About the Emerging Talent award
You don't need a senior title or years of experience to make a difference. The Emerging Talent award celebrates early-career quality professionals who are already making a meaningful impact on their organisation.
Whether you've improved a process, solved a recurring problem, influenced others or introduced better ways of working, this is your opportunity to showcase your achievements and gain recognition for your contribution.
Entries should demonstrate your passion for quality, the positive changes you've made, your understanding of your organisation and your commitment to developing as a quality professional. Your application should reflect key competence areas: context, governance, assurance, improvement and leadership - refer to the CQI's Profession Map for guidance.
Eligibility: You must be within the first three years of your quality career and should not have line management responsibilities.
The judges are looking for:
- clear professional development
- impactful improvement within your organisations or team, with evidence
- a contextual and cultural approach to quality, driving change and improvement
- passion and drive for quality, with evidence of being an advocate in your organisation
| Criteria | Questions | Scoring |
|---|---|---|
| Context | Describe how you have positively impacted your organisation by using your understanding of its context in how you do your job. | Up to 10 for approach Up to 10 for your evidence |
| Governance | How have you made an impact on your organisation through your approach to meeting its governance requirements? | Up to 10 for approach Up to 10 for your evidence |
| Assurance | How have you made an impact on your organisation through your approach to meeting its assurance requirements? | Up to 10 for approach Up to 10 for your evidence |
| Improvement | How have you made an impact on your organisation through your approach to meeting its improvement requirements? | Up to 10 for approach Up to 10 for your evidence |
| Leadership | How have you made an impact on your organisation through your leadership behaviours? | Up to 10 for approach Up to 10 for your evidence |
Join our webinar
Want to make your entry stand out? Join us on Wednesday 25 November at 12:00 GMT for a webinar with some of the award judges. Find out what the judges look for, get practical advice on preparing your application, and ask any questions about entering.
Register now to get the insights and guidance you need to put forward your best entry.