Delivery: Face-to-Face | Duration: One day
Across the globe, public sector managers are being challenged to balance competing demands including citizens' expectations, budget constraints and ensuring consistent performance and service delivery standards. While short term actions are needed, public sector organisations must also ensure that they develop medium and long term strategies and plans.
This course aims to assist public sector managers to consider 'fit-for-purpose' governance arrangements over projects and programs and to apply the Australian and International Standards AS/ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management - guidelines in a public sector setting.
During this course, you will learn about the crucial role that strong ‘fit for purpose’ governance arrangements and active risk management play in assisting managers to chart a course for their team, work unit or organisation in times of uncertainty.
Learning outcomes
This course will teach you how to:
- Identify the purpose and benefits of good governance and risk management, to support high standards of public administration.
- Apply the key principles of good governance in a public sector context.
- Better understand the risk management concepts and the risk management process to the delivery of public services and projects.
- Apply the 'risk bow tie' to more effectively describe a risk.
- Conduct a risk assessment - identifying, analysing and evaluation of risks to public services and projects.
- Test and monitor the effectiveness of internal controls.
- Develop risk treatments and risk treatment implementation strategies.
- Apply your newly acquired risk management skills in your organisation.
Who should attend
- Managers seeking to refresh their understanding of governance and risk management principles and practices.
- Managers and employees who will be expected to prepare a risk assessment and manage risks as part of their role.
- Anyone new to governance and risk management roles within their organisation.
Presenter - Kevin Riley (Capital Training)
Kevin has over 30 years’ industry experience in financial management and budgeting, including extensive experience working with state treasury and finance departments, as well as over 20 years’ experience delivering training in finance, strategy and management. A fellow with both the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and CPA Australia, Kevin was also recognised as a National Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia in 2022 for his outstanding contribution to the practice of public administration over his professional career. In addition to this recognition, Kevin is also their national treasurer and an executive council member.
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