Perhaps it’s not easy to put that into words ‧‧‧ Haven’t you come across someone in your office who work hard in silence You really want to give them Perhaps it’s not easy to put that into words ‧‧‧

Now, we have to speak for you

Making significant contributions or enhancements Supervisors, do you have staff performing these? Showing impressive and exemplary work attitudes Making significant contributions or enhancements Providing exceptionally dedicated services acclaimed by all

Please nominate him / her for a Scheme especially for recognising non-teaching staff

If you are full-time non-teaching staff, with one-year or more service, you can nominate others or be nominated There are Individual Awards Team Awards Exemplary Service Award

How many awards will there be? 3 Individual Awards, 3 Team Awards and 1 Exemplary Service Award

What will the award recipients receive? Individual Award and Exemplary Service Award: a Certificate of Excellence in Performance and a cash award Team Award: @ member a Certificate of Excellence in Performance, and whole team a cash award for group activities

How to apply? Individual Award or Exemplary Service Award: nomination by supervisors or another eligible full-time staff complete the nomination form Team Award: application by the teams or nomination by Deans/Heads complete the nomination/application form

Where to send our applications / nominations? email: pers-lc@hkbu.edu.hk (in pdf) or in person: AAB903 mark “Selection Panel of the Reward and Recognition Scheme for Non-teaching Staff” under confidential cover

Applications/Nominations Deadline: 10 December 2018 (Monday) ACT NOW

When will the judging take place? Around February 2019

What will the Selection Panel look for? Individual Awards role models who foster trust, fairness and kindness in the workplace Team Awards more members from different units would earn additional scores

When will be the Award Ceremony held? around April/May 2019

How about the count-back period for the Scheme? normally 2 to 3 years

Are Heads/ Directors of Offices eligible for the Individual Award and who would nominate them? their respective Vice President will sign off the nomination

How many nominations for individual/team award can a Faculty/ School/Office/Centre submit? 2 @ for Individual Award, Team Award and Exemplary Service Award

Can a staff be nominated for Individual Award, Team Award and Exemplary Service Award? a staff may be nominated for all awards in the same year but should be considered in different aspects of contributions Exemplary Service Award only for middle level and frontline non-teaching (Band A to E) staff

Can a staff with appointment contracts ending on or before the closing date of application/nomination be nominated for Award? Applicants/Nominees should have a ≥1 year appointment and have served the University for 1 year the awardee should be an HKBU full-time non-teaching staff at Award Ceremony

Can nominations be anonymous? Nominations should not be anonymous

How large should the team be for team award? 2 to 20 members Special credits to diverse teams with large size (over 10 persons).

Any restriction on the rank of staff members to be nominated/to apply for the awards Individual Awards and Team Awards: no restriction Exemplary Service Award: for middle level and frontline (i.e. Band A to E) non-teaching staff

restricted to selection panel members and limited PERS staff only Will the submitted nominations (successful or not) be kept confidential? Yes restricted to selection panel members and limited PERS staff only CONFIDENTIAL

What is the frequency of the awards? awards will be given out every 2 years award recipients of this year will not be eligible to apply or be nominated in the next round

Tips for writing nominations Give specific examples and reasons Specify where the biggest impact of their contribution can be seen? i.e. improving the University brand, reputation, service delivery, etc.

For more details, please refer to PERS website: rrscheme.hkbu.edu.hk Enquiries: Email: pers-lc@hkbu.edu.hk

Looking forward to your support!