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UCL Professional Services Awards 2020

Recognise, celebrate and reward your colleagues who have demonstrated outstanding performance in their roles, contributing to the success of UCL.

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Do you or somebody you work with deserve to be recognised, celebrated and rewarded for contributing to the success of UCL?

We want to hear about the people who demonstrates integrity, outstanding service and commitment to UCL, about the teams who are striving towards UCL’s future and about the incredible things people are doing beyond the boundaries of the institutes and departments of UCL.

Now is your chance to nominate yourself or a colleague for an award for the chance to win one of an amazing menu of prizes, from a day off to gym membership!

2019 Award categories:

Leadership Award for Outstanding Contribution

This award is chosen by the COO from the nominations received across all categories to honour and recognise an outstanding member of staff that the UCL community would like to celebrate.

Way of Working - Personal Excellence Award

This person demonstrates integrity, outstanding service and commitment to UCL.

Way of Working - Working Together Award

This team demonstrates excellent collaboration, communication and shared learning in the way that they work together.  

Way of Working - Outstanding Individual Contribution to Achieving our Mission

This individual demonstrates that they are striving towards UCL’s future. They demonstrate vision, a sense of ownership and innovation in their work. 

Way of Working - Oustanding Team Contribution to Achieving our Mission

This team demonstrates that they are striving towards UCL’s future. They demonstrate vision, a sense of ownership and innovation in their work. 

Community Spirit Award

This individual does amazing things beyond the boundaries of specific roles or/and beyond the boundaries of UCL and we wish to recognise the personal impact they are making to the broader community.  Do you know someone who, after switching off from work, goes out of their way to help others? From volunteering on a soup run to getting sponsored on The Great North Run... we want to hear about them. This is our chance to recognise the commitments of staff outside of their day jobs. 

Outstanding Contribution to the Staff Experience

This individual brings joy on a day to day basis to my experience as a UCL member of staff. This category is eligible for those who may work at UCL on a contractual basis as well as UCL staff. 

Nominate yourself or a colleague for a Professional Services Award 

Ways of Working

Four of this year’s awards relate to the newly launched Ways of Working for professional services. You can find definitions of the Ways of Working around the themes of Personal Excellence, Working Together and Achieving our Mission at www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working. Please use the definitions to support your nominations.

You will find a downloadable overview of the Ways of Working by downloading the wheel and descriptors pdf, and more grade-related detail by looking at the relevant supporting indicators. Explore the categories and tell us how the person you are nominating delivers their work in ways outlined by the framework. 

If you are interested in nominating yourself or a colleague for one of these awards, please complete the nomination form and refer to the guidance notes below.

Staff who deliver professional services, based in divisions, departments, faculties or Vice-Provosts' offices, are eligible for nomination. 

Awards will be presented at the Professional Services Conference 2019.

Please note that nominations close on Monday 3 June at 5pm.