3.3 Staffing Information

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Table 3.3.1 Staff Numbers by Classification at 30 June 2009

	Female		Male
Classification	Full time	Part time	Full time	Part time	Total
Secretary	1	–	–	–	1
Holder of Public Office	2	–	2	–	4
Senior Executive Band 3	2	1	3	–	6
Senior Executive Band 2	19	–	10	–	29
Senior Executive Band 1	64	4	36	–	104
Executive Level 2	299	29	269	17	614
Executive Level 1	720	203	424	32	1,379
APS 6	753	210	297	22	1,282
APS 5	452	100	156	10	718
APS 4	228	43	65	4	340
APS 3	83	33	28	26	170
APS 2	23	18	12	10	63
APS 1	–	7	4	7	18
Cadet	1	–	–	1	2
Graduate	54	–	10	–	64
Legal 2	12	7	6	2	27
Legal 1	7	3	8	1	19
Chief Medical Officer	–	–	1	–	1
Medical Officer Class 6	3	–	1	2	6
Medical Officer Class 5	3	–	11	–	14
Medical Officer Class 4	5	–	5	1	11
Medical Officer Class 3	3	–	6	1	10
Medical Officer Class 2	5	1	3	1	10
Medical Officer Class 1	–	–	1	–	1
Professional 1	5	–	–	–	5
Senior Public Affairs	1	–	–	–	1
Public Affairs	9	3	13	1	26
Senior Principal Research Scientist	–	1	–	–	1
Total	2,754	663	1,371	138	4,926

This table includes the head count figures of departmental staff by classification as at 30 June 2009.
It includes inoperative staff and staff acting at a higher level, for any period, as at 30 June 2009 (ie these staff are listed against their higher classification).
The head count figures include Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission staff. While externally funded, staff in these organisations are employed via the Department of Health and Ageing’s employment framework.

Table 3.3.2 Distribution of Staff at 30 June 2009

	Female		Male
Unit	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Total
Acute Care Division	123	7	61	4	195
Ageing and Aged Care Division*	337	29	96	33	495
Audit and Fraud Control Branch	6	1	6	1	14
Business Group**	289	63	152	63	567
Executive	10	3	4	4	21
Health Workforce Division	89	4	27	4	124
Medical Benefits Division	115	7	57	5	184
Mental Health and Chronic Disease Division	178	11	37	4	230
Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health	154	13	50	6	223
Office of Health Protection	162	9	71	11	253
Pharmaceutical Benefits Division	153	10	63	5	231
Population Health Division	135	12	43	3	193
Portfolio Strategies Division	108	11	49	4	172
Primary and Ambulatory Care Division	200	14	69	5	288
Regulatory Policy and Governance Division	97	10	36	7	150
Office of the Gene Technology Regulator	27	1	26	–	54
National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme	26	9	22	2	59
Central Office Total	2,209	214	869	161	3,453
Australian Capital Territory Office	16	1	4	2	23
New South Wales State Office	140	2	58	1	201
Northern Territory State Office	46	8	8	3	65
Queensland State Office	122	11	31	2	166
South Australian State Office	65	8	24	3	100
Tasmanian State Office	34	3	8	–	45
Victorian State Office	129	8	49	2	188
Western Australian State Office	66	6	28	–	100
State Office Total	618	47	210	13	888
Core Department Total	2,827	261	1,079	174	4,341
Therapeutic Goods Administration Trust	299	30	239	17	585
Departmental Total	3,126	291	1,318	191	4,926

* Includes Office of Aged Care Quality and Compliance staff.
** Includes Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission staff.
This table includes the head count figures of all staff by unit as at 30 June 2009, including inoperative staff.
Non-ongoing figures include casual staff.

Table 3.3.3 Distribution of Staff by State and Territory at 30 June 2009

* Therapeutic Goods Administration.
** Includes Australian Capital Territory Office, Central Office and National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission staff.
# Includes New South Wales State Office, National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme, and Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care staff.
This table includes the head count figures of all staff by State and Territory as at 30 June 2009, including inoperative and outposted staff.

Table 3.3.4 Senior Executive Service and Equivalent Staff with Australian Workplace Agreements and Section 24(1) Determinations as at 30 June 2009

	Number of Approved Australian Workplace Agreements		Number of Approved Section 24(1) Determinations
Level	Female	Male	Female	Male	Total
Senior Executive Band 3	1	1	1	1	4
Senior Executive Band 2	12	6	4	2	24
Senior Executive Band 1	39	22	14	9	84
Chief Medical Officer	–	–	–	1	1
Medical Officer Class 6	3	1	–	2	6
Medical Officer Class 5	1	8	1	2	12
Senior Principal Research Scientist	1	–	–	–	1
Total	57	38	20	17	132

This table includes Senior Executive Service and equivalent staff who had an approved Australian Workplace Agreement or Section 24(1) Determination at their nominal classification and were employed by the Department at 30 June 2009.

Table 3.3.5 Non-Senior Executive Service Staff with Australian Workplace Agreements as at 30 June 2009

This table includes Non-SES staff who had an approved Australian Workplace Agreement at their nominal classification and were employed by the Department at 30 June 2009.

Table 3.3.6 APS Levels Salary Structure

Table 3.3.7 Professional 1 Salary Structure

# Salary on commencement for a professional with a four year degree (or higher).
## Salary on commencement for a professional with a three year degree.

Table 3.3.8 Medical Officer Salary Structure

Table 3.3.9 Legal Salary Structure

Table 3.3.10 Public Affairs Salary Structure

* This level is generally reserved for staff with less than two years experience.

Table 3.3.11 Research Scientist Salary Structure

Table 3.3.12 Graduate APS Salary Structure – Commencement Salary

Table 3.3.13 Cadet Salary Structure

Table 3.3.14 Senior Executive Service and Senior Medical Officer Indicative Salary Bandwidths*

* These are indicative as the Secretary may approve salary rates outside these bands.

Table 3.3.15 Non-salary Benefits

Table 3.3.16 Senior Executive Service and Equivalent Staff, Performance-based Payments, 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009

Level	Number	Aggregated Amount $	Average $	Minimum $	Maximum $
Senior Executive Bands 2 and 3	29	454,832	15,684	1,656	23,940
Senior Executive Band 1	108	1,060,444	9,819	1,815	27,000
Total	137	1,515,276

This table includes figures of Senior Executive Service and equivalent staff who received performance pay. Due to the small numbers of staff at the Senior Executive Band 3 level, details for Senior Executive Bands 2 and 3 have been combined. Payments have been aggregated to preserve employees’ privacy.
The performance payments made in 2008–09 relate to assessments for the 2007–08 cycle.
Performance bonus payments are only available to staff with a current Australian Workplace Agreement or Section 24(1) Determination which provides eligibility.

Table 3.3.17 Non-senior Executive Service Staff, Performance-based Payments, 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009

This table includes figures of Non-senior Executive Service staff who received performance pay. Payments have been aggregated to preserve employees’ privacy.
The performance payments made in 2008–09 relate to assessments for the 2007–08 cycle.
Performance bonus payments are only available to staff with a current Australian Workplace Agreement or a Determination made under the Department’s Collective Agreement 5.

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