YOUNG PROJECT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR

Award Criteria
This award to is intended to recognise young professionals who have not yet become recognised as project managers but are working in some other valued capacity in project management, have made notable contributions, and intend to continue their project management careers.

Individuals who have made significant achievement or sustained performance in contribution to the completion of one or more projects during the last year:

1. They have made an acknowledged contribution to in ensuring the desired outcomes of the project were realised
2. The achievements demonstrated skilled use and application of project management standards and practices, or learning through practice
3. The achievement demonstrated initiative and providing a basis for building upon their understanding of the theory and practice of project management. 

Award Eligibility

1. The nominee may work in any field, such as business, government, non-profit, academia, research, consulting, training, etc.
2. The nominee has been instrumental in the success of 1 or more projects in any role, i.e. Project Manager, Scrum Master, Project Coordinator / Officer, Product Owner, Architect / Engineer, etc
3. The nominee must be based in Australia
4. The nominee must be no more than 30 (thirty) years of age on the closing date for nominations.
5. Nominations may be originated by the nominee themselves, or by the nominee’s employer, colleagues, team members or customer.
6. Achievements cited in the answers below must have been made between the period 01/03/2018 and 28/02/2019.
7. Membership of the PMI for the nominee is encouraged but not mandatory.

Number of Awards
• One recipient and two finalists will be awarded annually.
• PMI reserves the right not to select any recipients for a particular year if the evaluations performed indicate that nominations do not meet the stated criteria.

Nomination Process
All nominations must use the Nomination Form, available below –

To use the online form –

• it’s best to save your answers in a separate document, then cut and paste from this into each answer section on the form
• click the ‘submit now’ button when you have finished

To use the downloadable form –

• complete the form and then email it to awards@pmiaustraliaconference.org.au

Please make sure to follow the guidelines provided on the form.

The judging panel may contact the Nominator or Nominee for additional information or with questions, if required to support the application.

Contact us on awards@pmiaustraliaconference.org.au if you have any questions.