Headline actions

The APS’ aspiration by implementing this Plan is to set out a pathway for building the cultural understanding and literacy of all APS employees. Greater cultural awareness and understanding is the foundation that will enable us to design inclusive processes, to enhance workplace relationships and cultural safety and improve communications, decision-making, policy and service delivery.

The Plan has been developed to address insights and opportunities identified from our research and consultation.

To lead this change, the Secretaries Board has committed to 5 headline actions for the Plan as set out below:

• Whole of APS standards: Introduce an APS Statement of Leadership to Support Cultural Diversity to ensure that the standard for culturally respectful and safe workplaces is upheld.
• Cultural understanding: Build an APS-wide Interagency CALD Champion Network and a curated collection of multi-media learning resources.
• Leadership and management: Build APS leadership through embedding cultural capability training and sponsorship of CALD employees.
• Recruitment and progression: Modernise the APS recruitment and promotion processes to apply a rigorous understanding of merit.
• Representation: Introduce a reportable benchmark of 24% for CALD representation in the SES.

To provide accountability and transparency, each headline action has clear deliverables which will be reported on publicly. The benchmark for CALD representation will be measured based on APSED data as detailed in the section below setting out the headline actions in detail. The APSC will monitor progress and measure change at built-in check points.