APS Academy
The Australian Public Service Academy is embedding a networked approach through partnering with agencies, academia and non-APS partners to build capability across government. It focuses on uplifting capability in leadership, integrity, partnerships and engagement, and policy design and implementation.
The integrated approach to building capability is guided by both the Delivering for Tomorrow: APS Workforce Strategy, and the Highly Capable-Future Ready: APS Learning and Development Strategy and Action Plan.
The APS Academy is an essential instrument in lifting capability across the APS and works closely with APS agencies. It is central to supporting integrity, partnerships and engagement, putting people at the centre and driving a continuous learning culture for public service.
Strengthening whole-of-government capability is achieved through:
- APS Craft, which defines the characteristics of excellence in public service across 6 domains
- practitioner-led learning, which harnesses the depth of public service expertise from across the APS
- a networked model of connections and partnerships across the APS and academia.
The APS Academy takes a One APS approach and partners with agencies to deliver flagship programs such as:
- Delivering Great Policy
- Working with Ministers and their offices
- SES Integrity
- APS Unlocked.
These programs build the knowledge and skills of APS employees across the span of their public service careers.
The APS Academy is setting the foundations for best-practice learning design by promoting a continuous learning culture and embedding the Learning Quality and Evaluation Frameworks.
To enhance public service craft capability, the APS Academy hosts events and forums on contemporary practices and emerging challenges across government. In 2023–24, 8,828 participants registered for learning events to hear from experienced practitioners within and beyond the APS.
The APS Academy was established in July 2021 with the mission to foster an APS-wide culture of learning that builds core public service capabilities and drives high performance.
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APS Academy (n.d.) APS Academy website, accessed 11 July 2024.
Australian Public Service Commission (2021) APS Workforce Strategy 2025, APSC website, accessed 11 July 2024.
Australian Public Service Commission (2021) Highly Capable, Future-Ready: APS Learning and Development Strategy, APSC website, accessed 11 July 2024.