34Functions and powers of Heads of Agencies

34 Functions and powers of Heads of Agencies

(1)  [Section 34 Subsection (1) amended by No. 42 of 2012, s. 10, Applied:04 Feb 2013] Subject to any Employment Direction, the functions of a Head of Agency are –

(a) to ensure that the Agency is operated as effectively, efficiently and economically as is practicable; and

(b) [Section 34 Subsection (1) amended by No. 42 of 2012, s. 10, Applied:04 Feb 2013] to determine duties to be performed by employees in that Agency; and

(c) [Section 34 Subsection (1) amended by No. 42 of 2012, s. 10, Applied:04 Feb 2013] to allocate duties to positions in that Agency and to vary such duties; and

(d) to assign a classification to duties to be performed in that Agency and to vary such a classification –

(i) in accordance with award requirements; and

(ii) [Section 34 Subsection (1) amended by No. 42 of 2012, s. 10, Applied:04 Feb 2013] in accordance with classification standards and procedures determined by the Employer or, where no such standards or procedures have been determined, with the approval of the Employer; and

(e) to assign duties to each employee within that Agency and to vary those duties; and

(f) to ensure that the services of employees in that Agency are used as effectively and efficiently as is practicable; and

(g) [Section 34 Subsection (1) amended by No. 19 of 2011, s. 6, Applied:17 Aug 2011] to ensure a performance management plan is prepared in consultation with an officer or employee employed in that Agency in relation to the officer or employee in accordance with systems established by that Agency; and

(ga) [Section 34 Subsection (1) amended by No. 19 of 2011, s. 6, Applied:17 Aug 2011] to develop and implement effective performance management and associated development for all officers and employees employed in that Agency to enable those officers and employees to plan and achieve the standard and requirements identified in the performance management plan relating to the officer or employee; and