NZ & AU Public Sector

The challenge

Public sector workforce intelligence demands are unique

No general-purpose HRM vendor produces PSC/GDDA or APS-compliant cross-agency skills forecasting and benchmarking reports. The frameworks, the regulatory context, and the cross-agency dimension require domain investment that incumbents have not made.

Regulatory framework alignment

Public sector agencies operate within SFIA, DCF, PSF, APS, MCF, as well as emerging and custom frameworks simultaneously. TalentJam holds and cross-references all of them. No other platform does this natively.

APS, PSC/GDDA obligations

Agencies are required to demonstrate capability frameworks and skills development progress to APS, PSC/GDDA. TalentJam produces regulatory-grade evidence, not just HR dashboards.

Cross-agency dimension

Public sector workforce intelligence is only useful when it can be benchmarked across agencies. TalentJam's cross-agency data model and Local Government partnerships make this possible.

Ecosystem

Part of the Public Sector skills ecosystem

TalentJam is built for the public sector context — not retrofitted from a generic platform. We work within the existing skills ecosystem, including APS, PSC, GDDA and Local Government.

ALGIM corporate member (pending) — active in the local government and public sector communities
NZ Digital Workforce and Skills Ecosystem initiative participant
Designed to work alongside existing HRIS and FMIS systems, not replace them

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Central government capability suite

TalentJam maintains service catalogues for specific Central Government agencies, as well as generalised role lists and skills framework coverage across multiple frameworks (DDaT, APS, SFIA, etc) — purpose-built for central and federal Government entities.

Local government capability suite

TalentJam maintains a statute-first NZ Local Government service catalogue, role list, and a skills framework coverage matrix across 18 domain specific capability frameworks — purpose-built for TA, RC, and UA authority types. This can be recreated for any jurisdiction.

White papers

Built for central and local government

TalentJam has extensive experience addressing the skills-based talent management challenges facing the public sector. Here we offer white papers exploring those challenges across local, state, and central government.

Local Government

Many Mandates, Few People

Local-government responsibilities are spread across many small, autonomous councils, each delivering an enormous breadth of statutory services on a thin, ageing workforce. This paper explores how councils can rein in that complexity and build capability across their mandate.

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Central & State Government

The Capability Value Chain

Public services must deliver more from a flat or shrinking workforce while deepening the capability they hold in-house. This paper sets out the value chain that turns the frameworks agencies already have into workforce capability they can deploy and prove.

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Framework coverage

Every framework your agency needs. In one place.

SFIA — Skills Framework for the Information Age

Full SFIA 9 coverage across all skill categories and levels 1–7. TalentJam is an accredited SFIA partner — one of very few platforms in NZ with this accreditation. SFIA alignment is not a checkbox; it is embedded in the role profile generation and assessment engine.

Data Capability Framework (DCF v2.1)

New Zealand and Australia have the DCF as the standard for data and analytics capability in Government agencies. TalentJam maps DCF capabilities to role profiles and supports DCF-aligned skills assessment and gap analysis.

Policy Skills Framework (PSF)

DPMC's Policy Skills Framework describes the knowledge, skills, practices, and behaviours for NZ policy practitioners. TalentJam integrates PSF into role profiles for central government policy teams.

Māori Capability Framework (MCF)

Māori capability alignment for roles across the NZ public service. TalentJam supports MCF alongside domain specific frameworks for a complete capability picture.

Multi-framework intelligence

A typical government agency has roles that span SFIA (for technology roles), DCF (for data and analytics), PSF (for policy roles), and MCF (for Māori capability). TalentJam holds all these, and custom frameworks, in a single integrated model and produces role profiles that cross-reference multiple frameworks for roles that span more than one domain.

Single source of truth for all frameworks
Cross-reference between SFIA, DCF, PSF, MCF
Custom framework support for agency-specific needs
Unified gap analysis across all framework dimensions

Strategic Workforce Intelligence

The service tier built for government agencies

TalentJam's Strategic Workforce Intelligence tier is the only managed skills intelligence service designed specifically for public sector regulatory, reporting, and cross-agency obligations.

Cross-agency benchmarking

Compare your agency's skills profile against peer agencies, sector norms, and PSC/GDDA targets. Understand where you sit relative to the broader public service workforce.

APS, PSC & GDDA compliance reporting

Produce regulatory-grade skills reports aligned to APS and PSC capability framework requirements and GDDA digital capability standards. Evidence that your regulator can accept.

Demand Management integration

Connect skills intelligence to budget and headcount data. Workforce planning that reflects available skills and financial reality, not just HR or business unit aspiration.

AI transition workforce planning

AI displacement risk signals mapped to your agency's role portfolio. Understand which skills and roles are at risk, on what timeline, and what the reskilling pathway looks like.

What's included in the Strategic tier

Skills Baseline (initial engagement)	✓
Continuous Intelligence (quarterly refresh)	✓
SFIA, DCF, PSF, MCF, APS, and custom framework coverage	✓
Cross-agency benchmarking	✓
APS and PSC workforce demand forecast and compliance reporting	✓
GDDA digital capability reporting	✓
Demand Management and Workforce Planning	✓
Regulator view (APS, PSC / GDDA)	✓
Dedicated delivery lead	✓
Multi-agency contract options	✓
API access for agent-ready agencies	✓

Competitive pricing (from <20% of current spend). Multi-agency contracts available. Contact us to discuss your agency's specific requirements and scope.

Procurement

Designed to fit the procurement process

The Skills Baseline engagement is structured as a fixed-price, defined-scope project, designed to fit within the low value/low risk procurement rules in effect for most public sector agencies.

Week 1

Executive engagement

30-minute briefing with the GM People, CISO, or CE and/or the Executive Leadership Team. Presents a sector-specific AI displacement and skills gap analysis for your agency type. A hook, not a pitch.

Week 2–3

Scope and contract

Define project parameters — which business units, which role families, what the deliverables look like. Sign the fixed-price Skills Baseline engagement contract.

Week 4–10

Delivery

Run the Skills Baseline. Produce the gap analysis, role profiles, and executive briefing. Calibrate against your agency's specific regulatory context and obligations.

Week 11–12

Review and conversion

Present findings to the executive sponsor. Propose the Strategic Workforce Intelligence service tier as the ongoing engagement. Close the annual contract.

Why this matters for procurement

A fixed-price Skills Baseline engagement is a low-risk way to test TalentJam before committing to an annual contract. It produces a tangible deliverable, demonstrates capability, and sits comfortably within standard agency procurement authorities.

Talk to us about your agency's requirements

Every agency's skills reporting obligations are different. Book a 30-minute conversation to discuss your specific PSC/GDDA, APS, or sector framework requirements.

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Built to meet public sector workforce requirements