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Upcoming events
This course is delivered on 26/08/2025, by face-to-screen consisting of one 3.5-hour session.
This course is delivered on 10/09/2025, by face-to-screen consisting of one 3.5-hour session.
This event presents leaders with an opportunity to understand and address workforce challenges and provide evidence-based workforce insights, highlight priority workforce risk areas, and articulate the role of leaders in addressing and mitigating workforce risks.
This course is delivered on 19/11/2025, by face-to-screen consisting of one 3.5-hour session.
This course is delivered on 04/03/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of one 3.5-hour session.
This course is delivered on 16/03/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of one 3.5-hour session.
This course is delivered from 29/04/2026 to 30/04/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of two 3.5-hour sessions.
This course is delivered on 13/05/2026 - 14/05/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of two 3.5-hour sessions.
Courses
This module teaches the capability to forecast workforce demand and supply. Forecasting is used in all types of workforce planning to inform decisions about the future.
The Workforce Planning Boost Program is a collection of modules that target the development of technical workforce planning skills. These units have been co-designed by the APS Centre of Excellence for Workforce Planning, with workforce planning experts and academics from across Australia.
This module is about identifying job roles that are crucial to achieving organisational outcomes and become a priority for workforce planning efforts. It’s a foundational concept for workforce planning.
In this module, participants will apply workforce planning to determine crucial capabilities and understand the organisational culture required to meet future business needs.
This module explores organisational design and job design in the context of workforce planning. Participants will also explore smarter and different ways of working due to external change and disruption.
This module explores practical tools and techniques to undertake program management, to effectively support workforce planning implementation including governance, monitoring evaluation and iteration.