PSPPCY017 — Provide policy advice

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What an assessment for PSPPCY017 must cover

26 assessable components: 2 elements (10 performance criteria), 5 performance evidence and 7 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 4 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Interpret and advise on public policy.

1.1Analyse policy and provide interpretations on its intent and implications.
1.2Provide interpretive advice on relevant acts, regulations, procedures, codes of practice, standards and guidelines related to policy.
1.3Provide written interpretations supported by defensible evidence and reflect consideration of their intended use and consequences.
1.4Communicate policy advice in required formats.
1.5Resolve policy questions referred by policy staff or use consultative mechanisms to gain additional clarification.

2 Provide input to policy evaluation and review.

2.1Capture and analyse policy feedback data to identify strengths, weaknesses, and implementation issues.
2.2Analyse both planned and unintentional outcomes of policy implementation and provide feedback against the evaluation criteria in the policy implementation plan.
2.3Prepare and provide a comparison of the intended versus actual outcomes of policy implementation.
2.4Monitor internal and external environments for policy implications and prepare strategies to respond to potential or impending policy changes.
2.5Prepare recommendations for continuous improvement, termination or succession of policies based on evaluation.

Performance evidence

provide policy advice on at least three occasions or three policies, including each of the following at least once:
research information
analyse and present information
prepare a written report
deal with different points of view and dissenting stakeholders

Knowledge evidence

policy development processes and practices in the public sector
principles of community engagement in policy development
current policies underpinning the work area
organisational and government procedures and protocols
public sector codes of ethics and codes of conduct
application of evidence-based decision-making frameworks
key aspects of inward and outward facing policies including: the difference between them, their impact on policy development, implications for policy evaluation and policy change strategies.

Foundation skills

Reading skills: analyse and interpret information in complex and formal documents, including policy and legislation, to inform advice to be given.
Writing skills: provide complex information to others in prescribed formats and style.
Oral communication skills: provide advice about complex issues in a form and style suited to the audience consult to identify and resolve issues which arise in relation to policy advice.
Problem solving skills: present evidence to support assessments of different points of view and identify solutions to dissenting views.

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What does an assessment tool for PSPPCY017 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for PSPPCY017 needs to address all 26 unit components: 2 elements with 10 performance criteria, 5 performance evidence requirements, 7 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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