Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment

Supporting excellence in the public sector

Lead, support and collaborate with agencies to build an agile, capable, engaged and diverse workforce that delivers government's priorities and provides high quality service to Territorians. Read about us.

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Working in the public sector

Recruitment and selection, career and capability development, code of conduct, redeployment and redundancy, support and counselling, manage change, domestic, family and sexual violence, flexible work arrangements.

Workforce planning

People Matter Survey, staffing numbers, State of Service Report, workforce planning.

Policies and guidelines

Recruitment and selection, redeployment and redundancy, flexible work arrangements, commissioner’s guidelines and information sheets, procurement complaints procedure, job evaluation system, monitoring organisational health - a guide for CEOs, disciplinary and inability framework.

Employment terms and conditions

Employment instructions, enterprise award, determinations, Fair Work Act, By-laws, rates of pay, general employment conditions, PSEMA, public sector instruments, other legislation, enterprise agreement negotiations, current enterprise agreements.

Aboriginal employment

Aboriginal employment in the NTPS, Aboriginal employee network, Aboriginal Employee Forum, Aboriginal Mentor Program, special measures in recruitment.

Engage with us

Customer service charter, how to provide feedback for the Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment.

Inclusion and diversity

Disability in the workplace, EmployAbility Strategy, LGBTIQ+ in the workplace, creating mentally healthy workplaces, commitment to diversity and inclusion, Champions of Inclusion.

What we are doing

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2025 leadership development wrap up
News
24 Dec 2025

2025 leadership development wrap up

OCPE has supported the delivery of 21 leadership development programs across the NTPS throughout 2025 with a total of 521 enrolments within the calendar year.

State of the service report 2024-25
News
24 Dec 2025

State of the service report 2024-25

The Commissioner for Public Employment is required to publish the state of the service report annually with the 2024-25 report tabled in Parliament on 23 October 2025.

NAIDOC Week 2025 wrap up
News
23 Jul 2025

NAIDOC Week 2025 wrap up

NAIDOC Week 2025 has concluded after a week of vibrant events across the Northern Territory, celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.