Plan priorities
Analysis of departmental context with the workforce profile has highlighted a number of key challenges and opportunities both now and into the future. To address these challenges and opportunities, workforce priorities have been identified and form the basis of this plan.
Workforce priorities are as follows:
- Priority 1 – Highest quality employees in all locations.
Attract, manage and retain high-performing, committed and diverse employees and leaders in all locations and support continuous improvement in their capacity to deliver excellent outcomes. - Priority 2 - Empowered and capable people leaders.
Develop leadership capabilities to drive priorities and partner with industry and other government agencies. We will build further our capacity to demonstrate innovative and efficient leadership practices. - Priority 3 – Planning for critical positions.
Identifying DAFWA mission critical positions and high-priority positions within directorates and developing staff with the potential to fill key leadership positions. These processes will include attracting, developing and retaining people from diversity groups. - Priority 4 – New and better ways of doing business.
Innovate and improve our ways of doing business through workforce and diversity planning, flexible recruitment and management practices and streamlined policies and processes. Implementing substantive equality by adjusting policies, procedures and practices to meet the specific needs of certain groups of people.