Careers.Vic will soon list majority of the state's public sector jobs News The Victorian government's public sector jobs site -- careers.vic.gov.au -- has been given a revamped look and gobbled up the previous graduates.vic.gov.au recruitment portal. Read more
Harnessing experience to address bullying and improve performance Monday May 22, 2017 By David Donaldson News Faced with a persistent bullying rate, the VPSC hopes a new set of case studies from agencies that have improved their workplace culture will allow… Read more
Human rights added to VPS employment standards Thursday January 19, 2017 By David Donaldson News The purpose of the standards is to set out how the public sector employment principles, which are established in legislation, are to be applied in… Read more
VPS goes all roles flex: 'finding much higher staff engagement, trust' Tuesday January 17, 2017 By David Donaldson News Victorian public servants now have a right to flexible working — subject to business needs — under a new all roles flex policy. The VPSC… Read more
Leadership perceptions holding back employee engagement Tuesday November 22, 2016 By David Donaldson News Victorian government employees are sceptical about their senior leaders, which may be dragging down the VPS' moderate employee engagement score. Read more
Complaints processes key to tackling bullying Friday November 4, 2016 By David Donaldson News Being bullied makes staff much more likely to contemplate quitting, but having effective grievance processes in place can make a big difference, new data reveal. Read more
Victoria's tough new gifts rules for government employees Tuesday October 25, 2016 By David Donaldson News Victorian bureaucrats must record offers of gifts even if they aren't accepted, under new rules. The value of acceptable token offers has been reduced and… Read more
People Matter: Victoria's mixed results on diversity Tuesday October 4, 2016 By David Donaldson News While public servants from overseas believe their workplaces are doing well at fostering diversity, Aboriginal staff aren't quite so sure. Read more
Smart recruitment on the way for VPS Thursday July 7, 2016 By David Donaldson News Victorian agencies will gain a clearer idea of who they are recruiting, thanks to improvements to the state's digital recruitment system ordered by the VPSC. Read more
Where to now for Victoria's revamped integrity system? Tuesday June 21, 2016 By Stephen Easton Features Victoria's three main integrity agencies agree they need more consistency in their powers and independence from the executive. Ombudsman Deborah Glass also wants the power… Read more
Vic integrity strategy using behavioural insights to help clean up Tuesday May 17, 2016 By David Donaldson News VPSC's latest integrity strategy will use behavioural insights and data mining to drive improvements to the state's public service. It aims to rectify the state's… Read more
Stronger VPSC conflict of interest rules for board directors Wednesday March 30, 2016 By David Donaldson News The VPSC has updated the code of conduct for directors of the state's 3000 public entities, including school boards, public hospitals and cemetery trusts. Conflict… Read more
Indigenous staff: 'bums on seats' mentality decried Wednesday February 17, 2016 By David Donaldson Features Indigenous employees bring skills in intercultural fluency, networks and complex policy challenges. What do agencies offer in return? Aboriginal staff say they're still seen as… Read more
The 'concerted effort' to put more women in top Victorian jobs Monday January 18, 2016 By David Donaldson News Women make up more than half of executives in three of Victoria's seven departments, the State of the Public Sector reveals. The commissioner tells The… Read more
Victoria's charter losing its lustre for public servants Monday September 21, 2015 By David Donaldson Community & Social For nearly a decade Victoria's human rights charter has helped make human rights more central to the functions of the state's public service. However, a… Read more
