| STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR |
Award Sponsored by
This Award is presented to an enterprise that has implemented a proactive staff development programme for their employees - whether to a target group or enterprise-wide - that can show demonstrable performance improvement for the organisation. In particular, the judges will be seeking clear differentiators from other entrants to the Award, evidence of innovation, effective needs analysis and verification, learner and sponsor support, client satisfaction, and a strong proposition in response to the challenge "what contribution did it make on skills development within the enterprise?"
Your submission
You are requested to structure your submission in a way that covers the sections below; each section will be assessed by the judges during the short-listing phase and you will receive the judges' assessments for each section. There is a maximum of 3,000 words per submission - you are warned that only the first 3,000 words of your submission will be read.
- Overall Description - a description of the staff development programme, its aims, objectives and drivers, and the role and function that the submission entrants had within the programme.
- Audience Definition - consider the following points within your submission: how was the audience defined?; what qualifies an individual learner into and out of that target?; what role did the project team play in the definition of the audience?; what are the numbers and where are they located?; do you have a requirement to address mobile workers, and, if so, how do you engage with them?
- Defining the Skills Needed - ensure that, within this section, you set out your overall approach to training needs analysis and skills assessment and show how you ensure the sponsors' acceptance and endorsement. How did you develop the competency framework?
- Sourcing Strategies - describe the process that you followed to identify and source learning materials for the programme, and the way in which you followed-up content issues with the suppliers.
- Delivery Approach - how did you determine the mix of delivery methods and how successful were you in maintaining the mix throughout project delivery?
- Marketing - how did you market the programme to both learners and sponsors; what is your core value proposition to each of them; and what have you done to establish the programme within the overall learning culture of the organisation?
- Administration Processes - provide a brief description of your administration processes and the feedback loop to learners and sponsors.
- Learner Support - what approach do you take and how effective has it been?
- Client Engagement - what approach did you follow to ensure that the key sponsor was engaged with the programme and how satisfied were the different clients with its effectiveness? What was the review process?
- Business Drivers - what specifically were the business drivers for the programme and how far have they been achieved?
- Achievements - what do you consider to be your core achievements and contribution to both the organisation and individual learners; why do you believe that this submission should be the Staff Development Programme of the Year?
- Additional Comments - (NB this section is optional and although it will not assessed as part of the feedback process, it will be considered as part of your submission). In this section please add any additional points that you feel the judges should consider in evaluating your submission.
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