3.4: Staffing Information

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This section provides information on Australian Public Service (APS) employees engaged by the Department in 2011-12 under the Public Service Act 1999. The following tables provide details on staff numbers, locations, and aggregated information on salary, performance pay and non-salary benefits provided to staff during the year under the Department’s Enterprise Agreement 2011-2014, Australian Workplace Agreements and Section 24(1) of the Public Service Act 1999.

Table 3.4.1: Staff Numbers by Classification at 30 June 2012

This table includes:

• Headcount figures of departmental staff as at 30 June 2012;
• Staff on leave, secondment and inoperative staff;
• Staff acting at a higher level, for any period as at 30 June 2012 (i.e. these staff are listed against their higher classification); and
• Staff employed at the National Health Performance Authority as the Department is funded for these staff.

Figure 3.4.1 Comparison of Staff Numbers by Gender between 30 June 2011 and 30 June 2012

Table 3.4.2: Distribution of Staff at 30 June 2012

This table includes the head count figures of all staff by unit as at 30 June 2012, including staff on leave, secondment and inoperative staff.

Non-ongoing figures include casual staff.

Table 3.4.3: Distribution of Staff by State and Territory at 30 June 2012

* Therapeutic Goods Administration.

** Includes Central Office and the National Health Performance Authority.

# Includes the National Health Performance Authority and National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme.

This table includes the head count figures of all staff by State and Territory as at 30 June 2012, including staff on leave, secondment, inoperative and outposted staff.

Table 3.4.4: Senior Executive Staff and Equivalent Staff with Australian Workplace Agreements and Section 24(1) Determinations as at 30 June 2012

This table includes Senior Executive Service and equivalent staff who had an approved Australian Workplace Agreement or Section 24(1) Determinations at their nominal classification and were employed by the Department and National Health Performance Authority as at 30 June 2012.

Table 3.4.5: Non-Senior Executive Service Staff covered by the Enterprise Agreement as at 30 June 2012

This table includes Non-SES staff covered by the Enterprise Agreement and who were employed by the Department and the National Health Performance Authority as at 30 June 2012.

Table 3.4.6: APS Levels Salary Structure

Table 3.4.7: 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 3.4.8: Medical Officer Salary Structure

Table 3.4.9: Legal Salary Structure

Table 3.4.10: Public Affairs Salary Structure

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

Table 3.4.11: Research Scientist Salary Structure

Table 3.4.12: Graduate APS Salary Structure – Commencement Salary

Table 3.4.13: Cadet Salary Structure

Table 3.4.14: Senior Executive Service and Senior Medical Officer Indicative Salary Bandwidths*

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

Table 3.4.15: Non-Salary Benefits

Table 3.4.16: Senior Executive Service and Equivalent Staff, Performance-Based Payments, 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012

This table includes figures of Senior Executive Service staff 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 majority of performance payments made in 2011-12 relate to assessments for the 2010-11 cycle; a small number relate to assessments for the 2011-12 cycle.

Performance bonus payments are only available to staff with a current Australian Workplace Agreement or Section 24(1) Determination which provides eligibility.

The level of performance pay is directly related to the individual’s performance agreement.

Staff with an entitlement to a performance bonus are assessed against a five point rating scale, which attracts a percentage payment.

Table 3.4.17: Non–Senior Executive Staff, Performance-Based Payments, 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012

This table includes figures of Non-Senior Executive Service staff who received performance pay. Non-Senior Executive Service staff employed at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, while part of the Department, are also included in the table. Payments have been aggregated to preserve employees’ privacy. The majority of performance payments made in 2011-12 relate to assessments for the 2010-11 cycle; a small number relate to assessments for the 2011-12 cycle.

Performance bonus payments are only available to staff with an individual flexibility arrangement made under the Department’s Enterprise Agreement.

The level of performance pay is directly related to the individual’s performance agreement.

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