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CORPORATE SERVICES

OBJECTIVES

The Corporate Services Program provides services in the areas of internal finance, human resources and external engagement to help the ABS achieve its strategic directions. The key objectives of the program are:

• providing timely, relevant, high quality and best practice corporate services with a customer and business focus to meet the changing needs of internal and external clients
• engaging and influencing stakeholders to ensure the ABS’s interests are considered and accommodated, including in whole of government initiatives
• positioning the ABS to meet its current and future workforce needs
• providing high quality corporate infrastructure, and timely and comprehensive management information
• leading the ABS in the areas of culture, legislation, legal compliance, leadership capability development, promoting and protecting the ABS brand and reputation, and financial and people management.

• a full range of integrated and coordinated services to support the human resources life cycle, from recruitment through to retirement
• leadership, support and guidance (including building capability) to ensure the ABS is maximising individual employees' potential
• leadership and consultancy on workforce and business planning, budgeting, business continuity, financial reporting, legislation, legal compliance, policies and risk management
• maintenance and development of corporate support systems and services
• a high quality communication service for the ABS and the Australian Statistician.

• optimise, upgrade and integrate financial systems and associated management information - development and implementation of an ABS Financial Management System will begin in 2014-15
• implement the new ABS communication strategy to manage and enhance the ABS reputation and brand, improve effectiveness of internal communication, and maintain strong community awareness and support for the next Census of Population and Housing - the next Census will be run in 2016
• implement changed employment arrangements resulting from the new Enterprise Agreements for ABS employees and negotiate the next Enterprise Agreement within the boundaries of the Australian Government Public Sector Workplace Bargaining Policy - ongoing
• continue to enhance client service capability and culture via the corporate services delivery model - ongoing
• implement the key ABS People Plan strategies including those related to workforce planning, people and performance management, learning and development, leadership and general capability enhancement, and cultural renewal - ongoing
• continued implementation of the ABS People Capability Framework to enhance our people and workforce planning - ongoing
• provide leadership in identifying innovative ways to deliver more efficient and effective procurement and travel services - ongoing
• support the business outputs of the ABS by ensuring the ongoing development and maintenance of statistical capability, leadership and business skills in the workforce - ongoing
• achieving gender balance in leadership within the ABS through implementation of recommendations from the study of Gender Balanced Leadership - ongoing
• provide leadership in supporting the ABS transformation by updating relevant policies and raise awareness to ensure the ABS's continued compliance with legislation - ongoing.