Statement of Intent 2008-11 Organisational Health and Capability On this page Introduction Attraction and commitment Healthy workplaces Learning and development Introduction The Ministry’s initiatives for 2008/09 to maintain and improve our capability and capacity build on its 2006/08 work programme. The initiatives are informed by the Government’s strategic priority areas, the Ministry’s health targets (which are aligned to strategic priorities) and the 2006 review of the Ministry. The ability of the Ministry to undertake the key functions outlined in these documents depends on identifying and addressing our future capacity and capability requirements. The initiatives have been mapped to two of the six State Services Commission’s (SSC) development goals, on which the Ministry will focus over the medium term. Goals one and six specifically relate to strategies to develop people capability across the state sector. SSC Development Goal 1 – Employer of Choice: ensure the state services is an employer of choice attractive to high achievers, who are committed to service and the achievement of results. SSC Development Goal 6 – Trusted State Services: Strengthen trust in the State Services and reinforce the spirit of service. The Ministry’s four levers for capability development (attraction and commitment, learning and development, healthy workplaces and human resources information capability) are aligned to the streams of SSC work that sits beneath the goals (attracting and hiring the best, positive workplaces and developing for excellence and trust). Back to top Attraction and commitment The Ministry needs to be able to improve its ability to recruit and retain competent and capable staff to deliver the Ministry’s work programme. The monitoring of our five-year retention rate and staff surveys indicate that further encouragement of staff commitment and trust will be a focus over the next year. The key milestone in 2008/09 is to: implement a recruitment strategy that ensures consistent recruitment practice in the Ministry and provides the context for future initiatives with clear linkages to the results of the Pay and Employment Equity Review (January 2007). Back to top Healthy workplaces Modelling the way forward in supporting healthy lifestyles and providing healthy workplaces are key strategies to ensure we maintain our people capability. The key milestones in 2008/09 are to: implement a wellness strategy including Team Challenge initiatives in line with the Government ‘Walk the Talk’ programme to promote awareness of physical and nutritional impacts on lifestyle have an ongoing commitment to improving our workplace in line with the ACC Partnership Programme. Back to top Learning and development The Ministry review in 2006 highlighted the need to ensure that leadership capability is strengthened to adequately fulfil the Ministry’s potentially revised roles in the sector. There is a need to develop a shared, organisation-wide vision and achieve an outcomes-based culture which will require capable leadership. Initiatives build on last year’s work plan as well as ensuring the Ministry works towards addressing future needs. The key milestones in 2008/09 are to: implement supporting tools for the Ministry’s Management and Leadership framework including mentoring and career development programmes centralise the availability of secondments internally and across the health sector ensuring opportunities are identified and provided to staff. Back to top

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