APS Location Framework

A workforce with the right skills and capabilities is crucial for agencies in the Australian Public Service. Employing staff in a range of locations can help agencies fill critical skill gaps, support connection to Country and community, strengthen diversity and support stakeholder relationships.

The APS Location Framework equips agencies to use workforce location as a tool to attract and retain people who have the skills the APS needs, now and into the future. It connects agency heads and their corporate teams to tools that can support their decisions on appropriate workforce locations within Australia and shows what it looks like to manage a dispersed workforce well.

The framework takes a principles-based approach. It provides a model for good practice that supports agencies to:

set or revisit the agency posture on workforce location, based on planning and analysis
review practices and processes to deliver on the agency posture while ensuring staff are supported appropriately regardless of work location
engage with good practice resources to support managers and staff.