Recommendation: 21

Recommendation: 21

Improve mobility, support professional development, and forge strong linkages with other jurisdictions and sectors

Overall status: Complete

Thodey guidance	Status	Delivery on Thodey
Secretaries Board to set targets to double interagency mobility rates by 2025.	Closed	The APS Workforce Strategy and the mobility strategy provide a strong basis for assessing and responding to areas where improved mobility is needed. This can be accomplished without setting a broad target.
APSC to agree with Secretaries Board a framework for mobility, including coordinating and resourcing initiatives to support movement: across the APS, including between Canberra and regional offices, between internationally and domestically focused parts of the APS, and between the APS and state and territory public services, comparable overseas services, and the private and not-for-profit sectors.	Complete	The Framework for Commonwealth and state and territory public sector mobility was agreed in July 2020. APS staff have mobilised temporarily in 2021-22 to NSW, VIC, WA and ACT to support COVID-19 responses. The APS Surge Reserve was established to mobilise staff to priority areas of work including natural disaster and COVID-19 response efforts. The APS Mobility Framework was released in April 2021 to help APS employees, managers, executives and HR practitioners use mobility as a strategic workforce tool.
APSC to consider introducing a requirement that experience in two or more portfolios or sectors is a pre-requisite for appointment to the SES.	Closed	The APS does not consider a mandatory requirement that experience in two or more portfolios or sectors is necessary to support mobility and professional development. The mobility framework and application of the merit principle encourage broad experience including in different portfolios or sectors as a highly desirable attribute for appointment to the SES. This consideration aligns with findings of the Hierarchy and Classifications Review.

Thodey guidance

Status

Delivery on Thodey

Secretaries Board to set targets to double interagency mobility rates by 2025.

Closed

The APS Workforce Strategy and the mobility strategy provide a strong basis for assessing and responding to areas where improved mobility is needed. This can be accomplished without setting a broad target.

APSC to agree with Secretaries Board a framework for mobility, including coordinating and resourcing initiatives to support movement: across the APS, including between Canberra and regional offices, between internationally and domestically focused parts of the APS, and between the APS and state and territory public services, comparable overseas services, and the private and not-for-profit sectors.

Complete

The Framework for Commonwealth and state and territory public sector mobility was agreed in July 2020. APS staff have mobilised temporarily in 2021-22 to NSW, VIC, WA and ACT to support COVID-19 responses.

The APS Surge Reserve was established to mobilise staff to priority areas of work including natural disaster and COVID-19 response efforts.

The APS Mobility Framework was released in April 2021 to help APS employees, managers, executives and HR practitioners use mobility as a strategic workforce tool.

APSC to consider introducing a requirement that experience in two or more portfolios or sectors is a pre-requisite for appointment to the SES.

Closed

The APS does not consider a mandatory requirement that experience in two or more portfolios or sectors is necessary to support mobility and professional development. The mobility framework and application of the merit principle encourage broad experience including in different portfolios or sectors as a highly desirable attribute for appointment to the SES. This consideration aligns with findings of the Hierarchy and Classifications Review.