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  Excellent HR Manager

  Judges will be looking for evidence of a HR Manager who, in the past 12 months, has made a clear and measurable impact on the organisation. This may have been through their effective leadership and development of a professional HR team or by being the sole HR professional in the organisation.

  This is likely to have been achieved through a programme of development, implementation and integration of policies and practices which clearly support organisational objectives and which have made a significant impact on sustaining a positive culture. Judges will look for evidence of the individual’s contribution to the leadership & development of the HR team, impact on organisational objectives and organisational culture and their commercial awareness.

   

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  Exceptional Employee Engagement

  This category seeks nominations from an organisation that demonstrates a well-thought out strategy, linking employee engagement to the heart of the business.

  Judges will be looking for a clear narrative that demonstrates how the strategy is having an impact on the organisation and how it is linked to improving key business objectives and outcomes. In addition the judges will welcome. examples of outcomes, that without an effective employment engagement strategy, wouldn’t have happened.

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  Exemplary Employer of Choice

  This award will be presented to an organisation which clearly demonstrates that ‘people’ are genuinely an essential part of their business strategy.

  Nominees should be able to demonstrate how a strong employee focussed culture within the organisation has helped employees feel valued.

  Judges will look for evidence of excellent staff communication and engagement practices and of the personal and professional development opportunities that staffs are offered to further their growth within the organisation. We are especially interested in creative initiatives which have proven to enhance employee engagement, retention and staff recognition.

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  Extraordinary HR Initiative

  This will be an individual or team, who can show evidence of a creative and innovative approach to HR.  Their nomination will offer examples of new initiative/s they have designed and successfully delivered in the last 12 months, through to implementation and beyond, and which set them apart from the crowd.

  The nominee(s) must be able to provide evidence of how their initiative/s have delivered a measured effect on the business and its people, and how their input and impact has contributed to the organisation’s competitive position as an employer.

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  Fantastic HR Advisor

  In this category, judges will be looking for evidence of an HR Advisor who, in the past 12 months has gained respect from their client base by ensuring high visibility and face to face contact while proactively delivering a high standard of HR service and solutions.

  They will be able to demonstrate their continuing professional development and provide evidence of how this supports their ability to understand their business and apply and adapt best practice to suit the needs of their clients.

  Nominations will also be judged on evidence of their impact, provision of their individual HR service and solutions and evidence of learning from CPD activities undertaken in the preceding year.

   

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  Outstanding HR Director

  This award is open to the most senior HR professional within the organisation, operating at or near to Board / Executive Leadership Committee  This award is not open to  operational level managers.

  This category will recognise the HR Director who has consistently made an outstanding contribution to business strategy in the last 12 months.

  Nominees will be able to demonstrate meeting business objectives and therefore adding quantifiable value to the business and the value that their function has made on the organisation’s performance.

   

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  Superb Services to the Industry

  This category will reward excellence to a supplier who has worked with a client on a specific HR project to address a strategic issue or contribute to the achievement of organisational objectives and business strategy, which has added value to the organisation and supported a new way of working.

  Each entry will be asked to include written permission from the client on the entry form.

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  Terrific Team of the Year

  This category is open to both established HR teams and/or teams who have been formed to complete a specific HR project and who have excelled within their function and across the organisation by partnering with the wider business to achieve cross-function synergies and bottom line performance.

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  The Blossoming Award

  This award is for an up-and-coming talent in the field of HR who has yet to study for their professional CIPD HR qualification. This will be an individual who can clearly demonstrate a genuine commitment to developing a career within Human Resource Management, and who understands the contribution that HR professionals bring to an organisation.

  Please note the nominee’s qualification for eligibility for the course.  If the nominee does not have an undergraduate degree or successful completion of an appropriate access course, the nominee is regrettably not eligible for the award and will therefore automatically be discounted.

  The winner of this award will receive the coveted prize of full funding from Aberdeen Business School at The Robert Gordon University to study for their Human Resource Management MSC.

  As per the cHeRries Awards Terms and Conditions, please note that the following terms and conditions apply:

  Any nominees must not have previously started any study which would qualify them for their CIPD graduate membership. Any nominees must possess a 1st or 2nd class honours degree.

   

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  The Top Cherry

  The Top Cherry Award for Outstanding Contribution is the most prestigious Cherry award to be won. The award is presented to an individual who has been nominated by peers within the industry and selected by our panel of judges after much deliberation.

   

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  Tremendous Learning and Development

  Nominees in this category (whether a team or individual), who have in the last 12 months, demonstrated a strong commitment to designing and delivering cohesive and innovative learning and development programmes and initiatives for their organisations.

  The nomination should prove conclusively that there is visible and measureable relationship between the business’ training and development, and the performance of organisation, teams and individuals.

  Entries should clearly demonstrate a strong relationship between the outcomes of such programmes and the organisation’s strategic aims and objectives. A direct link to and from Performance Management processes would further benefit the nomination.

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