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Award Categories
6 Outstanding Staff Awards
An excellence nomination for staff signifies the high esteem in which these individuals are held by their peers and colleagues. Our six individual winners will each receive a maximum award of $500.00 and a special memento.
1 Outstanding Team Award
Teamwork is defined as the ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives and demonstrate their ability to work together toward a common vision. Our team winners will each receive a monetary award, not to exceed $2,000 combined or $500 individually, and a special memento.
1 Innovation Award
The Innovation Award recognizes an employee in Operations for ideas that result in new initiatives or improvements in existing processes. Our Innovation recipient will receive a maximum award of $500.00 and a special memento.
1 New Employee Impact Award
The New Employee Impact Award recognizes an employee in Operations who has been employed by Operations for less than two years for commitment to excellence through outstanding customer service, leadership, initiative and responsible stewardship. The recipient will receive a maximum award of $500.00 and a special memento.
1 Visionary Award
This award recognizes an administrator (director Level and above) for visionary leadership and demonstrated success in advancing the mission of Operations. Our Visionary Award winner will receive a maximum award of $500.00 and a special memento.
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Eligibility
All classified and non-classified employees within Operations who meet the following criteria are eligible for nomination:
- Must be a full-time employee and budgeted at least 50%.
- Visionary Award must have the title of director (or related title) or above. For all other awards, must have a title below the level of director (or related title).
- With the exception of the New Employee Impact Award, all individual award nominees must have a minimum of two years of service within Operations.
- Eligibility for the team awards is based on the same criteria outlined above, except that the majority of the members on a nominated team must have a minimum of one year of service within the nominating unit or division within Operations.
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Nomination Process
Employees within Operations may submit a nomination for the Operational Excellence Awards. Only those submitted using the online nomination form by March 31, 2024, will be reviewed and considered.
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Award Selection Process and Selection Advisory Committee
An anonymous committee outside of the division will make the selections. The committee will use a specific scoring matrix, and will review and score all the nominations.