Award for Exceptional University Management

The nomination period for 2025 is closed.

For questions, please contact the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor.

Nominations are accepted for individuals only. Nominees must meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Have been a career UCSF employee for at least five years with a minimum 50% staff appointment at the time of nomination.
• Have either an S-series (S1-S2) or M-series (M1-M4) classification but do not hold the title of assistant or associate vice chancellor or equivalent VP or Executive VP title in UCSF Health.
• Have been vetted and endorsed by their supervisor and department head.
• Have not previously received the award.
• Have exhibited and sustained outstanding management performance as delineated below by the Selection Criteria.
• Note: Questions regarding classification and employment eligibility can be directed to your departmental personnel assistant or your Human Resources customer service representative.

Nominees will be evaluated per the following criteria:

• Creativity/Innovation: demonstrates ability to develop new methods and approaches resulting in positive change and new standards of performance
• Communication/Responsiveness: demonstrates commitment to timely, honest, thorough, and sensitive communication and profound capacity to respond to those managed and served as well as to resolve problems promptly and willingly
• Diversity/Inclusion: demonstrates commitment to advancing the spectrum of people and perspectives in order to provide a broadly diverse work environment and culture that is welcoming, inclusive, and inherently open to diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care
• Integrity/Accountability: demonstrates commitment to uphold the ethical standards of the University and to be unwaveringly fair, honest, transparent, and accountable in interactions with their staff and the campus community
• Performance/Engagement: demonstrates maximum levels of professional competency, reliability, and responsibility as well as career action, involvement, and commitment to advancing staff development, growth, and engagement
• Collaboration/Support: demonstrates exceptional ability to effectively and respectfully work within and between groups to manage all points of view toward achieving departmental goals and furthering UCSF priorities in a supportive environment

A complete online nomination must include:

• Lead nominator who initiates, monitors, and completes the process. The online tool will route to emails of contributors provided by lead nominator.
• Endorsement by nominee’s supervisor and department head.
• One nomination letter* citing specific examples of the nominee’s exceptional managerial performance as related to the Selection Criteria.
• Up to two support letters* citing examples of the nominee’s exceptional managerial performance as related to the Selection Criteria. Note: support letters may be endorsed by multiple supporters.

*Consider using UCSF’s internal AI tool Versa to improve your nomination letter.

• Learn more and sign up for the Versa waiting list at ai.ucsf.edu (MyAccess login required).
• Follow best practice by acknowledging where AI has been used.