Our public sector relies on exceptional leaders to mobilise change and role model respect and inclusion to the wider community.
The Aboriginal Leadership program is specifically tailored to advance the skills of Aboriginal employees wishing to step into a leadership role, or those wishing to develop their leadership capabilities.
The Aboriginal Leadership Program provides a culturally safe and inclusive learning experience where participants develop their skills to become highly effective leaders.
Program launch
Orientation
Connect with your program colleagues for the first time and enjoy engaging keynote addresses about building your leadership capability from senior leaders in the SA public sector.
Individual assessment
Discover more about yourself as a leader through the Herrmann Whole Brain Thinking assessment. Understand your thinking preferences and how these impact on how you interact with others.
Face-to-face workshops
Learn from highly respected facilitators from Tauondi Aboriginal College and OCPSE's Aboriginal Workforce Partnerships Team. They will work with you on contemporary topics and leadership models delivered in a culturally safe environment.
Networking sessions
Build your network across the SA public and ACCO sectors. Collaborate with and learn from like-minded colleagues from other SA agencies, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations and program alumni.
Closing celebration
Celebrate your successful completion of the program and reflect on key learnings with your program colleagues. Senior public sector leaders share their key tips on being a forward thinking and solution focused manager.
Alumni events
Stay committed to your ongoing professional development with invitations to workshops and networking events with the ALP community.
The Aboriginal Leadership Program is for Aboriginal public sector employees who wish to invest in their career and develop their workplace leadership and management skills.
This includes:
- Aspiring managers
- Newly appointed managers
- Managers seeking greater confidence to thrive at work
This program is best suited to Aboriginal employees who are yet to undergo professional development delivered by the South Australian Leadership Academy.
Participants must be:
- of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent;
- who identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander; and
- are accepted as such by the community in which he or she lives or has lived.
- Committed to demonstrating the South Australian Public Sector Values.
- Ready to develop themselves and others.
“This program has been co-designed from the ground up to ensure that we’ve got the right topics, the right content relevant for our Aboriginal leaders across the South Australian public sector. This program will build confidence and capability so that participants can see their own potential and to enable others to see it too, all the while stepping up and out of their comfort zones. Our biggest asset in Closing the Gap is our Aboriginal employees, and we do this by investing in their future and in their leadership."
- Talitha Coulthard, Director (Aboriginal Workforce Partnerships)
This program is run over a four-month period.
Investment: $4,400 plus GST.
Intake 1 of the Aboriginal Leadership Program (Feb 2024) is being run with allocated places only in accordance with the SLC Allocation model. Future intakes for this program will be publicised on this website.
Participants require agency approval for your nomination.
Please speak to your HR area or executive about participating.
Register your interest here in the program and we will forward your information to your department / agency when we have more places available in the Aboriginal Leadership Program.
The Aboriginal Leadership Program (ALP) Alumni Program enables past ALP participants to continue to develop, connect and enhance their management skills through training and development sessions, peer support, networking and information sharing.
Upon completion of the program, participants can opt in to receive updates about continuous learning opportunities.
We value your questions and feedback.
Please direct any enquiries to the Aboriginal Workforce Partnerships team on 1800-317-333 Press 4 or email: aboriginalworkforcepartnerships@sa.gov.au