Selecting
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Referee checks should always be a part of a recruitment process. Referee checks provide independent information about a candidate to help assess their suitability for a role.
A list of suitable candidates may be established whenever an agency conducts a competitive selection process.
An agency head may at any time determine the duties to be performed by an APS employee and the location at which those duties are to be performed.
In February 2008, the Australian Government introduced a policy implementing transparent and merit-based assessment in the selection of most Australian Public Service (APS) agency heads and other statutory offices working in, or in conjunction with, agencies which operate under the Public Service Act 1999.
Information on moving between APS agencies, from a Commonwealth agency to the APS or from state and territory governments to the APS.
An ongoing APS employee can be promoted on an ongoing basis within their current agency, or they can be promoted to another APS agency.