
The Data Profession aims to raise the data capability of the APS workforce to ensure policy decisions are data-driven and evidence-based. The Data Profession unites specialists who use data to inform policy, improve service delivery and tackle complex challenges.
The Data Profession supports service-wide capability uplift by:
- recruiting data graduates
- developing and supporting the teaching of training courses for staff at all levels within the APS
- defining data capabilities
- supporting diversity and mobility of people in data roles
- defining career pathways for staff who wish to pursue a data career in the APS.