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Mobility
Mobility is the movement of a government sector employee through reassignment, transfer or secondment. It includes secondments and temporary assignments to a higher grade or band than the employee’s ongoing employment
Act, Regulation & Rules
- Act - section 38, Assignment of senior executives to roles in bands across the Public Service
- Act - section 46, Assignment to roles in work classifications
- Act - section 64, Employee transfers and secondments
- Act - section 66, Temporary assignments between government sector agencies and other relevant bodies
- Regulation - Part 2, Division 3, Allowances
- Regulation - Part 3, Division 2, Cross government sector leave arrangements
- Rules - Part 2, General Public Service employment provisions
- Rules - Part 6, Transfers and secondments
This page provides information on movements of non-executive and senior executive employees:
- within Public Service Agencies (through assignment to a different role)
- between NSW government sector agencies (generally through transfer and secondment, however instead through assignment to a different role for Public Service senior executive movements within the Public Service)
- between the NSW government sector and other sectors (through temporary assignment under s66 of the GSE Act)
See Recruitment & selection for information on recruitment on an ongoing, temporary, casual or term basis and conversion of temporary employees to ongoing employment.
Changes to transfers and secondments
Coming into effect on 31 August 2018, changes to the Government Sector Employment (General) Rules 2014 provide for a consistent approach to mobility advertising and assessment across the sector. Public Service agency heads can now determine the appropriate advertising and assessment requirements when filling a role through transfers and secondments, in the same way as other NSW government sector agency heads.
The changes also mean that the Audit Office of NSW and the Departments of the Parliament of NSW are now subject to Part 6 of the Rules for employee-initiated transfers and secondments. This fact sheet provides more details on the changes: Fact sheet: Mobility – Transfers and secondments (PDF 66KB).
Assignment to role guidelines
Guidelines on assignment to role of Public Service senior executive and non-executive employees
The Assignment to Role Guidelines provide information on:
- non-executive mobility within Public Service agencies
- Public Service senior executive mobility within and between Public Service agencies
- the use of assignment to role provisions in the GSE Act (sections 38 and 46 of the Act)
- the use of temporary assignment provisions in the GSE Act (GSE Rule 11)
These guidelines do not contain information on transfers, secondments, or mobility between sectors (for example between the NSW government sector and the Commonwealth Government).
Transfer and Secondment Guidelines
Transfers, secondments and temporary assignments guidelines
The Transfer and Secondment Guidelines provide information on:
- mobility for non-executives and senior executives between government sector agencies
- non-executive and senior executive mobility between the NSW Government Sector and other sectors (for example between the NSW government sector and the Commonwealth Government).
The guidelines do not provide information on mobility within agencies.
For information on Public Service mobility within agencies see the Assignment to Role Guidelines.
For information on mobility within non-public service agencies, speak to your human resources area.