Setting the Scene

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Setting the Scene
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Northern Territory Public Sector Indigenous
Employment and Career Development Strategy
2009-2012
(DRAFT)
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• Acknowledgements
• Agencies have not been consulted about the
  content in this document, in particular the
  Implementation Plan
• We Need Your Help participants
• Luis Da Rocha, Coralie Achterberg and members of
  the SWPD Team

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• Historical Account
• 1995 - 2000 Aboriginal Employment Career
  Development Strategy
• The 2002-2006 Indigenous Employment and Career
  Development Strategy (IECDS) launched in November
  2002
• 2002 NTPS representation 4.6 Indigenous
  Employees
• 2006 NTPS representation 6.9 Indigenous
  Employees
• 2007 Charles Darwin University evaluated
  2002-2006 IECDS
• 2007 Agencies consulted about Evaluation findings
  future IECDS
• 2008 We Need Your Help Indigenous Employees
  Forum
• December 2008 NTPS representation 8.1 Indigenous
  Employees

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• What have we been doing?
• Exploring possibilities from Indigenous Employees
  feedback
• Conducting Environmental Scans
• Within the NTPS
• Other jurisdictional public sectors
• Private/NGO sectors

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• Significant Influences
• 2007 Australian Governments Northern Territory
  Emergency Response
• Northern Territory Governments Closing the Gap
  of Indigenous Disadvantage A Generational Plan
  of Action
• COAG National Partnership Agreement on Indigenous
  Economic Participation

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• Language
• Indigenous Australians Vs Indigenous Territorians
• Understanding Vs Acknowledging
• Do we need to include definitions of Indigenous,
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander?
• Indigenous Employment and Career Development
  Strategy Vs Indigenous Workforce Strategy
• Any others ???

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• Outcomes
• Increased representation of Indigenous
  Territorians across all employment occupational
  groups, levels, locations and employment
  arrangements
• A workforce with workplaces reflecting
  recognition and respect for Indigenous culture
  and values

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• Performance Indicators
• An increase in the number of Indigenous
  Territorians employed in the NTPS of at least 10
  by 2012
• An increase in the number of Indigenous
  Territorians applying for NTPS jobs
• An increase in the number of Indigenous
  Territorians employed across non-traditional
  occupations/classifications
• A reduction in the turnover rate of Indigenous
  employees in the NTPS
• The inaugural whole of government Biennial Staff
  Survey reports on improvements in Indigenous
  employment in the NTPS from 2009 to 2011

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• Performance Indicators Continued
• 50 of NTPS employees will have accessed
  cross-cultural training by 2012
• All NTPS agencies have an agency specific
  Indigenous Employment and Career Development
  Strategy incorporated in their workforce plans
• All Executive Contract Officers Annual
  Performance Reviews will include provision to
  report on individual efforts and contribution to
  improving Indigenous employment

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• Implementation Reporting and Review
• OCPE will be publishing quarterly data on
  Indigenous employment trends, by agency and whole
  of government
• The annual NTPS State of the Service Report
  Public Sector Employment and Management Act,
  Section 18 and 28(2)
• The inaugural whole of government Biennial Staff
  Survey

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• Key Focus Area 1 Workplace Environment
• Participating in Cross-Cultural Awareness
  Training that engenders a supportive and
  culturally inclusive workplace environment
• Indigenous Employment and Career Development
  (IECD) Coordinators
• Acknowledging and supporting Indigenous employees
  needs within operational requirements
• Establish whole of government protocols for
  Welcome to Country and acknowledging Traditional
  Owners

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• Key Focus Area 1 Workplace Environment
• Encourage participation at Indigenous cultural
  events
• Establish a specialist NTPS Indigenous Employment
  Unit
• Amend the definition of Merit in the Public
  Sector Employment and Management Act to value
  diversity

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• Key Focus Area 2 Attraction
• Applying additional advertising methods to
  promote jobs
• Developing pathways to real jobs for year 12
  school leavers and NTPS apprentices
• Encouraging and supporting Indigenous year 10
  students for careers in the public sector
  Indigenous students
• Promoting real job opportunities and programs to
  schools and Job Network Members, Registered
  Training Organisations, Sporting organisations
• Adopt a whole of government Indigenous employment
  marketing strategy
• Scholarship/s of financial support to complete a
  degree/qualification in a non traditional role,
  skill shortage occupation or under represented
  occupation

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• Key Focus Area 3 Retention
• Indigenous Ambassadors Program expand Reward and
  Recognition programs to include achievements of
  Indigenous employees
• Access to trained Mentors
• Indigenous Leadership Programs
• Access to mutually agreed learning and
  development activities
• Promote flexible work practices that support
  Indigenous people

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• Key Focus Area 4 Communication
• Executive Contract Officers Annual Performance
  Reviews
• Improve the accuracy and quality of data used for
  Indigenous reporting purposes
• Promote the Indigenous Employees Network to new
  and existing Indigenous employees
• IECD Coordinators Network
• Partnerships

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Were all responsible for improving Indigenous
employment in the NTPS We all need to change our
thinking, challenge our work practices and look
to the future