Public Service Commission

The Public Service Commission (PSC; Māori: Te Kawa Mataaho), called the State Services Commission until 2020, is the central public service department of New Zealand charged with overseeing, managing, and improving the performance of the state sector of New Zealand and its organisations.
The PSC's official responsibilities, as defined by the State Sector Act 1988, include:

appointing and reviewing Public Service chief executives,
promoting and developing senior leadership and management capability for the Public Service,
providing advice on the training and career development of staff in the Public Service,
reviewing the performance of each department,
providing advice on the allocation of functions to and between departments and other agencies,
providing advice on management systems, structures, and organisations in the Public Service and Crown entities,
promoting, developing, and monitoring equal employment opportunities policies and programmes, and
any other functions with respe...