The State Services Commission (Te Komihana O Ngā Tari Kāwanatanga in Māori

Maori language

Māori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...

), formerly the Public Service Commission, is a central government agency

State sector organisations in New Zealand

Public sector organisations in New Zealand include the State sector plus the organisations of local government.Within the State sector lies the State services, and within this, lies the core Public service....

 within the New Zealand government

Governments of New Zealand

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. The current State Services Commissioner

State Services Commissioner

The State Services Commissioner is the chief executive of New Zealand's State Services Commission and has a range of responsibilities for the Public Service, the State Services and the wider state sector...

 is Iain Rennie

Iain Rennie

Iain Rennie is the State Services Commissioner of the New Zealand public service. He was the Deputy State Services Commissioner from 2007 until June 2008...

. The current Minister of State Services is Tony Ryall

Tony Ryall

Anthony Boyd Williams "Tony" Ryall is New Zealand politician. He has represented voters and the National Party in the New Zealand Parliament since 1990. Since November 2008 he has served as a cabinet minister, holding the posts of Minister of Health and Minister of State Services...

.

The role of the State Services Commission is to improve the performance of New Zealand

New Zealand

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's public sector organizations. The SSC's official responsibilities, as defined by the State Sector Act 1988

State Sector Act 1988

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, include:

• appointing and reviewing Public Service chief executives,
• promoting and developing senior leadership and management capability for the Public Service,
• providing advice on the training and career development of staff in the Public Service,
• reviewing the performance of each department,
• providing advice on the allocation of functions to and between departments and other agencies,
• providing advice on management systems, structures, and organisations in the Public Service and Crown entities,
• promoting, developing, and monitoring equal employment opportunities policies and programmes,
• any other functions with respect to the administration and management of the Public Service, as directed by the Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of New Zealand
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The overarching goal, as described in their statement of intent is "to provide leadership to the State Services so that government works better for New Zealanders.".

External links

• SSC's home page Te Komihana O Nga Tari Kawanatanga
• In Development SSC's blog
• E-government in New Zealand - New Zealand E-government Programme
• Learning State run by the Public Sector Training Organisation
• New Zealand Government Jobs Online