2009-2010 Distinguished Administrator Award

Eligibility

Any administrative or professional staff employee is eligible to receive the award. However, the following positions are not eligible:

• Dean
• Associate/Assistant Dean
• Senior Vice President
• Vice President
• Associate/Assistant Vice President
• others with major University-wide responsibilities

Criteria

The award recognizes excellent administrative and professional performance that enhances the effective functioning of the individual office or unit and contributes to the attainment of the NYU's goals and objectives.

The DAA Selection Committee will consider many characteristics to determine the winners but following criteria will be used extensively. Each nominee should excel in one or more of the following areas:

• Operational Excellence
  Significant changes, modifications or approaches that enhances work productivity, efficiency and quality
• Exceptional Service
  Ensuring each interaction with internal and external customers is positive and effective
• Impact
  Accomplishments that have a positive impact on the entire department, school or unit or across parts of the university
• Leadership
  Developing and inspiring others to achieve extraordinary results
• Communication
  Building interactions and partnerships that produce results and leave others feeling respected and valued
• Innovation
  Developing an innovative process or procedure that directly impacts the university community in a positive manner
• Community Service
  Influences and enhances the NYU community and/or the local New York community

Selection Process

Nominations are sought from faculty, administrators, staff, and students in each school and major division. The nomination committees for each area then recommend to the provost, deans, or senior vice presidents candidates, from among the nominees, to forward to the university’s DAA Selection Committee for final selection.

To Submit a Nomination

• Download, fill-in, and print a nomination form
• Submit the completed form (by hand, campus mail, or fax) to the nominee's Human Resources Officer (click here for a list of HROs).

School/Administrative Unit Committees

The provost, the dean of each school, and the senior vice president of each administrative unit may form a nomination committee that comprises various constituencies within their areas. Faculty presence on the nomination committee is recommended.

Selection Process and Nomination Form

Faculty, administrators, staff, and students are invited to submit nominations with justification according to the criteria. The nomination committee of each school/administrative division will then recommend to the provost, the dean, or senior vice president nominees to forward to the DAA Selection Committee, which makes the final selection of the awardees. Please note that only one nomination letter is needed for each DAA nominee from the respective Provost, Dean, or Sr. Vice President.

Approximately half of the administrative and professional staff works in the schools and half in the administration. Final nominees are solicited in that proportion. Each of the schools puts forward one final nominee, and the administrative divisions submit final nominees based on their divisional population. The breakdown for the number of nominee per school/administrative unit are as follows:

• Schools: 1 nominee per school
• President’s areas, Executive Vice President, and Chief of Staff: up to 2 nominees
• General Counsel: 1 nominee
• Provosts’(including Vice President – Student Affairs): up to 6 nominees
• Senior Vice President for Finance and Budget: up to 2 nominees
• Senior Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations: up to 1 nominee
• Senior Vice President for University Relations and Public Affairs: up to 1 nominee

It is important that the nomination process be an open one. It must reach out to the departmental level and not limit its focus to those who, due to the nature of their jobs, are most visible to school/administrative division heads.

Candidates may be nominated across unit lines, e.g., someone from the Steinhardt School of Education may nominate someone from the Tisch School of the Arts, but the nomination form must be submitted to the nominee's Human Resources Officer.

University Recognition

The recipients of the Distinguished Administrator Award will be announced in the spring. The winners are invited to a special luncheon reception hosted by the President of NYU. The winners are also honored at an evening dinner celebration hosted by the Executive Vice-President of NYU where the award recipients are formally recognized. DAA winners receive a certificate of achievement and a monetary gift.

Local Recognition

An award recipient's school or administrative division may host an event to celebrate this honor or recognize DAA nominees. Awardees should also be featured in newsletters and/or other appropriate communications/publications of the school/administrative unit.

Submission Of Nomination to the University DAA Selection Committee

The Human Resources Officer in each school/unit submits the final nominees to the university DAA Selection Committee for consideration. Each school/administrative unit may also submit to the committee any its criteria and procedures for selecting a nominee.

We ask that each school/administrative division keep its final nominees confidential until the selection is completed.

Format For Nomination Submission to the All-University Selection Committee

1. Face sheet listing
   • Name of nominee
   • Full title of nominee
   • School/administrative division
   • Nominee's home and office addresses, office telephone number, office fax number, and e-mail address
   • Name and title of the immediate supervisor
   • Number of years of service at NYU
   • List of school/administrative division nomination committee members
   • Name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of Human Resources Officer of school/administrative division
2. Original nomination form with nominators text (description of nominee's achievements against one or more of the seven criteria)
3. Provost's/dean's/senior vice president's letter of nomination and statement of support (only ONE nomination letter is needed per nominee)
4. NYU Résumé or biographical information of nominee, including awards, honors, or other relevant activities
5. NYU references for nominee that may be contacted to discuss nominee’s performance and/or DAA criteria

Deadlines For Nominations

Nominations from each school or administrative division should be submitted to their Human Resources Officer by Friday, December 4, 2009. This is a suggested deadline. Schools/administrative divisions may extend this internal deadline as long as faculty, administrators, staff, and students are notified of the new deadline. Submission deadline for the University Human Resources office is Friday, February 5, 2010. At this time, all nominations will be forwarded to the university DAA Selection Committee. All nomination materials for the final nominee(s) of their school/administrative division must be included. This is a strict deadline. Nomination materials submitted after the Friday, February 5, 2010 deadline will not be accepted.

Human Resources Officers should submit one original and fifteen (15) copies of the final nominating material by the Friday, February 5, 2010 deadline to the following:

Compensation Office
New York University
7 East 12th Street, Room 206
New York, NY 10003
Attn: Andrea Williams

For More Information

Contact Andrea Williams at 212-998-1267 or andrea.williams@nyu.edu.