The Premier Roger Cook has announced a groundbreaking investment in upskilling the state’s 35,000 non-frontline public sector employees to enhance services delivered to Western Australians and strengthen public sector governance and efficiency.
When fully operational, the WA Public Sector Learning Initiative will deliver around 120 courses covering the huge range of skills and functions required of a modern public sector.
Courses will cover financial management, procurement and contract management, policy development, workforce planning, data analysis, digital capabilities, change management and leadership, and other key public sector management capabilities.
While responding to global issues such as skill shortages and rapidly evolving priorities, the courses will be specifically designed for the context of the WA public sector and the capabilities agencies need to operate efficiently and with integrity.
The initiative will boost the skills of the sector’s non-frontline staff who do essential but often hidden work to create, deliver and evaluate government services to communities across our vast state.
The Public Sector Commission is developing and administering the initiative.
The first courses are proposed to be available to staff by late 2025.
