There is less than four weeks left to enter the 2020 CIPD Awards!
The 2020 CIPD Northern Ireland HR Awards celebrate the impact and achievements of individuals and teams working in HR and Learning & Development (L&D) in Northern Ireland, and are open to organisations of any size, working in the public, private or third sector.
This year’s awards include 12 categories, including new awards for external consultancy and for SMEs with less than 150 employees.
The categories are:
- Outstanding HR student of the year
- Best change management initiative
- Best employee engagement initiative
- Best HR/L&D team of the year
- Embedding a culture of workplace well-being
- Best L&D initiative
- Best diversity and inclusion initiative
- External consultancy (new)
- Best talent management initiative
- HR SME of the year (new)
- Excellence in HR leadership
- Outstanding contribution in the field of people development in NI
Entries will be judged by a panel of senior academics and HR leaders. Shortlisted entrants will be invited to expand on their submission in a face-to-face interview with the judges at the end of March. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner at Titanic Belfast on Thursday, May 21.
Commenting on the awards, Members, Networks and Communities Manager for CIPD Scotland and Northern Ireland, Avril Anderson said: “Winning or being shortlisted for a prestigious award like the CIPD NI Awards is a great way to boost employee morale and is also a great way of attracting new talent to your organisation, and I would encourage anyone working in HR or L&D in Northern Ireland to consider entering their best work.
“Now in their eighth year, we are delighted that the awards continue to go from strength to strength, rewarding individuals, teams, organisations and practices that are championing better work and working lives. We had a record number of entries in 2019, and we’re very encouraged by the high standard of submissions to date for 2020.”
Leading specialist recruitment company, MCS, are title sponsors of the awards for a second year with nijobfinder as media partner once again.
The closing date for entries is Friday, February 7. For full details of the awards and how to enter visit CIPD NI.
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