The government’s top worker was recognised for her hard work and dedication during a glamorous award ceremony at the Kimpton Seafire Resort and Spa last week.
Sarah Orrett was selected as Employee of the Year 2022 from the 12 employees of the month who were nominated for the annual award.
The supervisor of the Government Administration Building reception, in an emotional acceptance speech, congratulated all of her peers.
“I appreciate every single one of you and what you do with this Cayman Islands Government,” she told them at the close of the ceremony on Thursday, 1 June.
Orrett said she was very happy to accept the award and thanked the government for recognising her efforts and bestowing her with such an honour.
Deputy Governor Franz Manderson’s 10th annual Cayman Islands Government Employee of the Year award ceremony featured detailed video presentations of all of the 12 nominees.
Lauren Knight, deputy chief officer of the Portfolio of the Civil Service, said “outstanding contributions and moments of magic” had been created by those “civil service superstars”.
“You are truly all shining examples of what it takes to be world class and your conduct, work ethic and service delivery is second to none,” the event host told the nominees.
In his speech, Deputy Governor Franz Manderson said: “As a civil service, our job today, every day, is to work hard for the government of the day.
“How do we do that? By performing outstanding work. And the 12 nominees here this evening have done some absolutely outstanding work.
“They’re passionate about their work. They don’t work to their job description. They go out of their way every day to make lives better.”
He said it was extremely difficult to choose the employee of the year but he selected “an amazing civil servant who will make us all proud”.
Gloria McField-Nixon, chief officer of the Portfolio of the Civil Service, on announcing the award winner congratulated all the nominees.
“Their contributions and the way that they conduct themselves every day… has helped us to make lives better and it’s helped the civil service collectively to stand tall,” she said.
She said their contributions come from diverse areas of operation within the civil service.
“The thing that they all have in common is not just the dedication to professionalism, not just tremendous passion, not just integrity that’s beyond reproach, but they understand why they do the things that they do,” she said.
“Each of them and the stories that they have shared, have talked about their day to day duties, but have connected to a larger purpose.
“They understand how their work specifically can make lives better.”
Among those attending the event were Governor Jane Owen, Premier Wayne Panton, Speaker of the House of Parliament Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, Deputy Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, Attorney General Samuel Bulgin, and Lareta Mack, employee of the year 2021.
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