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SUSTAINABLE
ABORIGINAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN
PUBLIC SECTOR
Shouwn Oosting, Principal Consultant
Office of the Commissioner for Public Sector
Employment
12 August 2019
We acknowledge this land that we meet on today is the traditional lands
for Kaurna people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with
their country. We also acknowledge the Kaurna people as the custodians
of the Adelaide region and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still
as important to the living Kaurna people today. We also pay respects to
the cultural authority of Aboriginal people attending from other areas of
South Australia/Australia present here.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
ABOUT ME
• Extent to which an employee is willing and
able to remain in work now and into the future
• Central to this is employee motivation
and engagement
Employer perspective
• Value proposition: motivated, engaged
and productive employees
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT?
ABORIGINAL EMPLOYMENT
IN THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN
PUBLIC SECTOR
• Commitment to increasing
Aboriginal employment in the
South Australian Public Sector
• State Government focus on
increasing job opportunities for
Aboriginal South Australians
• Aboriginal Action Plan
• Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
• Agency Reconciliation Action Plans
As at 30 June 2018
2,154 self-identified Aboriginal
employees
in the South Australian
Public Sector,
representing 1.99% of the total
public sector workforce
PROGRESS
UNDERSTANDING THE LANDSCAPE
UNDERSTANDING THE LANDSCAPE
Employment to population ratio for the working age population in SA, 2016
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2016
UNDERSTANDING THE LANDSCAPE
Unemployment rate in SA, 2016
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2016
• Matching supply to demand - meeting the diverse
and high skill workforce needs of the public sector
• Addressing barriers to workforce participation
(vocational and non-vocational)
• Competing industry sectors
• Creating culturally safe environments
CHALLENGES TO CREATING A SUSTAINABLE
ABORIGINAL WORKFORCE
BARRIERS TO WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION
BARRIERS TO SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT
OUR FOCUS AREAS
Focus across the employment lifecycle
Recruitment Development Retention
Building individual capacity
• Pre-employment support / skills development
• Comprehensive induction
• PM&D plans in place
• Career development planning
• Mentoring/coaching
WHAT WORKS
Developing culturally safe work environments
• Establishing a Reconciliation Action Plan
• Culturally appropriate recruitment
• Culturally appropriate leave provisions
• Delivering Cultural Competence type training
WHAT WORKS
CASE STUDY - RECRUITMENT
ABORIGINAL TRAINEESHIP PROGRAM
FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR
CASE STUDY – PATHWAY PROGRAM
• Aboriginal Frontline Leadership Program
• The Next Execs
• Executive Excellence
SUMMARY
Shouwn Oosting
Principal Consultant
Telephone: 8204 2265
Email: [email protected]
Contact details
CONTACT DETAILS
Office of the Commissioner for
Public Sector Employment website
I WORK FOR SA
FURTHER INFORMATION