NSW Public Sector Workforce Strategy 2008-2012

The NSW Public Sector Workforce Strategy 2008-2012 sets the agenda to improve how the sector recruits, develops, manages and retains staff and how it plans for its future workforce needs.

It commits to a range of projects and initiatives which respond to emerging workforce issues such as skills shortages and the demographic deficit caused by ageing, and will support the sector to meet its State Plan commitments.

It sets three strategic directions, underpinned by the principle that the sector needs the right people, with the right capabilities, skills and attitudes, in the right jobs:

1. create a workforce that attracts and retains talented employees and draws on the diversity of the people of NSW
2. build a supported, motivated and high performing workforce
3. improve workforce planning and management across the sector.

The Department of Premier and Cabinet’s Public Sector Workforce Office will lead its implementation in partnership with agencies. Download a summary of priorities DPC will lead in 2008-2009.