Image: Staff from the 2024 Graduate Program with CEO, Jody Broun, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Our people
NIAA’s people are critical to our success. We continue to invest in their development and growth. This is guided by our recently launched People Strategy 2024–2027. The People Strategy focuses on supporting the NIAA’s staff through 4 pillars:
- workplace culture
- recruitment and workforce planning
- leadership
- workforce capability and talent.
These pillars sit atop our values and will help us adapt our ways of working.
The NIAA will launch its first bespoke capability framework and digital development planning tool this year. The framework is a key commitment under Galambany and outlines core capabilities to support the evolving roles of the NIAA.
Scalable and accessible learning solutions will be offered to staff in alignment with the capability framework. The goal is a strengths-based approach to organisational and individual capability development, enabling staff to reach their career goals and full potential.
Building the cultural capability of our workforce remains a priority. We will continue to develop this through our award-winning Footprints framework.
The NIAA is committed to being an inclusive, diverse and supportive workplace. Our inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Framework was designed by staff, for staff. Published early in 2024, it will guide the actions we will take to reduce barriers to inclusion at the NIAA. The NIAA continues to be a proud member of the ‘Racism. It Stops With Me’ campaign and maintains professional memberships with Diversity Council Australia, Pride in Diversity and the Australian Disability Network to provide industry standard resources and learning opportunities.
The NIAA is implementing the APS Strategic Commissioning Framework and has met its reporting requirements to the APSC.
In 2024–25, the NIAA will reduce outsourcing of core work in line with the APS Strategic Commissioning Framework. Our targets for 2024–25 focus on reduced outsourcing of administration and policy work, with an expected reduction of $380,000 in 2024–25 in outsourcing expenditure.
Health, safety and wellbeing
The NIAA is committed to the mental and physical health and safety of our staff, our visitors and those who work with us.
We facilitate safe and healthy workplaces through staff consultation, minimising risk and implementing mature safety systems.
Our Work Health and Safety Strategic Plan 2023–2025 drives continuous improvement through 4 key strategies focused on:
- engagement
- culture
- systems
- wellbeing.
In the coming year, we look forward to implementing the APSC’s ADDRESS4 model as a part of our ongoing work to promote psychosocially safe workplaces. We are also strengthening our approach to managing physical and psychosocial risks.
We facilitate safe and healthy workplaces.
4 The ADDRESS model, launched in March 2024, is an APS initiative for responding to psychosocial hazards in the workplace.
Image: NIAA staff basketweaving at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander forum, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory