Introduction
The ACT Public Sector workforce delivers a wide range of services to the Canberra community, including health, education, planning and urban renewal, transport, law enforcement and the maintenance of community infrastructure and facilities.
At June 2018 the ACT Public Sector consisted of seven ACT Public Service (ACTPS) directorates and twelve public sector bodies.
ACT Public Service Directorates
- Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate (CMTEDD);
- Community Services Directorate (CSD);
- Education Directorate (ED);
- Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (EPSDD);
- Health Directorate;
- Justice and Community Safety Directorate (JACS); and
- Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate (TCCS).
ACT Public Sector Bodies
There are a number of public sector bodies which have Head of Service management powers under section 152 of the PSM Act. These public sector employers are those statutory office holders or agencies whose establishing or other legislation prescribes that they may employ staff and that the staff are employed under the PSM Act. In effect, these bodies are a public sector employer that exercises the management powers in their own right and without reference to the Head of Service. These arrangements are appropriate as statutory office holders and these agencies are not part of the public service, but rather part of the broader public sector.
These public sector bodies are outlined below:
- ACT Audit Office;
- ACT Electoral Commission;
- ACT Teacher Quality Institute;
- Calvary Health Care ACT (Public)1;
- Canberra Institute of Technology;
- City Renewal Authority;
- Cultural Facilities Corporation1;
- Director of Public Prosecutions2 ;
- Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission;
- Long Service Leave Authority;
- Office of the Legislative Assembly1;
- Principal Registrar, Courts and Tribunal2;
- Solicitor-General and Government Solicitor’s Office2; and
- Suburban Land Agency.
Approximately 90 per cent of the ACT Public Sector’s workforce is employed by the seven directorates. The remaining ten per cent fall within public sector bodies which operate independently of the ACTPS. Please note that this is not a complete list of the independent statutory bodies across the public sector, however it does represent those bodies with Head of Service management powers.
1 These public sector bodies have their own payroll system.
2 For the purposes of reporting in the ACT Public Sector Workforce 2017-18 section, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Principal Registrar, Courts and Tribunal and the Solicitor-General and Government Solicitor’s Office are is included in the workforce profile data of the Justice and Community Safety Directorate, which has portfolio responsibilities for these bodies.