SES Orientation Program - April

Date
Duration
One 2-day workshop (30 Apr-01 May) and one 3-day workshop (14-16 May).
Event type
Course sessions
Location
Australian Capital Territory - MoAD (Old Parliament House)
Price
$5500.00 per attendee
Max Capacity
16 seats
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Establishing the essential skills, partnerships and networks required for effective SES leadership.

Working at the SES level will be a little different to what you’re used to if you’re being promoted from an EL2, or if you were working outside of the APS and are newly appointed to an SES position (Band 1 to Band 3). That’s why the APS Academy designed the SES Orientation program.

The SES Orientation program enables SES to step up to the higher strategic accountabilities of the role, step out to take a broader systems view and engage more effectively with a diverse stakeholder group, and ‘step forward’ to develop more capable teams.

The program will support a new SES to take up the leadership (stewardship) and management (accountability) dimensions of their APS SES role, establishing the essential skills, partnerships and networks required for effective SES leadership.

This content has been provided by the APS Academy.

Participant benefits

  • Enables SES members to step up to the higher strategic accountabilities of the role, step out to take a broader systems view and engage more effectively with a diverse stakeholder group, and ‘step forward’ to develop more capable teams.
  • Provides practical tips, techniques and strategies to survive and thrive as a senior executive in the APS.
  • Complements agency-specific orientation and on-boarding programs.
  • Enables networking opportunities and provides a breadth of perspective to support the ability to work across the APS.
  • Supports self-awareness and how you can lead with integrity.

Suitable for

Suitable for SES Band 1 - 3. Consideration will be given to long term acting EL2s (> 6 months) . Please contact leadership@apsc.gov.au to discuss options.

Category and User Level

This learning experience aligns with the Leadership & Management Craft at the Lead level.

Considerations

This program caters for mixed-agencies in order to enrich learning outcomes with diverse perspectives. As such, a limited number of participants from any single agency will be considered when forming a cohort. 

The face-to-face SES Orientation program has a duration of 3 months and includes the following components:

  • 2 face-to-face workshops (including 1 x 2-day workshop and 1 x 3-day workshop) at the Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD)

Price

$5,500 per attendee. Payment by credit card. From 1 July 2025 the cost is $5,800 per attendee. 

Related topics

SES orientation 

 

Additional Information

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