Check out the latest public sector networking and education events. Photo: Supplied.
EL1 & EL2 High-Performance & Leadership Workshop
Date: 18 – 19 June, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
It’s time to move beyond traditional management paradigms. Gain insights tailored for EL1 and EL2 professionals, facilitating a seamless shift from operational to strategic leadership and ensuring you navigate complexities with confidence.
Overview
Deep-dive into the essential skills to become a key decision-maker.
- Evolve into a strategic decision-maker.
- Build high-performing, autonomous teams.
- Influentially engage stakeholders on complex and sensitive issues.
- Leverage adaptable leadership to prosper in times of change.
Speaker Martin Brooker is a distinguished veteran with 37 years of service in the Royal Australian Navy. He boasts a career marked by command at sea and operational excellence in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and the Pacific.
Retiring in 2015 as a commodore, he transitioned to become the founder and director of the Quench Group. Specialising in personal and organisational change, Martin draws from his rich leadership experiences and culture-change initiatives.
Recognised with awards such as the Conspicuous Service Cross and a Commendation for Distinguished Service, he shares authentic insights on leadership challenges. A passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, Martin serves as an R U OK? community ambassador.
SES Orientation Program
Date: 18 June – 24 July, 2024
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Duration: One three-day session (18/06 – 20/06) and one two-day session (23/07 – 24/07)
Location: Australian Capital Territory
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
Overview
The program is designed for newly promoted or long-term acting SES from within the APS, and newly recruited SES from outside the APS.
The SES Orientation program enables SES to ‘‘step up’’ to the higher strategic accountabilities of the role, ‘’step out’’ to take a broader systems view and engage more effectively with a diverse stakeholder group, and ‘’step forward’’ to develop more capable teams.
The program will support a new SES to take up the leadership (stewardship) and management (accountability) dimensions of their APS role, establishing the essential skills, partnerships and networks required for effective SES leadership.
The mindset needed to make progress on complex challenges at the SES level is promoted. The program draws on the findings of the Independent Review into the APS and recent State of the Service Reports, and reflects the leadership capabilities identified by the Secretaries Board for senior APS leaders now and in the future.
The training is suitable for SES Band 1 – 3, appointment as SES within the APS or those acting in the role for longer than 12 months.
Understanding Government
Date: 19 June, 2024
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Duration: One eight-hour face-to-screen session
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
This course provides an understanding of the system of government and its operations as fundamental to working effectively in the APS. To successfully support ministers, parliamentary secretaries and the whole of government, all APS staff need to have an understanding of the role of the APS and the processes that underpin the Australian system of government and, correspondingly, their roles and responsibilities within this system.
The training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 1 – APS 6.
The 2nd Data-Driven Regulation Conference
Date: 19 – 20 June, 2024
Time: All day
Location: Hybrid
Email: [email protected]
Harness the power of data-driven regulation for better decision-making.
The impact that data can have on regulatory work is endless, from being able to regulate better, measure impacts, and ultimately deliver better outcomes with insights from data.
With a surplus of data and information available to regulators, it is critical for them to establish a data strategy, uplift their data capabilities, drive data literacy and build a data culture that changes the paradigm of being information-rich and knowledge-poor.
The 2nd edition of the Data-Driven Regulation Conference is the only event for regulatory professionals across Australia and New Zealand to share best-practice case studies as they explore how to leverage value from data to enhance strategic, operational and tactical decision-making for regulatory excellence.
NT Women in Leadership Workshop
Date: 19 – 20 June, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Oaks Elan Darwin
31 Woods Street, Darwin, NT
Email: [email protected]
Unlock the potential within you and step outside your comfort zone with our exclusive Women in Leadership Workshop in Darwin, designed to cultivate a high-performance mindset.
Don’t miss this invaluable opportunity to propel your career forward. You will learn tools and strategies to overcome challenges, lead with confidence, and transform theory into action.
Overview
Enhance your effectiveness as a leader in an evolving professional landscape.
- Develop your individual leadership style.
- Build confidence to lead authentically and effectively.
- Learn the art of confident communication.
- Enhance your ability to influence.
Speaker Catie Kirke specialises in helping individuals and teams achieve personal fulfilment, professional success, and increase their capability, outcomes and potential.
As a transformational and leadership coach, Catie helps clients to find greater purpose and direction, communicate more effectively, be solution-focused, and lead by example.
Her specialties include emotional and social intelligence, mental wellbeing, resilience and self-awareness, confidence, and a positive growth mindset.
Strategic Thinking
Date: 20 June, 2024
Time: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Duration: One seven-hour face-to-face session
Location: Australian Capital Territory
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
Understand the processes of strategy, the language of strategic thinking and strategic planning.
Examine the methods and models used, including group-based planning processes. Discuss and share experiences about professional thought practices, work and team planning, and operating strategically in the APS.
Training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 4 – APS 6.
Planning and Managing Change
Date: 20 – 21 June, 2024
Time: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Duration: Two face-to-screen sessions: one seven-hour session, 9 am – 4 pm; and
one 6.5-hour session, 9 am – 3:30 pm
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
This course details the role of management and leadership in times of change.
Explore leadership personality types and develop behaviours to successfully introduce and integrate new practices in the workplace. Identify and adopt models of basic change management and understand the processes involved.
The training is suitable for APS 6 – EL 1.
Crafting Quality New Policy Proposals
Date: 21 June, 2024
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Duration: One eight-hour face-to-face session
Location: Australian Capital Territory
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
This program is aimed at employees seeking to understand the key processes and considerations for preparing a new policy proposal.
The training is suitable for all staff.
Essential Writing for APS 5-6 Levels
Date: 24 – 25 June, 2024
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Duration: Two three-hour face-to-screen sessions
Location: Australian Capital Territory
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
Essential writing for APS 5-6 levels is designed for APS employees who produce documents involving analysis or evidence-based argument. It is aimed at APS levels 5-6, but is suitable for all APS staff and executives who need to improve their analytical writing.
The program focuses on briefs and minutes (internal documents with advice and recommendations) and non-routine correspondence (letters and emails).
The training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 5 – APS 6, and APS employees and executives who need to improve their analytical writing.
Working Effectively at the EL 2 Level
Date: 25 June, 2024
Time: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Duration: One seven-hour face-to-face session
Location: Australian Capital Territory
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
Executive-level positions bring new and demanding leadership and management challenges.
This program describes the broad role requirements of EL 2s through the APS Work Level Standards (WLS) and deepens your understanding of the capabilities and behaviours identified in the APS Integrated Leadership System (ILS) critical to high performance at the EL 2 level. Learn how to confidently and appropriately respond to the challenge.
The training is in a virtual environment suitable for EL 1 – EL 2.
Public Sector Climate-Related Risk and Disclosure Conference
Date: 25 – 26 June, 2024
Time: All day
Location: Hybrid
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Preparing for climate risk.
As governments recognise the escalating impact of climate change on their finances, infrastructure, service delivery and policies, it is more crucial than ever for them to effectively assess and manage climate-related risks.
Governments have a fundamental responsibility to consider current and future climate risks, and opportunities, in decision-making. With mandatory climate disclosure requirements in development at a Commonwealth level, and proactive action happening across other levels of government, now is the time to take action.
The Public Sector Climate-Related Risk and Disclosure Summit will uniquely bring together the key stakeholders and leaders from across federal, state and local government to share best practices to assess, disclose and manage climate risk.
This summit will also explore the key role of leadership, governance, and how to build public sector capability to effectively manage climate risk.
Essential Writing for Executive Levels
Date: 25 – 26 June, 2024
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Duration: Two three-hour face-to-screen sessions
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
Essential writing for executive levels shows participants how to produce documents that are accurate, clear and consistent with government style requirements.
This program is suitable for executive-level staff who are either undertaking writing tasks themselves, managing other employees on a writing task, are new to the APS or have transferred into a role where higher levels of writing skills are required.
The training is in a virtual environment suitable for EL 1 – EL 2.
An Introduction to Data Storytelling & Data Visualisation Masterclass Series
Date: 25 – 27 June, 2024
Time: All day
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
How do you tell a story with your data and influence key stakeholders?
To be successful in today’s business environment, people not only need to be able to discover and understand new insights, but they also need to communicate those insights effectively.
Join expert data visualisation specialist Paul Hodge for this engaging workshop to gain new skills or refine your existing abilities in the core elements of successful data storytelling, including engagement, presentation and design thinking.
Attendees gain high-level insights on how to use data visualisation frameworks and apply tips and tricks to develop data visualisations that will engage, entertain and inspire future decision-makers.
You will walk through an example of the end-to-end process of developing an interactive business-focused dashboard using industry-leading data visualisation software. You will also develop skills that will help improve the effectiveness of anyone who needs to communicate information and insights with colleagues, peers and the world.
Facilitator Paul Hodge is a data visualisation university lecturer and corporate educator with a passion for exploring the intersection between data, design and storytelling.
By elevating everyone’s potential to engage, inform and leverage design principles, Paul believes that we all have the ability to inspire people and share our insights in ways that can improve the world and make it a more interesting place to live in.
Leveraging his entrepreneurial spirit and drawing on a blend of business acumen and deep technical experience, he continues to work closely with C-level executive management while bringing together business, technical and analytic teams to improve their productivity and achieve outstanding business outcomes.
A true global citizen, Paul also has a world of experience, having lived and worked in the US, Japan, Hong Kong, India, Europe, and his native Australia.
