24Functions of Chief Executive Officers

24 Functions of Chief Executive Officers (1) The functions of the Chief Executive Officer of an Agency are to manage, and provide strategic leadership of, the Agency. (2) The Chief Executive Officer must exercise those functions in a way that: (a) is responsive to government policies and priorities; and (b) upholds the public sector principles; and (c) complies with all applicable: (i) laws (including the Employment Instructions); and Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 18 (ii) determinations and directions of the Commissioner; and (iii) decisions of an appeal board. (3) As part of performing those functions, the Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the following: (a) directing the employees employed in the Agency; (b) ensuring the Agency attains any objectives set by the appropriate minister; (c) devising organisational structures and arrangements for the (d) assigning designations to employees in the Agency and varying those designations in accordance with: (i) award requirements; and (ii) designation systems, standards and procedures determined by the Commissioner or, if no systems, standards or procedures have been determined, with the approval of the Commissioner; within the limits of the amount that has been appropriated or is otherwise available for the remuneration of employees in the (e) assigning duties to be performed by each employee in the (f) devising and implementing employee performance management and development systems for the Agency; (g) assisting employees in the Agency to undertake relevant training, education and development programs; (h) devising and implementing financial and management plans for the Agency and monitoring the Agency's financial and administrative performance; (i) devising and implementing record keeping and information management systems for the Agency; (j) devising and implementing programs to ensure that employees have equal employment opportunities in accordance with the human resource management principle; Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 19 (k) ensuring the application in the Agency of appropriate occupational health and safety standards and programs. (4) A Chief Executive Officer also has any other functions conferred under this or any other Act.