Smart recruitment on the way for VPS Career Advice Victorian agencies will enjoy a more user-friendly recruitment system and better statistics thanks to an IT upgrade being led by the Victorian Public Sector Commission. Changes
Vic integrity strategy using behavioural insights to help clean up May 17, 2016 By David Donaldson News Victoria will use behavioural insights and data mining in its fight to clean up the public service, according to the Victorian Public Sector Commission’s new Integrity
Stronger VPSC conflict of interest rules for board directors March 30, 2016 By David Donaldson News The Victorian Public Sector Commission has released a new Code of Conduct for Directors of Victorian Public Sector Entities, providing strengthened rules on managing conflicts of interest
Restoring the VPS reputation, step one: teach ethical leadership March 18, 2016 By Harley Dennett Career Advice In the wake of the anti-corruption inquiry Operation Dunham, the Victorian Secretaries Board has set in motion a series of reforms and reviews with a collective
Indigenous staff: 'bums on seats' mentality decried February 17, 2016 By David Donaldson Career Advice Too many public sector agencies take a “bums on seats” or “tick a box” approach to Indigenous recruitment, a recent Australia and New Zealand School
The 'concerted effort' to put more women in top Victorian jobs January 18, 2016 By David Donaldson News Victoria continues to make progress on the number of women in leadership roles in its public service, with females comprising 44% of public sector executive positions in
Victoria's charter losing its lustre for public servants September 21, 2015 By David Donaldson Career Advice Although Victorian government agencies have been largely successful in creating a culture of human rights, the state appears to have dropped the ball more recently, according
Public service values: not just known, but internalised to have integrity impact September 7, 2015 By David Donaldson Career Advice It’s one thing to know the rules, and another entirely to assimilate the principles behind them. As part of the nation-wide move towards relying more
Belinda Clark: breadth makes your career 'a hell of a lot more interesting' August 28, 2015 By David Donaldson Career Advice Public servants need to be more open to taking up different career opportunities, thinks Victoria’s inaugural public sector commissioner Belinda Clark. “Take every opportunity offered.
Victoria aims to reclaim reform, integrity leadership June 29, 2015 By Harley Dennett News Victorian Special Minister of State Gavin Jennings led the charge early, laying out his aims for government integrity agencies and reaffirming his commitment to giving them
Victorian FOI commissioner under investigation May 22, 2015 By David Donaldson News The Victorian government has asked the Public Sector Commission to investigate the Freedom of Information commissioner over an undisclosed “serious” matter, it was revealed on
