
Areas that report to DVC (Academic)
|
1
|
|
|
Areas that report to DVC (Administration)
|
2
|
|
|
Areas that report to DVC (Research)
|
4
|
|
|
Areas that report to VC
|
1
|
|
|
Division of Facilities Management
|
4
|
|
|
Division of Finance
|
9
|
|
|
Division of Human Resources
|
2
|
|
|
Division of Information Technology
|
5
|
|
|
Division of Learning and Teaching Services
|
3
|
|
|
Division of Library Services
|
3
|
|
|
Division of Marketing
|
2
|
|
|
Division of Student Administration
|
3
|
|
|
Division of Student Services
|
1
|
|
| Dean of Studies |
2 |
|
| Grand Total |
81 |
|
- Awards are open to all Academic and General staff who currently hold a continuing or fixed-term appointment at CSU, and have successfully completed probation.
- Casual staff may not be nominated for individual award, but may be included within team nominations.
- Awards do not apply to, honorary, visiting, adjunct or executive staff.
- Staff are eligible to receive one individual award, in one category only.
- An individual staff member cannot receive an individual award and a team award for the same achievement in any year.
- Individuals and teams can be nominated for a Faculty or Division Award every year.
- During March - April 2013, Managers and Supervisors identify individuals and/or teams and provide a nomination in writing to the relevant Dean, Executive Director, Deputy Vice-Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor in one of the categories listed above. (Please note the maximum number of awards available per management area).
- The Manager or Supervisor will identify the award category and attached evidence to support each nomination. Evidence may be collected as a result of the Performance Management and Development Scheme process.
- Managers and Supervisors must ensure that each staff member is eligible to be nominated for an award.
- For Academic staff who report to a Deputy Vice Chancellor, the DVC nominates outstanding staff to the relevant Dean for a Faculty Award.
- Staff who receive a Faculty or Division award may also be nominated to be considered for a Vice-Chancellor's Award.
- The Dean, Executive Director, Deputy Vice-Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor will review each nomination and determine the award recipients for either individual or teams awards and notify their Management team and the individual recipients. An formal announcement may be made from the Dean etc to all staff within the Faculty or Division.
- The executive Officer of each management area forwards the Notification of Awards form electronically to: dmullins@csu.edu.au by 31 May 2012.
Presentation
- All of the Faculty and Division Awards are formally presented along with the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence at the following presentation ceremonies:
Bathurst Ceremony: 14 August 2013, James Hardie Room
Wagga Wagga Ceremony: 28 August 2013, Joyles Hall
- Each Dean, Executive Director, Deputy Vice-Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor will present each award recipient with their certificate during the presentation ceremonies.
- All CSU staff, award nominees and award recipients are invited to attend the presentation ceremonies.
- Award recipients are also invited to ask family, colleagues and friends to accompany them during the presentation of awards.
Corporate Payments
- All Faculty and Division awards are valued at $2,000.
- This corporate payment is transferred to the relevant Faculty or Division in September of each year, and is to be used in accordance with the wishes of the individual or team, in order to further their work, professional development and/or research.
- Team awards are to be shared among team members. If equipment is purchased with the award money, it may be used exclusively by the individual or team for the duration of their employment/ operation but remains the property of the University.
- Expenditure of the corporate payments must be approved by the staff member's/ team's manager and may not be taken as cash.
For further information please contact:
Dawn Mullins
Administration Assistant- Division of Human Resources.
Ext: 32716.
E-mail: dmullins@csu.edu.au.
