Graduate Development
The NTPS, like other jurisdictions, recognises the need for innovative workforce planning interventions to ensure that it has the capability and capacity to deliver the appropriate level and quality of service, now, and in the future.
This is in the face of: the ageing workforce; ongoing difficulty with attracting, recruiting and retaining staff; skills shortages in the areas of health and education; and the disparity between the employment profile of the NTPS and the community it serves. A skilled and productive workforce is essential for the “economic take off” of the Northern Territory.
An NTPS Graduate Development Program (GDP) is one of the workforce planning interventions OCPE has developed. A GDP is a best practice recruitment strategy to develop new generations of employees whose ideas, ambition and leadership potential will help shape the future of the NTPS.
A GDP has been in operation in the NTPS for some time. This program was reviewed and research was undertaken into emerging best practice. The experience of other jurisdictions and past graduates was also taken into consideration.
The NTPS Graduate Development Policy is the result of that review and provides a broader range of options and increased flexibility for agencies to employ graduates