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Performance Against People Matter Priorities for 2004-05

This section reports on performance against the priorities included in the overview of the People chapter of the Portfolio Budget Statements 2004-05 and in the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2004-05. The people goal is to ensure that Defence has the right ADF and civilian personnel with the right skills and experience to provide the capabilities we need to undertake complex military operations, to support operations adequately across a number of fields, and to administer the Defence organisation.

Table 3.21 Performance against People Matter Priorities
Priority Performance
Introduce improved processes for the priority setting and funding of people initiatives The Defence Workforce Plan and Defence People Plan have been embedded in the overall Defence management and financial planning framework. People initiatives are prioritised and funded against workforce risks to Defence capability.
Continue to implement the recommendations of the Strategic Workforce Planning Review Implementation started in mid-2003. In the reporting period, Defence implemented a Defence Workforce Plan with a ten-year outlook. A new method for forecasting and assessing critical ADF workforce shortages was also developed and this has been used to better identify the Defence capability risk posed by workforce shortages. This subsequently drives personnel initiative priorities in the Defence People Plan. A project is under way to apply a similar process to identify and address shortfalls in the Defence civilian workforce.
Implement strategies to target shortages in the ADF workforce Defence Force Recruiting launched several marketing strategies during 2004-05 targeting shortages in the ADF workforce, including recruitment to the Royal Military College Duntroon, and recruitment of Navy engineers, health officers, Army Reservists, and technical trades people. The impact and effectiveness of these campaigns should be realised throughout 2005-06.
Develop the Defence People Plan to better prioritise human resource activities and expenditure to address capability risks identified in the Defence Workforce Plan The 2005-15 Defence People Plan was developed in February 2005 and is a companion document to the Defence Workforce Plan. While the Workforce Plan identifies risk, the People Plan determines the priorities and resources for personnel recruitment and retention initiatives to mitigate these risks. The People Plan developed strategies to address key workforce capability risks, such as workforce shortages in critical employment categories; high separation rates in certain length of service cohorts, and through medical discharges; and inadequate administrative skills. The effects of these strategies should begin to be realised in 2005 06.

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