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NSW Public Sector Grades 9-10 Data Literacy Workshop
Date: 9 July, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Influential data literacy skills for non-data professionals.
- Understand how good data translates into effective outcomes.
- Collect and analyse robust data.
- Learn how to manipulate data and select the most appropriate medium to visualise it.
- Inform team decisions through comprehensive analysis.
Speaker Rabia Khan is a public health and data specialist with more than 20 years’ experience in the global health sector, spanning Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
Rabia excels in leveraging data and evidence to enhance health outcomes and reduce disparities. She empowers people to drive positive change, make informed decisions, and amplify their impact through effective leadership, data utilisation, and evidence-based strategies.
Strategic Thinking
Date: 16 – 17 July, 2024
Time: 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Duration: Two three-hour face-to-screen sessions
Location: Australia-wide
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.
The training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 4 – APS 6.
Developing Project Management Expertise
Date: 16 – 24 July, 2024
Time: 9 am – 12:30 pm
Duration: Four 3.5-hour face-to-screen sessions
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
Understand the project management process and tools for implementation and evaluation. This includes project planning, resource identification, implementation, deliverables and milestones, risk assessment, stakeholder management and governance.
Develop a project plan and risk and stakeholder management activities to deliver the plan on time and within budget.
This content has been provided by a third party in consultation with the APS Academy. The training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 4 – APS 6.
Psychological Safety Toolkit for Managers & Leaders
Date: 17 July, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
Time is running out to get your ticket to Psychological Safety Toolkit for Managers & Leaders.
The course is specially designed to provide critical skills for frontline managers and people leaders to ensure your teams are psychologically safe.
Overview
Prioritising wellbeing – A practical guide for managers and leaders on navigating psychosocial risks.
- Define a leader’s role in ensuring a safe and healthy work environment.
- Identify psychosocial hazards and warning signs within your teams and organisation.
- Discover the direct correlation between professional success and mental health.
- Learn practical strategies and tools to build a high-performance workplace by prioritising your team’s wellbeing.
Speaker Kevin St Mart is a workplace mental health expert with more than 23 years’ experience in work health and safety and is a consultant for the Opus Centre for Psychosocial Risk. With qualifications in business, injury management, and training and assessment, Kevin has a well-rounded understanding of best-practice management of mental health in businesses of all sizes.
He previously worked at Beyond Blue as a workplace engagement manager providing training, presentations and advice to workplaces across Australia.
He also led a mental health program team at the national health and safety regulator, Comcare, working with public service and large national organisations to deliver mental health training, presentations and projects, and worked on cross-jurisdictional mental health initiatives such as the development of the People at Work risk assessment tool and the Mentally Healthy Workplace Alliance.
QLD Public Sector AO 5-6 Critical Thinking & Problem-Solving
Date: 17 – 18 July, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Cliftons Brisbane
24/288 Edward St, Brisbane City, QLD
Email: [email protected]
Effective leadership in the Queensland public sector demands more than just technical expertise. It requires the ability to navigate complexities, anticipate challenges, and drive impactful solutions through critical thinking and innovative problem-solving.
Take advantage of this opportunity to tap into your leadership strengths and apply innovative problem-solving techniques to make better decisions.
Overview
Practical outcome-driven models for critical thinking and problem-solving.
- Unpack critical thinking as a mental process and set of action steps to address everyday problems.
- Use a structured systems thinking approach to analysing problems and designing solutions.
- Leverage the skills of creative and lateral thinking in complex problem-solving.
- Overcome common roadblocks to critical thinking and problem-solving.
Speaker Dr Karen Whittingham is one of Australia’s leading executive management development specialists, having worked with thousands of executives to transition them into senior leadership roles quickly and effectively.
She is an organisational psychologist passionate about people’s success and facilitating their careers to rise. She teaches organisational psychology at UNSW and works with ASX-listed companies and large public sector organisations to drive engagement, inclusion and performance.
NSW Public Sector Grades 9-10 Critical Thinking & Problem-Solving
Date: 22 – 23 July, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Cliftons Sydney
Level 13, 60 Margaret St, Sydney, NSW
Email: [email protected]
Had enough of running your career in first gear? Ready to step things up and get serious? NSW Public Sector Grades 9-10 Critical Thinking & Problem-Solving has everything you need.
Master critical thinking to unlock your brain’s full potential – ask better questions, feel more confident and in control, work smarter, sidestep common intuitive pitfalls, and make a name for yourself as a key influencer and leader.
Overview
Practical outcome-driven models for critical thinking and problem-solving.
- Unpack critical thinking as a mental process and set of action steps to address everyday problems.
- Use a structured systems thinking approach to analysing problems and designing solutions.
- Leverage the skills of creative and lateral thinking in complex problem-solving.
- Overcome common roadblocks to critical thinking and problem-solving.
Speaker Alexandra O’Mara is a seasoned leader with a wealth of experience in the realms of sustainability, policy and strategy. As a former deputy secretary in the NSW government, Alex spearheaded transformative policy shifts in the environment, infrastructure, planning, design, building, renewable energy, and natural resource management.
Holding a master’s in administrative law and policy from the University of Sydney, Alex seamlessly blends practical expertise with academic insight, showcasing a career dedicated to positive change and innovation.
She is currently driving change as senior ESG adviser at BDO, chief adviser at the Urban Transformation Centre of Western Sydney University, and non-executive director at St George Community Housing.
VPS 5-6 High-Performance & Leadership Workshop
Date: 23 – 24 July, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Pullman Melbourne on the Park
192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne, Victoria
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Refine core skills to excel in VPS 5-6 roles and beyond.
- Identify and develop your capabilities as a confident and successful VPS leader.
- Build productive relationships and lead proficient teams.
- Drive strategic change and management to meet agency goals.
- Learn about career planning and pathways in VPS roles.
Public Sector EL1-2 Women in Leadership
Date: 23 July – 13 August, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Live stream
Email: [email protected]
Gain the skills to take on more senior and complex roles.
Specifically designed for EL 1-2 officers and management, this highly interactive masterclass will equip you with the tools and strategies to lead with greater impact and confidently take on more senior and complex roles in the public sector.
Learn how to overcome the common internal and external barriers to success faced by women in the workplace, enhance and refine your current leadership skills, and develop new capabilities to take the next step in your career. Set a career plan, seize progression opportunities, and learn how to purposefully lead yourself, your team, and your organisation into the workplace of the future.
This interactive course is cognisant of the APS Work Level Standards (WLS) for EL1-EL2 and is designed to reflect and align with the expectations of these roles. It will support and enhance the capabilities and behaviours required of EL1-EL2 roles as per the APS Integrated Leadership System (ILS) essential for high performance.
Editing and Proofreading
Date: 23 – 24 July, 2024
Time: 9 am – 12:30 pm
Duration: Two 3.5-hour face-to-screen sessions
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
This is a highly interactive course on editing and proofing written text for APS 4 – EL 2 levels. It includes writing skills, editing and proofing methods. You will be able to enhance documents for correctness and clarity.
Participants should bring two current samples of writing when they attend. These may be emails, briefs, reports, or other writing from the workplace. Editing practice can be applied directly to their own work. All writing remains confidential and will not be shared or discussed.
This content has been provided by a third party in consultation with the APS Academy. The training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 4 – EL 2.
Delivering Great Policy – Foundations
Date: 24 – 25 July, 2024
Time: 9:30 am – 5 pm
Duration: Two eight-hour face-to-face sessions
Location: Australian Capital Territory
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
This package delivers all four modules of Delivering Great Policy – Foundations. This package defines the four core elements required for delivering great policy advice: being clear on intent; being well informed; solutions are practical to implement; and advice is influential. Participants will complete all four modules in sequence.
This content has been provided by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The training is suitable for APS 3 – APS 6 and APS employees who are new to, or considering a career in, policy development roles.
