Australian public service commissioner stephen sedgwick

locations

The Commission’s head office is in Canberra. It has regional offices in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. Full addresses and contact details are available on the Commission’s website.

Funding and Financial performance

The Commission’s activities are funded through a combination of appropriation and revenue generated through the sale of leadership services, learning and development training courses, employment-related and international assistance services and workplace relations activities. More than half of the Commission’s funding is provided by agencies—either on a fee-for-service basis or through subscriptions supported by a memorandum of understanding. Much of the Commission’s revenue is earned in a competitive market where agencies may choose the source and level of the services they need.

In 2012–13, the Commission received $23.20 million in departmental appropriation funding and own-source income of $29.04 million from the sale of goods and rendering of services.

The Commission’s operating result for 2012–13 was a surplus of $0.43 million (deficit of $0.73 million in 2011–12). The surplus is mainly due to careful management of the Commission’s budget, which will position the organisation to meet tighter government budgetary requirements in future years.

Payments of $59.32 million were made from the special appropriation for the parliamentarians’ and judicial office holders’ remuneration and entitlements administered program ($49.60 million in 2011–12). The large year-on-year variation is due to the full-year impact of the adjustment in parliamentarians’ base salary, which was effective from March 2012.

outcome and program structure

The Commission’s outcome is:

Increased awareness and adoption of best practice public administration by the public service through leadership, promotion, advice and professional development, drawing on research and evaluation.

In 2012–13, the Commission worked to achieve this outcome through two programs:

• 1.1: Australian Public Service Commission

• 1.2: Parliamentarians’ and judicial office holders’ remuneration and entitlements.

Program 1.1 had three components:

• 1.1.1: APS people and organisational performance

• 1.1.2: Investing in APS development and capability

• 1.1.3: Australian Government employment workplace relations.

summary of performance

Table 1 summarises the Commission’s performance against its key performance indicators in 2012–13.

Table 1: Summary of performance, 2012–13
	Target	Actual
Program 1.1: Australian Public Service Commission
1.1.1: APS people and organisational performance
Percentage of high level of use and satisfaction with the State of the Service Report and other research and evaluation reports by the SES, agencies and other clients	75%	85%
1.1.2: Investing in APS development and capability*
Responding surveyed participants consider that Commission programs have equipped them with the knowledge and skills they need in order to perform their roles more effectively	85%	98%
Responding surveyed participants consider that Commission program learning objectives were met effectively	85%	98%
Responding surveyed participants agreed that attending Commission programs and/or events assisted in building their awareness of issues, developments and priorities to enable them to work more effectively	85%	98%
Responding surveyed participants agreed that attending Commission leadership development activities increased their leadership skill, capability and knowledge	85%	85%
1.1.3: Australian Government employment workplace relations
Percentage of agency enterprise agreements assessed against the bargaining framework within 10 working days	100%	93%
Level of satisfaction of the President of the Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal with the quality and timeliness of the services provided by the secretariat	Very good or above	Not met
Level of satisfaction of the President of the Remuneration Tribunal with the quality and timeliness of the services provided by the secretariat	Very good or above	Achieved
Program 1.2: Parliamentarians’ and judicial office holders’ remuneration and entitlements
Percentage of all variations to remuneration and entitlements processed in a timely manner with an accuracy of at least 99%	99%	99%

* Excludes results for programs with purpose-built evaluation processes with different criteria, for example SES orientation