Secretaries Board subcommittees

The Secretaries Board may establish senior leadership groups or subcommittees, consisting of members determined by the Secretaries Board, to assist the Secretaries Board in performing its functions (subsection 64(4) of the Public Service Act 1999). 

The Secretaries Board has established the following subcommittees:

Chief Operating Officers Committee

The COO Committee supports whole-of-government operational and implementation matters across the APS, and provides advice and solutions to cross-cutting emerging and strategic issues.

The COO Committee Terms of Reference were endorsed at the 22 February 2023 meeting.

Communiques

Communiques were established at the 22 February 2023 meeting.

Future of Work Committee

The Future of Work (FoW) Committee provides advice to the Secretaries Board on opportunities to strengthen APS workforce and organisational capability, including developing the best value proposition for the APS in the employment market, through two key work streams:

  • Attraction, Employment and Retention
  • Capability.

Priority actions within the two work streams directly support the Government's APS Reform Plan.

More information is available on the Australian Public Service Commission website. This includes Terms of Reference and Communiques.

Secretaries' Digital and Data Committee

The role of the Secretaries' Digital and Data Committee is to provide strategic leadership to promote an APS enterprise approach to the planning, coordination, investment, assurance, and delivery of trusted and secure digital and data capabilities across government.

More information is available on the Digital Transformation Agency website. This includes Terms of Reference and communiques.

Partnerships Priorities Committee

The role of the Partnerships Priorities Committee is to further embed partnership culture and behaviour in the public service so that engagement and co-design is consistently a natural and early impulse in how we do our work.

More information is available on Partnership Priorities Committee website. This includes Terms of Reference and Communiques.