Te Ohu Tumu Whakarae i te Ratonga Tūmatanui | Public Service Leadership Team (PSLT) collectively leads and stewards the Public Service. Headed by the Public Service Commissioner, the team works together to make sure that services are delivered in a way which is effective and cohesive.

The chief executives who make up PSLT are leading public sector reform, working together on our key priorities. PSLT ensures the Public Service takes a joined-up approach to major issues.

Since the 2020 Public Service Act reform, a priority has been developing the role and team culture of PSLT. The value of this was evident through the COVID-19 experience. It supported rapid and innovative delivery across the system.

Where needed, PSLT ensures that all agencies take a unified approach to an issue. An example is the adoption of a common way of building positive workplace cultures.

Model standards: Positive and safe workplaces

Workforce Data

Ko wai mā kei Te Ohu Tumu Whakarae i te Ratonga Tūmatanui Who is in the Public Service Leadership Team

The PSLT was first formally recognised under the Public Service Act 2020. 

The Act requires that the membership of PSLT include the:

·         Public Service secretaries and chief executives of all departments

·         deputy Public Service commissioner.

The Act also allows the Commissioner to invite the chief executives of other agencies where appropriate, including:

·         Crown agents

·         departmental agencies

·         other departments

This discretion to invite additional members allows the Commissioner to ensure that PSLT includes those leaders whose agencies deliver significant public services or hold important system leadership roles across the Public Service, such as the Chief of Defence and the Commissioner of Police.

Read about other current Public Service leaders on our website.

Current Public Service leaders