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Melbourne office...serving Victoria and Tasmania
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The Commission's Melbourne office provides advice, guidance and services on a wide range of human resource and management issues to Commonwealth departments and agencies, and their employees within Victoria and Tasmania.
Coming events:
Netcom Annual Conference 2008 More details and registrations available soon Development programmes calendar If you would like to be added to our e-mail contact list for notification of APS Commission events in Victoria and/or Tasmania, please contact us at psdvic@apsc.gov.au. |
Services information:
Choose from the links below to find out about: Contacts Office location: Phone: (03) 8610 1522 |
Learning & development
Enquiries
Learning and Leadership Administrator
Phone: (03) 8610 1550
Fax: (03) 8610 1555
Email: psdvic@apsc.gov.au
Registration
At our fully secure online registration site you can:
- view programme information
- check availability
- register for a programme
- make credit card payments
- receive registration confirmation
By Facsimile
Simply fax a completed registration form (available with each flyer) to APS Commission registration on 03 8610 1555.
Please note: A fax registration is not confirmed until a formal email response is received.
The Learning and Leadership (L&L) unit coordinates and delivers a range of programmes in Victoria and Tasmania. These cover specific skills, personal development and management development relevant to effective performance by APS employees.
Programs on the Calendar of programmes are open to all APS employees. Dates for our programmes are available below. To register for a particular programme, just use the registration form or register on-line.
L&L can also develop proposals for in-house delivery of any of the programmes, or for delivery of other Commission programmes designed for staff at APS Levels 1-6 and from the Executive Series.
Programmes can also be tailored or adapted to suit agency needs.
Networks
Australian Government — Executive Leadership Group — Victoria (ELG-Vic)
Previously known as the Commonwealth Executive Forum, the ELG-Vic is a Victorian network covering Regional Heads, Senior Executive Service staff and staff at Executive Levels or equivalents working for Commonwealth agencies. The Group's activities are directed by a Steering Committee, and secretariat services are provided by the APS Commission's Melbourne office.
The ELG-Vic's main activities are:
- An Annual Conference for senior managers in APS agencies
- Annual Innovations Awards to recognise and encourage Victorian initiated creativity and innovation in APS agencies
- Two-monthly 'Connections' information and networking functions for senior APS managers
- Provision of strategic direction and advice to the Commission's Public Sector Development unit on learning and development programs.
For further information, contact Pamela Stone (Phone: (03) 8610 1520, Email: pamela.stone@apsc.gov.au) or Garry Smith (Phone (03) 8610 1551; E-mail garry.smith@apsc.gov.au)
Victorian People Management Network (formerly HR Network)
The People Management Network is a forum for managers and practitioners to meet and exchange information. Meetings are held quarterly, with the format generally a short presentation on a topic of interest, followed by discussion on HR issues. This is also an opportunity for networking.
Meetings are generally of two hours duration.
For further information, contact Glen Milner (Phone: (03) 8610 1505, Email: glen.milner@apsc.gov.au)
Indigenous Development Steering Committee (Vic)
This committee has a lead role in the identification and exploration of issues relating to the employment of indigenous staff in the APS in Victoria. The committee comprises representatives from a range of APS agencies and is facilitated and supported by the APS Commission.
For further information contact Alison Byrne (Phone: (03) 8610 1556, Email: alison.byrne@apsc.gov.au)
Tas - Netcom
Netcom is the network of Tasmanian regional heads and senior staff from Australian Government agencies. Netcom is a semi–formal network whose role is to help members share information, to encourage innovative practice and reform in public sector administration, and to facilitate whole–of–government relationships in Tasmania.
Netcom's approach is to facilitate Networking Forums to look at issues confronting the public service according to four main themes which are; APS profile, shared business, workforce and productivity.
Netcom is also interested in promoting 'Values' and 'Relationships'—to test both the decisions that we make and actions that we take to see the extent to which they support and maintain the Australian Public Service Values and Code of Conduct and the relationships we seek to foster, i.e. relations with the government and parliament, relations with the public, and inter–agency relations. Finally, we focus on the roles our people have in this and the responsibilities we have in helping them achieve those roles.
Contacts
Chair:
Lisa Wardlaw–Kelly,
Regional Director,
Australian Bureau of Statistics
(ph 03 6222 5802 or email lisa.wardlaw-kelly@abs.gov.au); or
Penny Bacon,
Executive Assistant,
Australian Bureau of Statistics
(penny.bacon@abs.gov.au); or
Deputy Chair:
John Borojevic,
Regional Manager,
Department of Transport and Regional Services
(ph 03 6220 5800 or email john.borojevic@dotars.gov.au).
Merit and selection services
On behalf of the Merit Protection Commissioner, regional employees undertake Independent Selection Advisory Committees (ISACs). An ISAC is an independent three member committee that makes recommendations about the suitability of candidates for engagement at, promotion to, or assignment of duties at, classifications included in APS Classification Groups 1 to 6.
On behalf of the Public Service Commissioner, regional employees also participate in staff selection processes at EL 1/2 and APS level 6 and below, as well as scribing for non SES selection panels.
Merit protection and review
Useful references
The Australian Public Service Commission has a key role in providing independent external review of actions affecting individual APS employees. This role assists in giving effect to the policy of the Australian Government that APS agencies should achieve and maintain workplaces that encourage productive and harmonious working environments. It also helps to provide a fair system for review of decisions for APS employees.
The Commission's functions are not limited to the APS. On a fee-for-service basis, we can provide employment-related functions for State and Territory departments and authorities, local government bodies, private corporations and bodies and for Commonwealth authorities whose employees are not engaged under the PS Act.
If you would like more information about these services visit the merit protection and review page or contact:
Ms Diane De Fusco
Business Manager
Phone: (03) 8610 1588
Review of Actions
Local staff are available to fulfil the Merit Protection Commissioner's statutory functions such as conducting Promotion Review Committees (PRCs) and Reviews of Actions, and providing advice on procedural questions where appropriate.
Career advising service
The APS Commission provides a career advising service for APS employees who are facing retrenchment or have been approved by their agency to access career transition services. The service, available to employees who are referred to the APS Commission by their agency, focuses on providing either short-term intensive or one-off career advising sessions to individuals or groups, but can also provide a program specifically designed for an individual. The career advising sessions are designed to assist individuals to identify strategies and options they may wish to pursue and are tailored to the needs of the particular individual.
For more information go to the Career advising page or call your local advisor on 03 8610 1500.
