ASSC College Staff Awards Program 2020

ASSC College End of Year Event 2020 Awards Program 25 November 2020

ASSC College End of Year Event 25 November 2020 10.00 am - 11.30 am Agenda Item Presenter/s Welcome 2020 Highlights Professor Simon Evans Professional Awards Provost Spotlight – Leaders in Lockdown Learning and Teaching Awards Bridget Soulsby Spotlight – 3MT General Manager Research Awards Professor Parshia Lee-Stecum Spotlight – Archaeology Associate Provost, Learning & Teaching Student reflections Professor Lawrie Zion Closing and thanks Associate Provost, Research & Industry Engagement Professor Simon Evans Provost latrobe.edu.au

PROFESSIONAL STAFF AWARDS College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce Embracing Leadership Qualities This category is aimed at all levels. The individual consistently demonstrates leadership qualities, driving results, enacting change, navigating complexities and inspiring others. They promote a sense of collegiality. They are authentic, gain people’s trust by demonstrating openness and act in line with the organisational values. They are resilient especially when faced with challenges. They may or may not manage a team however when it comes to working with people they motivate, guide and maintain productive relationships fostering cooperative and collaborative behaviour. They are result orientated including establishing plans to meet strategic and operational priorities. Overall their impact inleading change or innovation results in improvements in culture, service, efficiency or satisfaction. latrobe.edu.au

Nominees Congratulations to the nominees for 2020 Embracing Leadership Qualities • Lisa Egan • Mark Susa • Mohamed Hassan • Ruchi Roshan John latrobe.edu.au

Team Work and Collaboration As a team there is a shared understanding and commitment on the goals, purpose and requirements needed for the area to be successful. The team has created a culture of trust, cooperation and respect for difference that improves the work environment and leads to improved performance; delivering significant outcomes under pressure and meeting deadlines. Contributing to a group effort that has significant impact on School/Department/Service Area goals: • Initiating and maintaining productive relationships with stakeholders within and/or outside the organisation • Proactively looking for opportunities to work collaboratively with other areas across La Trobe • Developing new interdepartmental relationships which have significantly contributed to the achievement of an area’s goals latrobe.edu.au

Nominees Congratulations to the nominees for 2020 Team Work and Collaboration • ASSC Executive Office College Events Team • College Education Team • Donna Burnett (3 nominations) • LBS Team latrobe.edu.au

Outstanding Service Includes: Student experience, External stakeholders, Internal staff experience, Operational excellence Performing at consistent and sustained levels as they relate to ‘customer service’ (the customer could be a student, staff member, committee or other stakeholder). The nominee regularly goes ‘above and beyond’ to ensure the desired outcome; resolving customer concerns in a calm, positive and sensitive manner and making customers feel valued and appreciated. They consistently place a high priority on customer needs and concerns; calling attention to issues that affect customer satisfaction and recommending and implementing improvements to the customer service mode that have significant impact. latrobe.edu.au

Nominees Congratulations to the nominees for 2020 Outstanding Service • ASSC Placement Operations Team • Danielle Naylor • Donna Burnett (3 nominations) • Research Contracts Team • TNE Operations Team latrobe.edu.au

The Way We Work Demonstrating one or more of the La Trobe cultural qualities of Connected, Innovative, Accountable and Care that results in improvements in culture, engagement, service, efficiency or customer/student satisfaction. latrobe.edu.au

Nominees Congratulations to the nominees for 2020 The Way We Work • Donna Burnett • Finance Division Office • Lisa Murphy and Brad Murphy • Research Contracts Division • Silvia Oliveira • Winie O’Connor latrobe.edu.au

PROVOST TEACHING AWARDS College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce College Provost Teaching Awards La Trobe University is committed to achieving high quality learning outcomes for its students through the delivery of distinctive and relevant courses. The College Provost Teaching Awards are awarded in recognition of teaching and teaching support activities by individuals and teams that achieve these objectives. The awards also provide an important opportunity for teaching staff to reflect on their teaching practice and to build momentum in their teaching careers. There are three distinct award categories: • Provost Teaching Award • Provost Early Career Teaching Award • Provost Sessional Teaching Award College Provost Teaching Awards are self-nominated and are available to individuals and teams who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, enhancing student success and engagement within their discipline. College Provost Early Career Teaching Awards are also self-nominated and are available to individuals who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, enhancing student success and engagement within their discipline. Eligible staff will have less than seven years teaching experience. College Provost Sessional Teaching Awards will be awarded to sessional teaching staff nominated by Subject or Course Coordinators, who have demonstrated excellent performance in their roles as sessional faculty. These awards were announced earlier in the year. latrobe.edu.au

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARDS College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce College Research Awards Nominees Congratulations to the nominees for 2020 Early Career Research Excellence Award Nominees • Dr Marc Trabsky • Dr Kate O’Connor • Dr Yves Rees • Dr Muhammad Al Mamun Mid-Career Research Excellence Award Nominees • Dr Dinh Phan • Dr Phuc Nguyen • Associate Professor Andrea Carson latrobe.edu.au

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