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Public Service Act 2020

People working in public service - Senior leadership and management capability

63: Responsibilities of chief executives and boards

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"Chief executives and boards must help their senior staff develop leadership skills and make decisions to benefit the public service."

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If you are a chief executive or on a board of a public service agency, you must develop the leadership skills of your senior employees. You also need to be able to move your senior leaders around to meet the needs of the public service.

You have to help the Commissioner develop a leadership strategy, as outlined in section 61.

As an employer of staff in a public service agency, you must choose and deploy senior leaders while considering the leadership strategy.

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

63Responsibilities of chief executives and boards

  1. A chief executive or board of a public service agency must—

  2. develop the senior leadership and management capability of the employees in their agency; and
    1. flexibly deploy senior leaders in their agency to contribute to meeting the needs of the public service.

      1. All chief executives must assist the Commissioner to develop a leadership strategy under section 61.

      2. A chief executive or board that is the employer of staff in a public service agency (including under delegation) must appoint and deploy senior leaders having regard to the leadership strategy.

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