Leadership Awards
Honouring the excellence and innovation of teams and organisations in Victoria’s public purpose sector.
About
Celebrating teams and organisations in the public purpose sector
The Leadership Awards play a critical role in connecting, empowering and celebrating Victoria’s public purpose sector through the recognition and acknowledgement of outstanding leadership.
These awards honour the excellence and innovation of teams and organisations working in, and with, the Victorian public purpose sector including Victorian community organisations, academics and experts, private firms and all three levels of government in Victoria – Commonwealth, State and Local. They represent a pinnacle of achievement and acknowledgement for those initiatives working for the benefit of the Victorian community.
The theme of the awards for 2025 is ’Making the difference – recognising exceptional design and delivery across the public purpose sector’. This theme has been designed to showcase the broad work across multiple sectors, which have a significant impact on the community, both now and into the future.
Nominations
Nominations have closed
This is your opportunity to nominate the innovative projects, impactful programs, and dedicated teams driving positive change for Victoria’s communities.
Nominations for IPAA Victoria’s Leadership Awards will follow a two stage nominations process. The benefits of a two-stage process are to make it easier for applicants; to allow recognition of a greater number of projects/initiatives; and to achieve a more efficient and effective process for the awards judging panels.
Applications are assessed against the award criteria by a judging panel comprised of subject matter experts. All judging panel decisions are reported to the IPAA Victoria Awards Advisory Committee for approval.
If your nomination is successful and you become a finalist, you will be required to address queries from the judging panel, upload further documentation (max 200 words) and photos.
Nominations have now closed.
If you have any questions or need assistance with your nomination, please contact us on awards@vic.ipaa.org.au.
Award categories
The Leadership Award categories aim to celebrate the broad work of the public purpose sector that has a significant impact on the community, both now and into the future.
Award eligibility
- Nominations can be submitted by any employee delivering government services Victorian public purpose sector including Victorian community organisations, academics and experts, private firms and all three levels of government in Victoria – Commonwealth, State and Local.
- Nominations can include projects, policies, partnerships, reforms, regulations, strategies, campaigns, programs, continuous improvement initiatives, etc.
- Nominations may be made for a wide range of initiatives/projects, including new and existing programs as long as the criteria are addressed.
- IPAA Victoria recognises many initiatives are the result of collaborations and partnerships. Where appropriate, IPAA Victoria encourages collaborators and partners to submit a shared nomination, provided other conditions of entry are met.
- There is no limit to the number of nominations from an organisation. However, a specific initiative may only be nominated once, in one category, in any given year. Unsuccessful nominations may be resubmitted in subsequent years.
Past Awards
2022 Winners
2020 Winners
2019 Winners
2014–2018 winners
Become a Partner for the Leadership Awards
Partner with IPAA Victoria to celebrate and support excellence at the Leadership Awards, an event that celebrates and empowers Victoria’s public purpose sector, fostering connection and collaboration while honouring outstanding leadership.
Your sponsorship will showcase your commitment to advancing excellence in public purpose work and demonstrate your role as a partner in fostering positive, meaningful change for Victoria’s communities.
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