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This course will introduce you to the key principles, your obligations and expected behaviours regarding how records are managed in the Australian Public Service.
In this course you will be introduced to the key principles and obligations associated with records management in the Australian Public Service.
By undertaking this course you will learn what Work Health and Safety (WHS) is, why it is so important, key WHS principles and your responsibilities.
Learn about protective security arrangements in the public service, including physical security, information security and cyber security.
This e-learning aims to deepen the understanding and skills of participants in a range of core regulation knowledge and concepts.
This course is designed to help improve partnerships with ministers by uplifting the capability of APS staff to engage with ministers and their advisors.
The Change Management Practitioner program is an online program offering extension learning to participants who have completed the Change Management Foundation Program.
The Regulatory Professional Practice Support Program has been designed to support regulatory practitioners to navigate immediate challenges and strengthen commonly required skills and capabilities.
APS Unlocked brings together new and returning members of the APS to engage with experienced APS leaders and practitioners, who will share essential information and tips for a successful and productive career in the APS.
The NACC is an independent body responsible for detecting, investigating and preventing serious and systemic corruption in the Commonwealth public sector.
This eLearning provides a quick and simple introduction to the National Anti-Corruption Commission to help participants understand key functions and purposes of the NACC.
The Coaching for Women in Data and Digital (C4WID) Program focuses on group coaching to help you develop leadership skills in data and digital related roles within the public sector. The program will help you reflect on your strengths, values and career goals, and dedicate time to professional growth in a supportive context.
This course should ignite your awareness about how our work and actions contribute to climate change and what it means for you and how it affects your work.
Climate risk and opportunity principles will build user understanding of the types of climate risks and opportunities that might be encountered through their work. Learners will be challenged to consider how their programs, projects, and policies interact with climate risk and possible opportunities relating to their work.
Applying the climate risk management guide, is designed to step users through the the process of assessing and managing climate risks and opportunities in the Australian Public Service.
This module provides information on regulatory frameworks for APS HR professionals by providing access to the frameworks (via links and webpage references) and explaining how they can be applied to relevant situations.
Strategic liaisons between HR functions and business areas are fundamental to delivering quality HR outcomes in the APS.
HR data is used in almost every aspect of recruitment, retention, development, innovation and monitoring of workforce productivity.
Access practitioner tools, practical guidance, resources and capability programs to align agency practices with the APS Mental Health Capability Framework.
Footprints is a framework that supports APS employees to continually increase and enhance their cross-cultural knowledge and understanding.
The ATO ‘Villain Academy’ interactive video game, is an exciting ‘choose your own adventure’ style integrity initiative that places you in the shoes of the villain.
This course will help build your foundational knowledge about important aspects of Australia’s system of government, structures, and frameworks that relate to your work in the APS.
This course covers a foundational understanding of climate science topics, detailing the mechanisms and consequences of climate change, and the significance of Global Warming Potential and Carbon Dioxide Equivalent values.
This learning offering provides a clear, consistent understanding of how AI works and what to consider when making responsible choices.
The SES Integrity Masterclass is aimed at providing SES leaders with access to current thinking and practical applications towards embedding pro-integrity culture across the APS.
Designed for all newly promoted SES Band 1s and external SES recruits to provide a foundation that can be built on in the more detailed SES Orientation program. Recommended to be completed within your first 1-2 months.
Thrive@work – In today’s fast paced world, maintaining a healthy work-life balance and optimising productivity can be challenging.
This four-part workshop series, consisting of two themes, offers SES leaders a deep dive into unconscious bias for organisational change. Supported by follow-up workshops, SES leaders can share personal reflections and action plans.
This workshop provides practical training for managers on how to effectively lead remote and hybrid teams in the Australian Public Service (APS). Participants will develop leadership skills, explore best practices for remote team management, and address common challenges such as communication, accountability, team culture, and well-being.
This course is designed for Commonwealth officials whose role requires them to engage with and apply their entity’s risk management framework to successfully deliver outcomes.
The Net Zero Buildings course is intended to build on concepts outlined in the Buildings Chapter of the Net Zero in Government Operations (NZGO) Strategy. It introduces buildings terminology and the tools and actions to meet the NZGO Strategy targets.
The Introduction to Commonwealth Climate Disclosure training course is intended to promote a greater understanding of the Commonwealth Climate Disclosure initiative and climate risk management more broadly.
The Introduction to Comcover eLearning course provides you with a foundational understanding of Comcover and its role in supporting Australian Government entities.
This course introduces the Circular Economy in the context of the Australian Government and Environmentally Sustainability Procurement as a lever to achieving environmental outcomes through procurement.
This course teaches you how the Commonwealth Procurement Rules relate to environmentally sustainable procurement and the different factors to consider when procuring on behalf of the Australian government.
This course provides you with the information and skills required to plan for environmentally sustainable procurement, including the actions that need to be taken to achieve environmental outcomes in your procurement and contract.
The Net Zero Energy course is intended to further develop concepts outlined in the Net Zero Energy chapter of the Net Zero in Government Operations (NZGO) Strategy.
This learning experience provides practical strategies to help you develop policy and programs that consider the impact in relation to First Nations peoples.
This course has been developed to help you understand what modern slavery is, and what you and your agency can do to practice ethical procurement practices and address modern slavery risks in government operations and supply chains.
The Foundations of Net Zero Emissions Reporting course is intended to enhance understanding of the reporting requirements under the Climate Action in Government Operations.
APS employees who produce routine correspondence, such as emails and letters. Suitable for improving ability to logically sequence information, use appropriate styles and readability.
Learn the skills required to design, develop and deliver a briefing. Understand the development and role of question time briefs, ministerial talking points for media engagements, ministerial advisor briefings, hot issues briefings, ministerial submissions and second reading speeches.
This course is aimed at employees seeking to understand the key processes and considerations for preparing a New Policy Proposal.
The program strengthens the leadership capability of experienced senior executives to effectively deliver their key accountabilities.
This course strengthens the leadership capability of senior executives to effectively perform the expected range of high-level responsibilities.
This course explores the importance of reflecting on the resilience of our organisations and learning from our response to the COVID-19 pandemic early on while the experience is fresh.
What is the role of management and leadership in times of change? Explore personality types, identify and adopt models of change management and understand its application in the workplace.
The APS job application process. Practical exercises help participants write applications and perform well in selection activities and interviews.
Connections is a key step in your workplace peer support journey, providing you with foundational knowledge and skills for the role.
The Senior Executive Stewardship program supports leaders to work together to drive stewardship and initiatives in a complex, challenging and dynamic public service environment, experiencing advances in technology, societal and geopolitical volatility and the changing expectations of our citizens.
The Cultural Capability Hub is a central repository of practical guidance and suggested resources to support staff to uplift their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural capability.
The Empowering Conversations program is designed to build on existing leadership capabilities to support EL 2 staff conversations across a range of relevant contexts.
The Multicultural Organisation – Staff Awareness, Innovation and Capability (MOSAIC) digital learning magazine aims to enhance multicultural awareness in the APS.
This learning experience aligns with APS officers who are required to design, implement and embed an entity’s risk management framework.
This course is for senior executive service officials (SES) whose role requires them to identify and determine the acceptable levels of risk that are appropriate to their agency’s profile, allocate resources and lead the adoption of risk management policies, strategies and best practices.
Leaders who have the skills to foster and maintain meaningful relationships that inspire, empower and support others drive organisational success, as well as psychological and psychosocial safety within their teams.
This course aims to further develop concepts outlined in the Procurement Chapter of the Net Zero in Government Operations (NZGO) Strategy. It also incorporates elements of the Energy, Buildings, Fleet, Travel and ICT chapters.
This course features selected content from the accredited postgraduate Microcredential in Pacific Engagement, developed in partnership with APS expertise, academic excellence and Pasifika voices.
This learning experience supports APS 6 to Senior Executive Service (SES) leaders to champion cultural diversity and inclusion in their teams and organisations.
The Commonwealth Child Safe Framework (CCSF) sets minimum standards for creating and maintaining child safe culture and practices in Australian Government entities
This course is designed to introduce participants to the essential concepts of adaptive leadership.
The APS Engagement and Partnerships Capability Hub supports APS employees and agencies to build their capacity to genuinely partner and engage to develop more fit-for-purpose policies and services. This includes partnering with First Nations people, communities and organisations, and engaging with people and communities, non-government sectors, academia and industries.
This training course builds an understanding of emissions reduction planning as it relates to the Net Zero in Government Operations (NZGO) Strategy.
This course is a high-level overview of the procurement lifecycle and provides guidance to SES delegates on their role and responsibilities in each phase, from planning through to contract management.
This course outlines how government funds are under constant scrutiny and uses real examples to demonstrate instances of poor management and decision-making by APS in the Procurement Lifecycle.
This course is designed to provide practical strategies and tools for navigating commercial negotiations within the Commonwealth Procurement Framework.
APS writing fundamentals is Course 1 of the Writing in the APS self-paced interactive eLearning courses. It covers the fundamentals of writing in the Australian Public Service, drawing from Australian Government Style Manual guidance.
This eLearning module is designed to provide useful information for new starters on recognising responsibilities and accountabilities for managing public resources.
Learn project management processes and tools: planning, resources, implementation, deliverables, milestones, risk, stakeholder management, and governance.
This program educates Australian Public Service (APS) staff on the SFIA framework and how agencies can use it. It is designed as a series of information sessions.
This course outlines the knowledge, tools and techniques required to lead projects and teams at the executive level.
Participants learn how to produce documents which are accurate, clear and consistent with Government style requirements.
This program introduces the principles, tools and techniques of Human Centred Design and how to apply them to service/policy design and implementation.
This course introduces APS staff to evaluation in the Australian Government context. Concepts are covered with Commonwealth Evaluation Policy principles and practical examples.
This course introduces public servants to program logic models for policy, project and program development, implementation and evaluation. Program logic models are visual tools for thinking about the way an intervention is intended to create a desired change.
This course introduces APS staff to benefits realisation management and provides practical examples of its application.
This course will assist APS policy, program and project staff to understand what randomisation is and how to apply it in their own work.
Core Cultural Learning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia is a foundational e-learning course on respecting and understanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures for the Australian Public Service (APS).
Think you always make the right decisions even under pressure? Test your ethical reflexes in the ATO’s interactive game, DAISIE.
Many Cultures, One APS is a video storytelling project sharing the real-life experiences of APS culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) staff and is designed to inform, inspire, spark curiosity and encourage empathy.
Interactive course on editing and proofing written text. It includes writing skills, editing and proofing methods. You will be able to enhance documents for correctness and clarity.
All workplaces use communication and our overall job effectiveness is strongly influenced by how well we communicate. Learn how to present information clearly, concisely and in a compelling manner.
Emails are written more than any other document. It is important to know when an email is the most appropriate form of communication, and how to maximise effectiveness when emailing.
This course is designed for those who produce documents involving analysis or evidence-based argument. It is suitable for all APS and executive levels who need to improve their analytical writing.
This face-to-face workshop will build your capability in engagement and partnerships with First Nations communities and organisations.
This course covers the processes for writing reports that adhere to the Commonwealth writing style. Learn to produce documents that have clear scope, are organised and interpret information well.
This video interview provides guidance on evolving principles of government writing, establishing good writing culture in the APS and developing capable writers.
This video interview provides guidance on writing in the APS, including basic writing principles and managing feedback.
Essential tips for everyone who writes, edits or approves content in the APS.
This face-to-face workshop will build your capability in engagement and partnerships with First Nations communities and organisations.
This face-to-face workshop will build your capability in engagement and partnerships with First Nations communities and organisations.