CRITERIA FOR AWARDS UNDER THE DEPARTMENTAL CATEGORY

1. ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM AWARD

The Ethics and Professionalism Award, intended to be on monthly basis, recognizes a Civil Servant or Unit or Department that has exemplified the highest standards of professionalism and work ethic in course of their career or over a considerable period.

CRITERIA FOR QUALIFICATION

The criteria for this Award would include:

1. Directly and through the support of colleagues, encourage altruistic and compassionate service to those who might not otherwise have received appropriate service.
2. Advance the case for an Efficient, Productive, Incorruptible and Citizen-centred (EPIC) culture in the Civil Service despite the challenges and obstacles to implementation.
3. The Officer should demonstrate exceptional ethical qualities or judgment relative to his or her peers in one respect or another.
4. The Officer must have been the most punctual and regular at work within the month under review.
5. The Officer must have been observed and adjudged to be the most neatly dressed within the month under review.
6. A specific incident or experience where the Award nominee encountered an ethical or professional dilemma and exercised exceptional ethical qualities or judgment.

2. MENTORSHIP AWARD

This Award is for an officer who has made the greatest impact through Mentorship, on the life and development of a Mentee in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by providing training and guidance to one or more mentees in the Unit, Department or Ministry.

CRITERIA FOR QUALIFICATION

This Award will be assessed monthly by the Departmental Selection Committee and be awarded on an Annual basis. The Award is for consistent month-by-month improvement in performance and productivity of the Mentee. The criteria for this award are as follows:

1. The Superior Officer must have a Mentee.
2. The Mentor/Mentee relationship must be registered with the Head of the Department by the first day of the Relationship.
3. The Head of Department will register all the mentor/mentee relationships in the Department with the Schedule Officer for MENTORSHIP in the Human Resource Management Department.
4. Once a relationship is registered, the job description and defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) must be put in place about the Mentor’s role, within one week of that registration, by the Mentor, Mentee and the Head of their Department.
5.  The defined KPIs and roles must be submitted to the Schedule Officer for MENTORSHIP in the
   Human Resources Department.