海角社区

海角社区 Victoria’s Women’s Planning Network (WPN), is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the Women in Planning Leadership Award (WIPLA), to be presented to a woman planner who has made an outstanding contribution to planning in Victoria during the 2024 calendar year.

This award (which replaces the FAY) is separate from the overall 海角社区 Awards for Planning Excellence, and provides an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the important contribution that women planners in Victoria make to planning as a profession and to the outcomes of planning work.

We welcome nominations of candidates from all age groups and levels of experience.

The winner will receive:

• a full registration to the State Conference or 海角社区 Congress
• a full-year 海角社区 membership courtesy of WIPLA Award sponsor, Hansen Partnership.
• Free attendance to a WPN event in 2025

In addition, the winner’s profile will be featured in 海角社区’s Planning News magazine.

Please note: Committee members of the Women in Planning Network are ineligible while serving on the committee.

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We invite you to nominate a female colleague, friend or peer for the award for 2025 based on the following criteria:

• Criteria 1 - Impact the nominee has had on a project or organisational planning
• Criteria 2 - Contribution of the nominee regarding the planning profession in VIC
• Criteria 3 - How the nominee has supported women in the planning profession

Please include a description of the Nominee - role, career history, fun facts and hobbies (150 words max).

Supporting information (e.g. testimonial or references (no more than three) may be attached separately and are not counted in the word limit for each selection criteria.

If you have selected 'self-nomination', please provide at least 1 reference to contact. Include their name, title, email and telephone number.

Tell us about the impact the nominee has had on a project or organisational planning (400 words)

Describe how the nominee demonstrated their impact on, or achievement in, recent planning work within Victoria in the past two years.

Describe their contribution to project based or operation aspects of planning, how they worked towards achieving it, and the impact it had.

This may include any challenges the nominee has faced and how they were overcome. The nominee’s involvement could be at any level, and could include paid or volunteer work.

Include the role of the nominee, outcomes and benefits of the project.

Tell us how the nominee contributed/s to the planning profession in Victoria (400 words)

Describe how the nominee has made an important recent contribution to planning in Victoria, including the:

• contribution or achievement

• role of the nominee

• initiatives or projects undertaken

• outcomes and benefits.

For example, the nominee’s contribution could be in leadership, operational improvements, mentoring, advocacy, and the nominee can be at any level of their career.

Tell us how the nominee supports and inspires women in the planning profession (500 words)

Describe how the nominee has supported, championed and inspired women in the planning profession. This may relate to:

• improvements in diversity and inclusion

• encouraging and empowering women planners and students
• leading by example
• advocating for women.
• Describe how the nominee has made an impact supporting women in planning, including the:
• contribution or achievement
• role of the nominee
• initiatives or projects undertaken
• outcomes and benefits.

For example, the nominee’s contribution could formally or informally be as a mentor, influential voice for women’s issues and champion for workplace change to support women.

Award nominations open: Thursday, 5 December 2024

Award nominations close: Wednesday, 12 February 2025

• Completed and signed online nomination form

• High-res jpeg/png image of nominee sent through to vic@planning.org.au

• Statements addressing each of the selection and judging criteria

• Attachments/ supporting information (i.e. testimonials & referees) (no more than three)

2025 International Women's Day Breakfast Hear the winner of the Women in Planning Leadership Award as they're announced! The event will include a keynote speech, hot breakfast and the award announcement. Look out for the breakfast keynote speaker reveal as we draw closer to the date.

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