Upcoming and Past Events

The Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) and the HR Division delivered a training program from the 25th to the 28th of March, 2025, to a total of fifty (50) participants which were divided into two (2) Batches in attending a two (2) days Session. The Workshop aimed at enhancing, coaching and management skills within the Nauru Public Service (NPS) to increase productivity. Key program functions included policy development, performance reviews, and resource provision, with a focus on workforce diversity and leadership development for senior staff.

The Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) has been working in collobration with the Human Resource Division of the Chief Secretary Department to provide capacity building initiatives that shall broaden up the knowledge and skills set of public employees in the Nauru Public Service. The ultimate goal of HR in this is to help build capable and high-performing teams across Government Departments. To date, APSC has delivered two (2) separate workshops namely: Workforce Planning Development and Building & Leading High Performing Team.

The workshop on Building and Leading a High Performing team had targeted to assist existing Managers create and maintain high-performing teams within their Departments and to ensure that work is aligned with Government priorities. Key outcomes had included improving the skills of managers in analysing and describing high-performing teams and identifying the enablers and barriers to having high performing teams exist.

The workshop was delivered in two different batches enabling about fifty (50) employees to participate and fully complete the workshops. The workshops were facilitated by staff of the Australian Public Service Commission whom traveled to deliver the actual content of the workshop.

HR Division acknowledge the assistance extended by the Australian Public Service Commission in fully funding this workshop that have now empowered many public employees in the specific area of Building High Performance Teams. Human Resource & Labour will continue to work with the APSC to provide and deliver other HR related training courses for the Nauru Public Employees.