Security
TEFMA/Prosys Security & Emergency Management Scholarship
General
TEFMA has established a Security Scholarship for managers and supervisors in facilities organisations. The intention is that the scholarship/s be awarded annually; however, this will be subject to the annual budget established by the Board and dependent on suitable applications being received. The TEFMA Education Committee is to administer this Scholarship.
Aim
The Aim of the Scholarship is to provide an opportunity each year for a person(s) employed in facilities management with an institution that is a member of TEFMA to:
- Attend the Security workshop (if conducted); or
- In a year when a TEFMA Security Workshop is not being held, to undertake a study tour of other Australasian institutions to improve their knowledge of contemporary security management issues in the tertiary education sector.
Eligibility
- Only one nomination per institution is permitted each year for each scholarship.
- Scholarships will normally be granted to an individual only once.
- Candidates must be an employee of an Institutional member of TEFMA.
- If the candidate is not already a member of TEFMA, then the host Institutional member is to arrange for the candidate to become a member of TEFMA.
- Candidates must be operating at the Supervisor/middle management levelin the facilities management department.
- Scholarship applicants may be required to undertake an interview.
Application and Selection
Invitations to apply for the Scholarship will be circulated to all members. The invitation shall clearly indicate the closing date for receipt of applications and the address to which they are to be forwarded. Reminders should also be promulgated.
The Scholarship is awarded to an eligible candidate after consideration of the responses to the Selection Criteria on the Selection Criteria form.
Selection of the successful applicant/s will be determined by the TEFMA Board following receipt of a recommendation from a Panel established to review the applications.
The Review Panel shall be made up of the following members:
- Chair, Education Committee;
- Member, Education Committee; and
- A Past President of TEFMA.
More than one Scholarship can be awarded in any calendar year.
To apply for the scholarship, download the following forms from the Related Documents panel below.
- TEFMA Scholarship Application Form
- Selection Criteria
- Scholarship Scoresheet (for your information)
Applications are to be forwarded to the TEFMA Secretariat:
Info@tefma.com
or mail to:
Brigitte Cunningham
113 Harrington Street
Hobart TAS 7000
Australia
Scholarship Application Closing Dates
Details of scholarship application closing dates can be accessed via the News and Key Dates page.
The Scholarship
The Scholarship has a value of up to A$2,000 towards the cost of the study tour. The successful applicant will need support from their institution for both the time to undertake the study tour, and a contribution to the cost. Where the total cost of the study tour is less than A$2,000, the scholarship will be for the actual costs incurred.
The successful applicant will be required to produce a written report within 4 weeks of completing the study tour, giving an outline of the information obtained and how the new knowledge will be applied to the applicant's work. The report will be published in the TEFMA newsletter.
Administration
A successful applicant is to make all necessary travel/visit arrangements. The successful applicant's institution pays for all travel costs and those other costs associated with the visit programme. The institution then forwards a copy of the claim/appropriate invoices to the TEFMA Treasurer for reimbursement of the TEFMA (Scholarship) contribution.
