NPHP home < Work Program < Workforce home <

Public Health Workforce Development Steering Group

Role

The Project tasks for the Workforce Development Steering Group are to:

• determine the characteristics of the national public health workforce, having regard for core public health functions, evolving public health issues and the principles of integrated practice;
• establish national mechanisms for assessing and reporting on workforce capacity;
• analyse information about workforce capacity to identify medium and long-term workforce development needs;
• assess workforce development needs against current education and training opportunities; and
• develop options for addressing gaps in workforce development and identify the on-going role(s) for the National Public Health Partnership.
  
  

top of page