SES Orientation Program

Establishing the essential skills, partnerships and networks required for effective SES leadership.

Designed for newly promoted or long term acting SES from within the APS, and newly recruited SES from outside the APS.

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.

Mindset needed to make progress on complex challenges at the SES level is promoted. The program draws on the findings of the Independent Review into the APS and recent State of the Service Reports, and reflects the leadership capabilities identified by the Secretaries Board for senior APS leaders now and in the future.

This content has been provided by the APS Academy.

Participant benefits

• Embrace the SES role with confidence and integrity.
• Understand fundamental leadership (stewardship) and management (accountabilities) responsibilities expected when working in the APS.
• Confidently ‘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.
• Leverage practical tips, techniques and strategies to survive and thrive as a senior executive in the APS.
• Use your networking opportunities and breadth of perspective to support your ability to lead effectively across the APS.

Suitable for

Suitable for SES Band 1 - 3, appointment as SES within the APS or acting in the role for longer than 12 months.

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 3-day workshop and 1 x 2-day workshop) at the Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD)

The face-to-screen SES Orientation program has a duration of 4 months and includes the following components:

• 5 virtual workshops (5 x 1-day virtual workshop)

Please see the Course Catalogue section for specific dates, times and requirements.

Price

$5,500 per attendee for face-to-face program.

$4,500 per attendee for face-to-screen program.

Payment by credit card.

View SES Leadership prospectus

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