Description
- The Premier’s Awards for Public Service recognise success and promote excellence in public service delivery. They encourage sector-wide reflection on performance levels achieved, and motivate individuals and teams to continually improve systems and services to achieve better outcomes for the NSW community.
- Nominations open today 27 March 2017.
- Awards Ambassadors will coordinate the awards program across agencies.
- Please consult your Awards Ambassador for your agency’s deadline for nominations.
Detailed Outline
The Premier’s Awards have 12 categories to showcase achievements and progress towards the NSW Premier’s priorities, and nominations can be made for both individuals and teams. The categories are:
- Improving Government Services
- Driving Public Sector Diversity
- Creating Jobs
- Reducing Domestic Violence
- Improving Service Levels in Hospitals
- Tackling Childhood Obesity
- Improving Education Results
- Protecting Our Kids
- Keeping our Environment Clean
- Building Infrastructure
- Faster Housing Approvals
- Reducing Youth Homelessness
The most outstanding individual winner within the 12 categories is also awarded the Premier’s Award for Individual Excellence and Achievement.
The Anthea Kerr Award, which recognises future public sector leaders who are under 35 years of age, features as a standalone award this year. Nominations for the Anthea Kerr award are invited separately to the 12 categories, and it is judged against discrete criteria.
Individuals and agencies are encouraged to nominate staff, peers, projects and partnerships that showcase the excellent achievements in their organisations.
Nominations for the Premier’s Awards for Public Service open today. Award Ambassadors will coordinate the awards program across their agencies and can advise the closing date for nominations in your agency. Please contact your Awards Ambassador for this closing date – find your agency’s ambassador.
Finalists will be announced on the Premier’s Awards website in October 2017. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Wednesday 1st November 2017. Further information on the awards, including a list of Awards Ambassadors and details of categories, criteria and how to nominate, is available at www.publicserviceawards.nsw.gov.au.
Graeme Head
Public Service Commissioner
Overview
Who needs to know and/or comply with this?
- Departments
- Executive agencies related to Departments
- Advisory Entities (including Boards and Committees)
- Separate agencies
- State Owned Corporations
Compliance
- Not Mandatory
AR Details
- Date Issued
- Mar 27, 2017
- Review Date
- Mar 1, 2018
- Replaces
- Replaced By
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Contacts
- Contact
- Phone
- Publishing Entity
- Public Service Commission
- Issuing Entity
- Public Service Commissioner