| Review Administration
Secretariat Australia Pty Ltd specialises in professional secretariat management services in a shared arrangement with government and industry. The services provided by Secretariat Australia Pty Ltd in supporting reviews include:
- establishment of review processes (hotlines, advertisements, etc);
- setup website including online data collection;
- management of submission processing;
- database establishment and management;
- management of all meeting logistics, including private committee meetings, stakeholder consultations and inspections;
- support for writing, editing and publication (including engagement of academic and technical writers).
The benefits of Secretariat Australia Pty Ltd review support are:
- access to superior understanding of review processes
- reduction of stress and minimisation of risk
- highly efficient and proven services and quality outputs
- always on time and to budget.
Inquiries by their nature are one-off activities. Agencies invariably have subject matter expertise but not always experience of review processes. It can be both time consuming and costly to gear up for a review. Both systems and staff need to be in place.
Secretariat Australia Pty Ltd can overcome this difficulty by providing:
- access to total expertise in review management which will increase the likelihood of successful outcomes
- specialist support at every level of the inquiry process
- a fully integrated service, combining all aspects of review administration
- access to skilled writing and editing services which will increase the quality of Review publication outputs
- continuity of services guaranteed through back-up provided by Secretariat Australia Pty Ltd
- supervision of a broad range of administrative activities, minimising Review Secretariat involvement in this function;
- risk management of all aspects of the review process, but particularly in areas where review secretariat staff have little previous experience
- increased efficiency and effectiveness of the review secretariat through reduced time spent in planning and problem-solving.
Secretariat Australia Pty Ltd services fully complement content functions performed by departmental review staff. This shared service approach allows agency staff to focus their resources on the subject matter of the review without being distracted by administrative detail.
A shared service approach with Secretariat Australia Pty Ltd will mean that you do not need to employ a number of staff to cover the full range of review skills. This saving is significant, given that it is unlikely that the complete range of skills would be found in the one agency officer.
The overall benefit of using Secretariat Australia Pty Ltd is to take the risk out of inquiry management. No time is lost gearing up. We provide a one-stop shop for the various skills that are required. Agencies are left to focus on the content of the inquiry. Agency staff numbers needed to service the inquiry are minimised while still retaining full control.
Major reviews supported by Secretariat Australia Pty Ltd include:
- Review of Veterans' Entitlements
- National Landcare Program Review
- Review of Teaching and Teacher Education
- Livestock Export Review
- National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy
- Review of Human Cloning Legislation
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