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Victorian Auditor-General's Office

https://www.audit.vic.gov.au/

Annual Budget

$55M

VIC 2025-26 Budget
Flat vs prior year
Staff

200

Headcount (2024-25)
Ideas relevant to this department

12 tagged

Reform proposals on YourGov that name this department as a delivery partner — drawn from citizen voice, government strategy, research, international examples and gap analysis.

STRATEGY SUMMARY

To achieve workplace gender equality when all of VAGO’s employees are able to access and enjoy equal rewards, resources and opportunities regardless of their gender or background.

VISION

VAGO to be a gender-equitable workplace that sees gender equality principles and intersectionality fully embedded in our culture and business practices by 2025.

View our Gender Equality Action Plan 2022–2025 (PDF) 2022 · p.2

PURPOSE

To achieve workplace gender equality when all of VAGO’s employees are able to access and enjoy equal rewards, resources and opportunities regardless of their gender or background.

View our Gender Equality Action Plan 2022–2025 (PDF) 2022

Strategic priorities

· 6

1

Implement gender equality policies and practices across all levels of our workforce

View our Gender Equality Action Plan 2022–2025 (PDF) 2022 · p.7
3

Maintain a workplace that is free from sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination

View our Gender Equality Action Plan 2022–2025 (PDF) 2022 · p.11
4

Engage processes that promote gender equality

View our Gender Equality Action Plan 2022–2025 (PDF) 2022 · p.13
5

Increase the support of flexible work arrangements

View our Gender Equality Action Plan 2022–2025 (PDF) 2022 · p.16
6

Increase gender and intersectionality awareness and support

View our Gender Equality Action Plan 2022–2025 (PDF) 2022 · p.18

Outcomes

· 1

Outcome 1: Gender Equality

Achieving gender equality in the workplace through various initiatives and continuous monitoring.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Implementing gender equality policies
  • Addressing the gender pay gap
  • Preventing sexual harassment
  • Promoting gender-equal recruitment and promotion
  • Supporting flexible work arrangements
  • Raising gender and intersectionality awareness

Values

· 4

respect

collaboration

innovation

accountability

Performance measures

· 6

CodeMeasureTarget 2025-26Latest resultStatus

GEAP01

Gender composition at all levels of the workforce

Achieve gender balance across all levels

View our Gender Equality Action Plan 2022–2025 (PDF) 2022

Gender composition data available

Annual Report 2017
Partially achieved

GEAP02

Gender pay gap

Reduce gender pay gap to within acceptable range

View our Gender Equality Action Plan 2022–2025 (PDF) 2022

Overall mean pay gap of 7.5% in favour of men

Annual Report 2017
Partially achieved

GEAP03

Sexual harassment in the workplace

Zero complaints of sexual harassment

View our Gender Equality Action Plan 2022–2025 (PDF) 2022

No complaints of sexual harassment

Annual Report 2017
Achieved

GEAP04

Recruitment and promotion practices

Ensure gender-diverse recruitment panels

View our Gender Equality Action Plan 2022–2025 (PDF) 2022

20 women recruited and 13 women promoted

Annual Report 2017
Partially achieved

GEAP05

Leave and flexibility

Increase support for flexible work arrangements

View our Gender Equality Action Plan 2022–2025 (PDF) 2022

29 employees with formal flexible work arrangements

Annual Report 2017
Partially achieved

GEAP06

Gendered work segregation

Reduce gender segregation in work roles

View our Gender Equality Action Plan 2022–2025 (PDF) 2022

Greater representation of women in higher classifications

Annual Report 2017
Partially achieved

Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence

· 12

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Financial-audits.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Financial-audits.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Our-Diversity-Inclusion-and-Belonging-Plan-2022-2025.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Our-Diversity-Inclusion-and-Belonging-Plan-2022-2025.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

GEAP-Progress-Report.pdf)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

GEAP-Progress-Report.pdf)

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Innovate%20Reconciliation%20Action%20Plan.pdf)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Innovate%20Reconciliation%20Action%20Plan.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Our-Diversity-Inclusion-and-Belonging-Plan-2022-2025.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Our-Diversity-Inclusion-and-Belonging-Plan-2022-2025.pdf)

Procurement & Delivery

Procurement lessons library for repeat purchases

Capture reusable procurement clauses, market lessons, supplier performance notes, and common evaluation criteria.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Reflect%20RAP%202020-21%20FINAL.pdf)

Procurement & Delivery

Portfolio delivery office for major investments

Stand up a portfolio delivery office that tracks benefits, risks, dependencies, procurement, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Reflect%20RAP%202020-21%20FINAL.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Financial-audits.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Financial-audits.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Our-Diversity-Inclusion-and-Belonging-Plan-2022-2025.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Our-Diversity-Inclusion-and-Belonging-Plan-2022-2025.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

GEAP-Progress-Report.pdf)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

GEAP-Progress-Report.pdf)

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Innovate%20Reconciliation%20Action%20Plan.pdf)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Innovate%20Reconciliation%20Action%20Plan.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Our-Diversity-Inclusion-and-Belonging-Plan-2022-2025.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Our-Diversity-Inclusion-and-Belonging-Plan-2022-2025.pdf)

Procurement & Delivery

Procurement lessons library for repeat purchases

Capture reusable procurement clauses, market lessons, supplier performance notes, and common evaluation criteria.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Reflect%20RAP%202020-21%20FINAL.pdf)

Procurement & Delivery

Portfolio delivery office for major investments

Stand up a portfolio delivery office that tracks benefits, risks, dependencies, procurement, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Reflect%20RAP%202020-21%20FINAL.pdf)

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