Making Workforce Planning Work in the NT Public Sector

Mission critical job groupsThese are the job groups your executive has identified ascritical to the agency capacity to deliver on its legislativeand/or regulatory requirements. These should also bematched to corporate and strategic plans.Tip:• Although all job groups areimportant, it is essentialyou start with missioncritical job groups and worksystematically across all jobgroups.Critical job groupsThese are the job groups that are in actual skill shortage either nationally and/or globally. You can look at the ‘Northern Territory Occupation Shortage List’provided by the Northern Territory Department of Business and Employment or bythe Australian Government’s Department of Immigration. Alternatively, universitydepartments that monitor labour market trends may be able to assist you.Remember – if you have critical job groups on your mission critical job grouplist you need to think differently about your retention and recruitment strategiesbased on the information you have about the current and projected supply ofpeople with these skills.35