University of California, San Francisco
Office of Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity and Diversity

Awards & Recognition - Best Practices

Champions of Diversity

http://web.ucsf.edu/diverse/champions.html

A Diversity Pin is presented to individuals in recognition of ongoing commitment & efforts toward promoting & increasing diversity at UCSF

Brochure

http://www.aaeo.ucsf.edu/Diversitybrochure.pdf

Chancellor’s Award for Advancement of Women

http://chancellor.ucsf.edu/awards/women%5Ccontents.htm

This award recognizes exceptional efforts towards the advancement of women at UCSF beyond the scope of an individual’s job, area of research, or student training. A nominee must be an academic or staff employee (at least 50% time), a student, resident, or postdoctoral scholar at UCSF.   Both women and men who excel in one or more of the following are eligible to be nominated for this award:

- elevating the status of women on campus;

-  improving campus policies affecting women;

- participating in career and academic mentoring for women;

- generating and disseminating knowledge on women's health through research, teaching, and public presentations; and/or

- advancing the admission, recruitment, and upward mobility of women at UCSF

☼ Chancellor’s Award for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and/or Transgender Leadership

http://lgbt.ucsf.edu/events.html

This award recognizes contributions to the advancement of GLBT communities at UCSF. Each year three individuals (one faculty/academic, one staff, one student/resident/postdoctoral scholar) will be selected. Each recipient will receive $2,000

Those individuals, whether GLBT or not, who meet one or more of the following criteria are eligible to be nominated:

- elevating the status of GLBT people on campus;

- increasing the visibility of GLBT experiences and issues on campus;

- promoting and advancing mutual respect, understanding, and appreciation for diversity within the GLBT and campus communities;

- helping to create and participating in career and academic mentoring for GLBT people on campus;

- contributing to the generation and dissemination of knowledge on GLBT health and well-being through education, research, and public

presentations; and/or

- promoting and advancing the admission, recruitment, and upward mobility of GLBT people on campus

☼ Diversity Award Luncheon (Best practices in planning for or achieving staff diversity)

http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/index.php/staffing/article/rewards-recognition-links/

An Affirmative Action Progress Report (AAPR), which is a two-part form, is sent to each reporting unit with instructions for completion. A team in the Office of Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity and Diversity evaluates each unit’s progress report for completeness, responsiveness, and achievements, both numerical and programmatic. If the plan and efforts articulated in your AAPR received a high rating in one or both parts of the progress report, then the Diversity Award is given at a recognition luncheon

☼ Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. Award

http://chancellor.ucsf.edu/awards/mlk/contents.htm

This award recognizes exceptional leadership beyond the scope of an individual's job, area of research, or student training in furthering the goal of achieving greater ethnic diversity at UCSF

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Staff Recognition & Develop Program (SDRP) for Non-Represented Employees

http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/index.php/staffing/article/ucsf-staff-recognition-and-development-program-sdrp-for-non-represented-emp/

Recognize employees who have demonstrated outstanding individual and/or team performance in contribution to organizational goals and objectives, and to provide employee development opportunities which will enable an employee or groups of employees to function more effectively on the job and/or enhance an employee’s advancement within the University

UCSF Medical Center Employee Recognition Resources

http://hr.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/employeerecognition.htm

Pride Award

http://hr.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/employeerecognition/pride.htm

The UCSF Medical Center PRIDE Award recognizes staff and managers who continuously demonstrate our core values: professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence

Pearl Award

http://hr.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/employeerecognition/pearlaward.htm

The purpose of the award is to recognize and reward a staff member who has provided service to the Mount Zion campus of UCSF, and has consistently performed at an extraordinary level, above and beyond normal job requirements.  The nominee must have demonstrated exceptional willingness to render additional service of consequence to others (e.g. patients, patients’ families, physicians, co-workers, and others)

Retirement Gift Program

http://hr.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/employeerecognition/retirementgift.htm

As a way to thank our long-term employees, at their time of retirement, gifts are available through the Office of the President. Department managers can order them through HR using the Retirement Gift Request Form LINK. Gifts are available based on the retiree's years of service

Team Pride Award

http://hr.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/employeerecognition/teampride.htm

The UCSF Medical Center PRIDE Award recognizes staff and managers who continuously demonstrate our core values: professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence

THANKS Award

http://hr.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/employeerecognition/thanks.htm

Thank a coworker, thank your staff member, thank your manager.

THANKS stands for "To Honor, Acknowledge and Note Kindness and Service", and is available as a means to acknowledge someone from the UCSF Medical Center who has exceeded your expectation

Service Awards Program

http://hr.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/employeerecognition/serviceaward.htm

The Medical Center recognizes its long-term dedicated employees through the Service Award Program

Employee Recognition Funds

http://hr.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/employeerecognition/employeerecogfunds.htm

Employee recognition funds are intended to recognize a high standard of performance which attributes to achieving unit, departmental or organization mission, vision, values and goals over an extended time period or is "special" recognition for a particular event

UCSF Staff Incentive Awards Program

http://hr.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/iap/default.htm

UCSF Medical Center's annual Incentive Award Program (IAP) is designed to link every employee to the organization's mission, vision, values, and goals.   The overall expectations of the program are to: Focus staff on the critical work in their department and UCSF Medical Center as a whole; Build commitment and motivate employees to achieve their departmental goals and UCSF Medical Center's goals as a whole; Pay competitive total compensation to employees when competitive performance is achieved; Increase UCSF Medical Center's ability to retain and recruit talented employees

The Great People Award

http://www.medschool.ucsf.edu/great/award/index.aspx

Given to School of Medicine employees whose performance can be characterized by one or more of the following attributes:

-Contributes to activities, programs or events resulting in tangible added value.

-Serves as a role model for teamwork and customer service.

-Makes the School or Department a better place to work by demonstrating a positive, helpful attitude, and by communicating and working cooperatively with others.

-Shows solid and consistent devotion to the job and work group

Inspires others to excel

STAR Performance & Incentive Award Program

http://medschool.ucsf.edu/star/

The Star Program gives managers the flexibility to support specific goals of their units while ensuring consistent application of program guidelines.  Unit policies & procedures are defined & communicated so all employees understand how outstanding performance is recognized & rewarded.  Awards may be monetary or non-monetary & vary in value depending on the scope & significance of the accomplishments being recognized

Superstar Awards

Superstar Awards are small, non-monetary awards given to recognize performance or acknowledge exceptional service (e.g., completion of a team project or individual excellence in customer service).  Typically, these wards take the form of gift certificates or gift cards.  These awards are part of a department’s formal program for employee recognition & are not to be used for celebrating or providing gifts for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, holidays or other occasions of a personal nature

Training & Development Awards

Training & Development Awards are departmental awards that fund training & development opportunities for staff employees.  These awards can provide meaningful recognition to motivated employees committed to their own development.  The employees should play an active role in identifying the areas for growth & associated action steps that this award would support

Tier One Awards

Departments are responsible for the nomination, selection, and payment of Tier One Awards, as well as for meeting the requirements specified in these guidelines.  Departments are also responsible for developing, documenting, and communicating the procedures for nominating employees & process for selecting award recipients.  The Dean’s Office may request that departments provide that documentation

Tier Two Awards

Tier Two Awards are granted to a small number of individuals whose contributions & performance stand out among all award recipients.  Award recipients are those whose dedication to their jobs has few equals, who consistently exceed performance levels in their efforts to improve the School or the University, & who have distinguished themselves by their commitment to excellence

Incentive Plans

There are three distinct incentive plans, & each target a select group of employees: the Management Incentive Plan (open to department managers, division administrators, some functional managers, and limited number of teams or work groups), the Clinical Services Incentive Plan (open to eligible members of a patient care team), and the Unit-Wide Incentive Plan (open to staff members)

Holly Smith Staff Recognition Awards

http://medschool.ucsf.edu/great/hollysmith/index.aspx

The Holly Smith Award for exceptional service to the School of Medicine recognizes & rewards outstanding service to the School of Medicine as exemplified by the accomplishments & commitment to the School of Medicine by Dr Lloyd H (Holly) Smith, Jr.  Two awards are given annually – one to a faculty member & one to a staff member.  Award recipients will receive a check as well as having his/her name added to the plaque outside the Dean’s office

Awards & Recognition Links

http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/index.php/staffing/article/rewards-recognition-links/

UCSF Reward & Recognition Programs

http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/files/RecognitionActivities.xls

Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award

http://acpers.ucsf.edu/mentoring/awards.php

The award recognizes an outstanding senior faculty mentor at UCSF who has demonstrated a long-term commitment to mentoring faculty in the academic health sciences

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