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Improved face-to-face engagement will help make the Australian Defence Force a more attractive employment option to achieve the targeted additional 4,000 personnel, according to Australian Army Chief of Personnel Lieutenant General Natasha Fox.
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Lieutenant General Fox’s role oversees Joint Health Command, the Australian Defence College, and Joint Support Services Division, as well as the new Military Personnel Division which includes Defence Force Recruiting, the Joint Transition Authority, Defence Member and Family Support, and all career management and personnel branches from Navy, Army, and Air Force.
The Chief of Personnel takes on the responsibility of managing ADF personnel throughout their career lifecycle in one of the more than 250 types of roles on offer. Service chiefs retain responsibility for training and readiness.
“Defence has to be competitive in the employment market, with our culture, how we look after our people, the roles we have, and the professional development we provide,” LTGEN Fox said.
“We can’t sit back and think our organisation doesn’t need to change. It needs to keep evolving.”
LTGEN Fox sees the Defence Employee Value Proposition Hub, designed as a “one-stop shop” to help personnel find information about policies and benefits, as a key initiative.
The hub focuses on recruitment, retention, and growth by modernising employment offers and benefits based on what are being heard from the people.
“Everyone is a recruiter. Getting people to talk in schools, hometowns, industry, and local sporting groups on what an ADF career is like is really important,” LTGEN Fox said.
“The employee value proposition demonstrates that we listen. It is a way of bringing together the conditions of service and helping people to make their life decisions,” she said.
“Create a positive environment where people thrive, always stay positive, and ask for help.
“Enjoy service, where you are working with great people and teams with an incredible purpose this is the joy of service.”
LTGEN Fox’s own experience in the ADF has taught her much about enjoying the job. She joined when she was 17 and didn’t expect to stay longer than 10 years.
“I was having such a great time, I blinked and I was at the 30-year mark,” LTGEN Fox said.
“If you said to me when I finished year 10, I was going to be a three-star (rank of Lieutenant General) I would have laughed.”
