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APS Workforce Planning

The Government’s APS Reform Agenda and Delivering for Australians highlighted the need to build an integrated strategic approach to workforce management. The need to strengthen workforce planning capability to plan and develop the capabilities the APS needs for the future is becoming increasingly more critical.

APS Centre of Excellence for Workforce Planning

The APS Centre of Excellence for Workforce Planning supports the implementation of Delivering for Tomorrow: APS Workforce Strategy 2025 through building and deploying strategic workforce planning capability within the APS.

The Centre of Excellence has built a long-term, evidence-based program of work to create an APS workforce planning ecosystem. The program focuses on providing support for agencies to have modern, data-driven workforce management practices that are integrated as a key component of business planning. The Centre of Excellence builds workforce planning capability through policy advice and frameworks, tools and resources, capability development offerings, leadership and peer support/coaching via the Workforce Planning Community of Practice.

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APS Workforce Planning Guide

The APS Workforce Planning Guide provides the framework and key principles of evidence-based, business linked, agile and flexible workforce planning within the APS.
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APS Job Family Framework

The APS Job Family Framework enables APS agencies to segment and understand their workforce; and to conduct occupational-based workforce planning.
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Diversity and Inclusion

There are a number of diversity and inclusion resources available for workforce planners to support a diverse workforce.
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Join the Community of Practice

Join a community of workforce planning and workforce strategy practitioners on our GovTEAMS site.
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APS Workforce Planning Hub

The APS Workforce Planning Hub hosts the latest resources, case studies, labour market information, APS labour force insights and various publications to support workforce planning within the APS.
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Further resources

The APS Statistical Bulletin and the APS Employment Data Releases present a summary of employment.

The State of the Service Report (SOSR) includes research and analysis on workforce trends and current topics of interest about the APS.

Enquiries

For all enquiries regarding the APS workforce planning tools and the Workforce Planning Community of Practice, email the APSC Workforce Planning team at APSWFP@apsc.gov.au

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