Annual Report 2001/2002
This Annual Report is intended to provide Parliament with an account of the Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment’s (OCPE) performance against its approved Program outputs and budget for the year ending 30 June 2002.
The information presented in this Report has been structured to reflect the:
| 1. | Role and performance of the Office as an agency by: | ||
| identifying the strategic role of the Office | |||
| defining the key objectives of the Office and evaluating the extent to which each business area has contributed to the achievement of these outputs. | |||
| 2. | Sector-wide performance of the NTPS by providing: | ||
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an analysis of the overall performance of the public sector in terms of human resources |
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comprehensive statistical information on the state of the public sector. | ||
The Office provides the legislative and policy frameworks for the effective development and management of Northern Territory Public Sector (NTPS) employees.
As a result, this Office services a range of clients and stakeholders within the Northern Territory Government and throughout the Northern Territory community in human resource management and human resource development matters.
This Annual Report therefore provides information to all our clients and fulfils our statutory accountability requirements.
| 1. | Overview |
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| At a Glance |
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| Commissioner's Report |
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| 2. | The Agency |
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| Our mission |
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| Our values |
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| Our Strategic outcome (budget paper No 2) |
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| Our charter |
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| Our corporate governance |
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| Our organisation profile and key contacts |
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| Our minister |
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| Our corporate plan |
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| Our strategic framework |
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| Lines of responsibility and accountability to government |
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| Our planning cycle |
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| Audits |
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| Our staff |
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| Our Prizes, Awards and Scholarships |
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| 3. | Performance Report |
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| Report against Future Directions 2000/2001 |
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| Acitivity Reports |
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| Corporate Management |
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| Corporate Support |
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| Information Management |
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| Employee Relations and Development |
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| Executive |
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| Employee Relations |
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| Leadership Development and Strategic Consulting |
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| Promotions Appeal Board and Grievance Review |
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State of the Service |
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| Introduction |
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| Prescribed principles and code of conduct |
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| Principles of human resource management |
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| Links between the principles of human resource management and agency values and objectives |
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| The reporting framework |
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| New public sector agency arrangements |
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| Employment instructions |
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| Significant breaches or evasions of the principles |
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| Agency self assessment |
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| Agency employee development activities |
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| 5. | Financial Report and Statements |
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| 6. | Northern Territory Public Sector Personnel Statistics Report |
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| Staffing levels |
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| Staffing overview |
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| Staffing by classification stream |
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| Staff separation and recruitment 1996/1997 to 2001/2002 |
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| Sick leave 2001/2002 |
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