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Public Service Act 2020

People working in public service - Senior leadership and management capability

61: Commissioner must develop and implement leadership strategy

You could also call this:

"The boss of the public service must create a plan to help top leaders get better at their jobs."

The Commissioner has to make a plan to help senior leaders in the public service get better at their jobs. You can think of this plan as a roadmap to develop strong leaders. The Commissioner must work with other public service leaders to create this plan.

The plan must meet the needs of both the individual agencies and the whole public service. This means it should allow senior leaders to move to different jobs if needed.

The Commissioner can also share this plan with other State services and ask for their help to make it work. If you want to learn more about how this law relates to older laws, you can look at the State Services Act 1988 sections 46 and 47.

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Part 3People working in public service
Senior leadership and management capability

61Commissioner must develop and implement leadership strategy

  1. The Commissioner must develop and implement a strategy for the development of senior leadership and management capability in the public service (the leadership strategy) and do so in consultation with public service leaders.

  2. The Commissioner must ensure that the leadership strategy meets the needs both of agencies and the public service, including allowing for flexible deployment of senior leaders.

  3. The Commissioner may promote the leadership strategy to other State services, and may invite them to assist to develop and implement the leadership strategy.

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