Future Skills for Public Policy

Government Systems & Processes

  • Organisational awareness
  • Understanding the policy cycle
  • Briefing decision-makers
  • Cabinet & Legislative processes

Data Skills

  • Data literacy
  • Data management
  • Data analysis
  • Data linkage
  • Programming
  • Visualisation

Strategy, Policy & Evaluation

  • Strategic analysis
  • Critical thinking
  • Environmental scanning
  • Evidence-based decision-making
  • Systems thinking
  • Scenario planning

Implementation

  • Project management
  • Risk assessment
  • Adaptive skills
  • Transdisciplinary problem-solving

Engagement & Partnership

  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Co-Design
  • Communication skills
  • First Nations engagement
  • Global literacy
  • Language skills

Integrity & Leadership

  • Professional conduct
  • Collaboration
  • Openness & inclusion
  • Ethics
  • Learning agility