DPC aims to achieve our objectives through delivering our key initiatives and monitoring progress against indicators as published in DPC’s 2021–22 Departmental performance statement.
Strong policy outcomes
Objectives
- Pursue policy and service delivery excellence and reform.
- Lead the public sector response to significant state issues, policy challenges and projects.
- Support the effective administration of government.
Indicators
- DPC’s policy advice and its support for Cabinet, committee members and the Executive Council are valued and inform decision making.
- The development and effective use of technology supports productivity and competitiveness.
Challenges
- Strengthening inter-agency communication, inter-jurisdictional cooperation and international engagement to deliver outcomes for Victorians.
- Anticipating and responding to changing environments and scenarios, including emergency responses to pandemics and natural disasters.
- Managing resourcing, including supporting the effective transfer of knowledge and adapting to changing priorities with staffing.
- Achieving overarching support for Digital Victoria projects across the VPS.
- Ensuring that delivery of digital government services considers Victoria’s diverse population and accessibility needs.
First Peoples in Victoria are strong and self-determining
Objectives
- Improve outcomes and services for First Peoples through prioritising actions to enable self-determination, including advancing treaty, protecting and promoting cultural rights and conducting a truth telling process.
- Address trauma and support healing; address racism established through colonisation.
- Provide culturally-safe systems and services; and transfer power and resources to communities.
Indicators
- First Peoples in Victoria have increased control over decisions that impact their lives.
Challenges
- Implementing nation-leading reform that has little precedent to follow.
Professional public administration
Objectives
- Foster and promote a high performing public service.
- Ensure effective whole of government performance and outcomes.
- Protect the values of good public governance, integrity and accountability in support of public trust.
Indicators
- The public service is values-driven and displays high levels of integrity. The public service is characterised by employees who collaborate across government and in partnership with the community and other sectors. Decisions to drive the progress of Victoria socially and economically are evidence based and take account of relevant risks.
Challenges
- COVID-19 demands have created a challenging operating environment to provide well considered and timely advice.
- Staff, systems and business practices need to respond rapidly to meet changing demands and expectations, including in relation to services and citizen engagement in government.
- Dealing effectively with other levels of government.
- Creating more agile and responsive workplaces by bringing together people, processes and technology.
- Strengthening the way that the VPS facilitates the movement of staff to provide career opportunities and mobility options.
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