The President’s Award for Excellence in Leadership underlines the importance of good leadership and management at all levels within the College and supports a key aim of the College’s Strategy.  Excellence in leadership and management can be defined in a number of ways but the panel is looking for nominations for leaders and managers who consistently demonstrate exceptional commitment through sustained motivation, inspiration and development of staff, and who champion a positive approach to change and opportunity by consistently role modelling the College’s expected values and behaviours, Respect, Collaboration, Integrity, Innovation and Excellence.

Nominations can be made by staff from all areas of the College. The awards are decided by a selection panel representing both support services and academic staff.

Eligibility

• Staff in any role across the College are eligible.
• Nominations can be made by any Imperial staff member.
• This award is open to individual nominations only.
• Self-nomination is not permitted for this award category

The nomination must be completed by Friday 12 March 2023.

There is one individual award available for this category, and the winning nomination will receive a prize of £250.

In addition, the winning nomination selected from the winners of the Leadership; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Collegiality categories will receive the James Stirling Medal for Culture and Community and a prize of £1,500.

Nomination information

You may nominate an individual for the Leadership Award. Please don’t feel constrained by these examples, but you might like to recognise staff who:

• Consistently role model the College’s values and behaviours in everything they do
• Demonstrate exceptional commitment to delivering a shared vision
• Inspire and develop others
• Communicate with perception and clarity
• Champion a positive approach to change and opportunity

Entering the nomination

Entering the nomination (please additionally refer to the user guide document for the online awards system).  Please also note if you are accessing the system off-site, please make sure you are connected to the College’s VPN

Important: The selection panel will ONLY draw on the evidence presented in the nomination form when making their decision, so please ensure a good case is presented for submission.

• A single nomination form should be completed for individual nominations
• All nominations must be seconded before the deadline. Please refer to the online awards system user guide for more information.
• Evidence should be provided for each of the award criteria, particularly how this extends beyond the expectations of the nominee’s job description. This should be written for a non-expert audience and specific examples given where appropriate.
• There is a strict 300-word limit for each free text section.
• Attachments are permitted.

Questions to complete

1. Please describe your relationship to the nominee (i.e. colleague, peer, line manager) and how you became aware of their contributions to Leadership at the College
2. Please describe what the nominee has done to merit the Leadership Award
3. Please describe the key benefits they have brought to all parties involved.

Please be aware of the strict word count of 300 words.