Planning to meet our current and future workforce needs is one of the most crucial challenges we face in our organisation. With arguably the most diverse workforce in Australia, our challenges are many. Not only will we be required to grow faster than any other industry in Australia over the next 5 years, we must deliver core services to the citizens of the Northern Territory in culturally diverse and geographically remote settings. This plan describes DHF's workforce and outlines workforce recruitment, development and retention strategies. It also describes the workforce which will be required to maintain and improve health and wellbeing in the NT in the future.