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BIFM Awards: Focus on the 'FM of the Year' Category
27-01-12 12:8 BIFM
The BIFM Awards are now open for entries. To help you understand more about each award and whether you could be eligible to enter, each week we will focus on one category. This week ’FM of the Year’.
FM of the Year
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About this award
The Facilities Manager of the Year Award recognises outstanding personal and professional performance in FM.
Submitting your entry
Facilities Managers entering this award must show evidence of their innovative use of FM methodologies, how they create dynamic solutions and how they integrate FM into the organisation’s strategic influencing and decision-making process and senior corporate structure. Submissions must also clearly show the entrant’s academic progression and their operational and budget accountability.
Submission must include a formal paper, no longer than 10 pages providing information described above and a full curriculum vitae, together with a current role description, organisation chart and details of academic qualifications. References should be supplied for all published articles. Support from the employing organisation at main Board/senior management level is vital. One photograph may also be included.
Judging criteria
The following must be demonstrated in the submission.
1. Formal letter(s) of support
2. Curriculum Vitae, career and academic progression
3. The entrant’s impact on overall business and key achievements
4. How the entrant contributes to and supports the FM profession
Additional information
The judges will be looking for evidence of outstanding qualities, including the drive for success, commitment to the customer and knowledge of the core business, combined with an overriding understanding of the impact of FM in achieving the overall business objectives.
In particular, entrants must demonstrate their passion for the FM profession and the achievement of key objectives and initiatives during the past five years. Entrants must clearly identify how these initiatives were quantified and demonstrate the overall impact on the core business service delivery. All entrants must be supported by their employer and the evaluation process may include appropriate reference taking as we welcome third party comment.
The entry submission should also demonstrate the scale and challenges of the organisation, full details of FM interaction, particularly with BIFM and other recognised professional bodies, innovation and achievements, FM team training and development, goals for future career progression and how the entrant will continue to contribute to the FM profession in the future.
Principle judging team
> Led by Joanna Lloyd-Davies
Includes Chris Stoddart (Cushman & Wakefield), Julie Kortens (Channel 4), Andy Ractliffe (Amey).
Want to enter?
To enter, you need to complete the Entry Registration Form below. You will then have until 20 July 2012 to submit your completed entry.
Have any questions or queries?
If you have any questions or queries on this category then please email awards@bifm.org.uk or call 0141 639 0708.
Other categories include
> Consultant of the Year
> Excellence in a Major Project
> Impact on Organisation and Workplace
> In-House Client Team of the Year
> Innovation in Products
> Innovation in Customer Service
> Innovation in the Use of Technology and Systems
> Learning and Career Development (new for 2012)
> Service Provider of the Year
> Sustainability and Environmental Impact
Learn more about this category and enter now
Learn more about the BIFM Awards
BIFM Awards 2012 Entry Registration Form
2011 FM of the Year
