Living RMIT Values

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Living RMIT Values

Four RMIT Vietnam employees who received the ‘Living RMIT’s Values Award’ shared their thoughts on what the honour means to them and the importance of these values in their work.

The RMIT value that School of Business & Management Acting Discipline Lead, Finance Nguyen Thanh Binh most identifies with is ‘impact’.

“As we are a leading global university, I believe that we need to create positive impact on the students, society and the industry with everything we do to contribute to making the world a better place,” he said.

“I am very honoured and proud to be recognised for my contributions, and I will continue to live our RMIT values to contribute to our growth. Nevertheless, I feel that this achievement is greatly facilitated by my team and the wonderful environment of RMIT that helps me to grow every single day.”

Acting Discipline Lead, Finance Nguyen Thanh Binh (centre) said he identifies most with RMIT’s Value, impact.

School of Communication & Design Associate Lecturer Rachel Jahja, another award winner, identified ‘passion’ as the value that most resonates with her. “Without care and passion about the work that we do, it would be challenging to find the determination and purpose we need to strive to do, and be the best that we can,” she said.

She also shared the importance of working for a values-led organisation. “Sharing personal values as a basis of commonality between self and place of work offers a more accessible means for personally engaging with more opportunities […] to create change and impact, resulting in increased feelings of inclusion and contribution.”

Associate Lecturer Rachel Jahja (second from left) accepts her Living with RMIT’s Values Award at RMIT’s Staff Recognition & Reward Ceremony.

School of English and University Pathways Educator Irene Victor was honoured for her work as an Equitable Learning Services liaison in RMIT Vietnam’s English department. She finds inclusion and diversity to be the most important values to her.

For Ms Victor, winning the award has meant that her efforts have been recognised by managers and staff: “[This] paves the way for others who have the same passion.”

Educator Irene Victor (second from left) with Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor Global Development Professor Peter Coloe (left), Head of School of English & University Pathways Mr Jake Heinrich (second from right) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education Professor Belinda Tynan (right).

Acting Student Activities Manager from Academic & Student Services Nguyen Hong Ngoc works closely with student council and student leaders, and named passion and impact as the values she most identifies with.

“I guess the passion of my role comes from the enjoyment of watching [students] grow every day. Sometimes it’s easy to just give guidance, sit back, and let them do it on their own, yet having students come to me as their advisor, seeking feedback and my opinion, not as staff but as someone they trust and share a part of their lives with, makes me happy.”

Winning the award also allowed her to reflect on five years of working at RMIT Vietnam.

“It means a lot to me as I know I’m going the right way, and that what I do is what the University is encouraging us to do – to take the initiative, to have the motivation to try out new things, and to improve our standards.”