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The APSC’s Centre of Excellence for Workforce Planning recently completed a major update to the APS Job Family Framework to improve clarity, usability, and alignment with Occupation Standard Classification for Australia (OSCA).

Congratulations to Danielle Wood who is appointed as the new Co-Head of the APS Evaluation Profession.

Share your team’s story with the Australian Public Service Commission now and be in the running to feature in this year’s State of Service Report.

The Australian Public Service Commission and the Business Council of Australia are partnering on new Business Immersions Programs to give public servants direct insight into how businesses work.

This new APS resource guides public servants to build strong and enduring partnerships with First Nations peoples, communities and organisations.

We have been made aware of a phishing scam using instant messaging services where cyber criminals are posing as recruiters using the APSJobs logo.

On 11 June 2024, the Public Service Amendment Act 2024 received Royal Assent, locking in changes to the Public Service Act 1999 that will strengthen the APS’s core values, and build the capability and expertise of the APS.

We tackled some tough questions this year at the State of the Service Roadshow events in Perth, Canberra, Newcastle and Townsville. We’ve answered the questions that weren’t addressed during the sessions.

As service-wide bargaining enters its final stages, APS employees will see changes to terms and conditions of employment by the end of April.

The interim evaluation of the Australian Public Service Disability Employment Strategy 2020-25 has been published.

The Commonwealth will improve its pay offer for APS employees by bringing forward the date of the Year 1 pay increase from 14 March 2024 to 21 December 2023. Due to the expected timing of ballots this will be provided as a one-off payment. This improvement is the Commonwealth’s final offer to conclude APS-wide bargaining.

The Digital Traineeship Program welcomed its first cohort of participants induction training. This will prepare them for roles in their employing agencies and departments, the program’s early adopters.

Assistant Minister for the Public Service, the Hon Patrick Gorman MP officially opened the APS Academy Campus in Townsville on 27 October. This is delivered in partnership by the Australian Public Service Commission and James Cook University, where the campus is located.

Casual loading is extra money paid to casual workers over the normal hourly rate. Outcomes of APS-wide bargaining could lift the casual loading across the service. To help explain the significant impact of these benefits, view examples to apply your own circumstance.

APS Bargaining has a range of expanded benefits for personal/carers leave to help APS employees manage their wellbeing, and life outside of work.

The parental leave changes apply to many APS parents. The paid leave entitlements are available to both primary and secondary caregivers up to 24 months after your baby is born. This opens up this leave entitlement to parents who have had a baby in the last 2 years.

Minister for the Public Service, Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher opens the Spirit of Service exhibition at MoAD.

To make sure you are informed on the APS bargaining package of pay and conditions, the Chief Negotiator, Peter Riordan PSM CF, is running Q&A sessions with APS employees.

Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher, Minister for Finance, Women and the Public Service, launched the first Australian Public Service (APS) Academy Campus at the University of Newcastle yesterday, welcoming 22 new entry-level data and digital participants.

The Australian Government is committed to providing APS employees with fair and equitable conditions of employment through genuine APS bargaining. Central to these conditions of employment is a fair and affordable pay rise for all APS employees.

We thank APS staff who submitted questions relating to service-wide bargaining at the State of the Service Roadshow (SOSR) events in March. We’ve taken the time to answer your frequently asked questions.

Watch the APS exhibition’s video to learn how the Australian Public Service (APS) has been supporting the government of the day and the Australian people for the last 120 years.

The program will support 1,000 new digital roles and job opportunities for First Nations peoples, women, older people, veterans transitioning to civilian roles and their spouses between 2022-23.

The Affirmative Measure Recruitment Hub is innovative suite of end-to-end guidance, tools and resources to support agencies in recruiting First Nations talent.

Applications for the Australian Government Graduate Program (AGGP) are open. We’ve put together our top tips to help you get started on your application.

Sarah McCann-Bartlett, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Australian HR Institute, shares her thoughts on how the pandemic has changed workplaces, what the future of work looks like and where HR professionals fit in.

David Thodey AO is well known in public service circles for the independent review of the APS he embarked on at the request of then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The review produced an ambitious range of recommendations, including one that became the starting point for the APS HR Professional Stream. We were fortunate to sit down with David to get his views on the progress of the HR Professional stream to date, and his thoughts on the biggest challenges for the APS of the future.

An update on some of the interesting, innovative projects and initiatives that are underway, and all geared towards our fundamental priority to uplift public servants’ data capability. An update on some of the interesting, innovative projects and initiatives that are underway, and all geared towards our fundamental priority to uplift public servants’ data capability.

The first ever APS Learning Board came together for their initial meeting this week. The APS Learning Board has been established by the Australian Public Service (APS) Commissioner to lead the transformation of APS-wide capability development, aligned with APS priorities.

The release of the L&D Strategy and Action Plan will enable the APS workforce to build the capability they need to do their best work today, and in the future.

An update on some of the interesting, innovative projects and initiatives that are underway, and all geared towards our fundamental priority to uplift public servants data capability.

Assistant Minister the Hon. Ben Morton MP opens the new APS Exhibition at MoAD.

How can we supercharge motivation? Two APS leaders from future-focused and innovative agencies share how they geared up to take on future challenges.

Effective workforce planning is critical to ensuring the APS is well-placed to meet future challenges. That’s why it’s a huge focus for the HR Stream.

In a year that was anything but normal, keeping up to date with your professional development takes dedication.

If you’re as excited as we are you’ve probably already signed up to our next APS HR Professional Stream event: a panel discussion about strategic HR.