Appendix E:Staffing Overview

Staffing Overview

Staff profile (by headcount)

Table 17: Ongoing, non-ongoing and casual staff numbers, as at 30 June 2008 and 30 June 2009
APS Classification
Employment Type Gender SES 1-3 EL2 APS 6 - EL1 APS 1-5 Total
2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009
Ongoing Female 21 20 101 112 274 309 311 326 707 767
Male 68 76 133 142 256 288 193 221 650 727
Subtotal 89 96 234 254 530 597 504 547 1,357 1,494
Non-ongoing Female 1 1 1 1 3 1 20 16 25 19
Male 6 5 3 1 4 9 8 9 21 24
Subtotal 7 6 4 2 7 10 28 25 46 43
Casual Female - - - 39 34 39 34
Male - - 1 158 140 159 140
Subtotal - - 1 197 174 198 174
Total 96 102 238 256 538 607 729 746 1,601 1,711
Table 18: Full-time, part-time and casual staff numbers, as at 30 June 2008 and 30 June 2009
APS Classification
Attendance Type Gender SES 1-3 EL2 APS 6 - EL1 APS 1-5 Total
2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009
Full-time Female 21 20 87 96 237 266 292 299 637 681
Male 73 80 133 139 254 288 197 223 657 730
Subtotal 94 100 220 235 491 554 489 522 1,294 1,411
Part-time Female 1 1 15 17 40 44 39 43 95 105
Male 1 1 3 4 6 9 4 7 14 21
Subtotal 2 2 18 21 46 53 43 50 109 126
Casual Female - - - 39 34 39 34
Male - - 1 158 140 159 140
Subtotal - - 1 197 174 198 174
Total 96 102 238 256 538 607 729 746 1,601 1,711
Table 19: Location of staff, as at 30 June 2008 and 30 June 2009 (including ongoing, non-ongoing and casuals)
APS Classification
Location Gender SES 1-3 EL2 APS 6 - EL1 APS 1-5 Total
2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009
ACT1 Female 22 21 102 113 272 303 338 346 734 783
Male 74 81 136 143 255 293 255 274 720 791
Subtotal 96 102 238 256 527 596 593 620 1,454 1,574
NSW Female - - 2 2 8 8 10 10
Male - - 1 1 50 46 51 47
Subtotal - - 3 3 58 54 61 57
NT Female - - 1 1 - - 1 1
Male - - - - - - 0 0
Subtotal - - 1 1 - - 1 1
QLD Female - - - - 8 5 8 5
Male - - 1 1 10 9 11 10
Subtotal - - 1 1 18 16 19 17
SA Female - - - - 6 5 6 5
Male - - 1 1 8 8 9 9
Subtotal - - 1 1 14 13 15 14
TAS Female - - - - - - - -
Male - - 1 3 3 4 3
Subtotal - - 1 3 3 4 3
VIC Female - - 2 2 8 8 10 10
Male - - 1 1 25 23 26 24
Subtotal - - 3 3 33 31 36 34
WA Female - - - 2 2 2 2 4
Male - - 1 8 7 9 7
Subtotal - - 1 2 10 9 11 11
Total 96 102 238 256 538 607 729 746 1,601 1,711

Collective Agreement, Australian Workplace Agreements and Public Service Act Determinations (by headcount)

Table 20: Number of Finance staff covered by a Collective Agreement, Public Service Act 1999 – s.24 (1) Determination, and Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs)2 – excluding casuals – at 30 June 2009
APS Classification Collective Agreement and/or
s24(1) det		 AWA Total3
SES Bands 1 to 3 21 91 112
EL 2 (non-SES) 228 28 256
APS 6 to EL 1 (non-SES) 540 67 607
APS 1 to 5 (non-SES) 509 53 562
1,298 239 1,537
Table 21: Available salary ranges (excluding casuals), at 30 June 20094
APS Classification Minimum ($) Maximum ($)
SES Bands 1 to 3 130,000 N/A 5
EL 2 (non-SES) 104,600 123,200
APS 6 to EL 1 (non-SES) 66,200 103,700
APS 1 to 5 (non-SES) 37,400 66,200
Table 22: Actual Salary ranges (excluding casuals), at 30 June 2009 6
APS Classification Minimum ($) Maximum ($)
SES Bands 1 to 3 130,000 280,000
EL 2 (non-SES) 104,600 123,200
APS 6 to EL 1 (non-SES) 66,200 104,500
APS 1 to 5 (non-SES) 37,400 70,500

Non-salary benefits

Finance staff have access to a range of salary sacrifice benefits including superannuation, leased motor vehicles, laptop computers, mobile telephones, airline lounge memberships and on-site early childhood care services. Finance also contributes to child care costs by offering below market property rental to the early childhood care service provider. Finance meets relevant professional membership fees in accordance with the department’s policy.

Performance pay

Table 23: Staff performance bonus by classification 2008-09
APS Classification Staff who received performance pay Aggregated performance pay ($) Minimum performance pay ($) Maximum performance pay ($) Average payment
($)
SES Bands 1 to 3 93 $833,855.85 $2,613.99 $28,000.00 $8,966.19
EL 2 (non-SES) 211 $952,543.54 $774.47 $9,240.00 $4,514.42
APS 6 to EL 1 (non-SES) 449 $1,279,410.25 $87.53 $7,778.00 $2,849.47
APS 1 to 5 (non-SES) 367 $455,742.33 $37.01 $3,060.00 $1,241.80
  $3,521,551.97

Staff turnover (by headcount)

Table 24 Voluntary turnover rate for ongoing staff as a percentage of all ongoing separations

Financial year 		Number of
ongoing staff 7		 Voluntary ongoing separations Total ongoing separations Percentage of voluntary separations by total separations Percentage of voluntary separations by ongoing staff
1999-00 800 135 337 40 17
2000-01 710 96 184 52 14
2001-02 648 78 131 60 12
2002-03 682 84 95 88 12
2003-04 793 126 128 98 16
2004-05 975 214 215 100 22
2005-06 1,095 214 214 100 20
2006-07 1,281 250 252 99 20
2007-08 1,330 239 240 99 18
2008-09 1,426 164 164 100 12

Footnotes:

  1. Includes (at 30 June 2009) 20 overseas deployees in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Nauru and Indonesia.
  2. Finance did not have any staff covered by a Common Law Agreement.
  3. This total does not include 174 casual staff.
  4. These figures reflect base salary only and exclude superannuation and other benefits.
  5. The Secretary, in consultation with Finance’s Remuneration Committee, determines the salaries of all SES staff.
  6. These figures reflect base salary only and exclude superannuation and other benefits.
  7. The number of staff is the average number of staff for the specified financial year.

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