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Small HR Team of the Year Award
Big impact from a small people team.
About this category
This award recognises an HR team of five or fewer people, including a sole HR practitioner, that has achieved outstanding results for its organisation. Judges look for impact relative to resources and the breadth of what the team delivers.
Eligibility
- Open to in house HR teams of five or fewer full time equivalent staff
- Including teams of one
Judging criteria
- Impact relative to resources
- Breadth of delivery
- Results
- Prioritisation
- Relationships
Qualitative criteria
- Doing a lot
- Doing it well
Metrics
- Employees supported per HR staff member
- Results against priorities and leader feedback
Additional criteria
Entries should include a concise case study of the HR work, supporting figures such as engagement, retention, absence, capability or cost, and, where possible, comments from leaders, managers or employees. Never include names or any detail that could identify an individual employee, especially in employee relations, wellbeing or casework examples: describe cases in anonymised terms and give results as percentages or ranges. Nothing in an entry is shared beyond the judging panel. Judges consider the size of the organisation and the HR team, so a one person HR function competes on equal terms with a large people directorate.
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