Annual Report - Appendix 10: Staffing Information

Appendix 10 – Staffing Information

Number of Australian Public Service (APS) Employees (including Ongoing and Non-Ongoing) as at 30 June 2006

Table 1: Senior Executive Service (SES) and Executive Professional Officers by Classification at 30 June 2006

Classification	Female	Male	Total
Senior Executive Band 3	1	3	4
Senior Executive Band 2	7	7	14
Senior Executive Band 1	40	32	72
Chief Medical Officer	0	1	1
Medical Officer Class 6	1	2	3
Medical Officer Class 5	6	11	17
Senior Principal Research Scientist	1	2	3
Holder of Public Office*	2	1	3
Total	58	59	117

* Includes the Director, National Industrial Chemicals Notification Assessment Scheme.
The above table represents a head count by classification as at 30 June 2006.
It includes inoperative staff and staff acting at a higher level for more than three months as at 30 June 2006 (ie these staff are listed against their higher classification).

Table 2: Staff Numbers by Classification at 30 June 2006

	Female		Male
Classification	Full Time	Part Time	Full Time	Part Time	Total
Secretary*	1	0	1	0	2
Holder of Public Office	2	0	1	0	3
Senior Executive Band 3	1	0	2	0	3
Senior Executive Band 2	8	1	9	0	18
Senior Executive Band 1	43	1	35	0	79
Executive Level 2	249	26	241	12	528
Executive Level 1	605	144	391	23	1,163
APS 6/APS 6 Registered Nurse	678	162	273	14	1,127
APS 5	386	78	148	9	621
APS 4	235	26	65	1	327
APS 3	120	21	46	9	196
APS 2	17	13	7	15	52
APS 1	6	6	4	6	22
Cadet	3	0	5	0	8
Graduate	36	0	17	0	53
Legal	24	8	13	0	45
Medical	14	2	31	3	50
Professional**	4	2	1	0	7
Public Affairs	14	7	13	3	37
Research Scientist	1	1	2	0	4
Total	2,447	498	1,305	95	4,345

*Includes acting arrangements in place as the Secretary was on duty overseas at 30 June 2006.
**Includes Professional, Engineer, Legal Officers and Public Affairs Officers.
The above table represents the head count figures of all staff by classification as at 30 June 2006.
It includes inoperative staff and staff acting at a higher level, for any period, as at 30 June 2006 (ie these staff are listed against their higher classification).

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Table 3: Distribution of Staff by Unit at 30 June 2006

	Female		Male
Unit	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Total
Acute Care Division	161	12	78	8	259
Ageing and Aged Care Division	206	40	79	15	340
Audit and Fraud Control Branch	3	0	8	0	11
Business Group	269	55	165	57	546
Executive	12	0	5	3	20
Health Services Improvement Division	210	36	65	13	324
Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health	91	19	36	6	152
Office of Health Protection	85	21	30	8	144
Medical and Pharmaceutical Services Division	165	31	92	19	307
National Health and Medical Research Council	95	24	37	18	174
Portfolio Strategies Division	97	21	44	7	169
Population Health Division	207	9	34	6	256
Primary Care Division	149	13	46	1	209
Therapeutic Goods Administration non-trust	15	2	27	1	45
Office of Gene Technology Regulator	17	5	25	0	47
National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme	19	4	15	5	43
Central Office Total	1,801	292	786	167	3,046
Australian Capital Territory Office	12	11	4	2	29
New South Wales Office	107	16	43	9	175
Northern Territory Office	44	4	11	1	60
Queensland Office	105	12	28	6	151
South Australia Office	49	7	27	0	83
Tasmania Office	27	10	11	2	50
Victoria Office	85	34	42	3	164
Western Australia Office	58	8	28	3	97
State Office Total	487	102	194	26	809
Core Department Total	2,288	394	980	193	3,855
Therapeutic Goods Administration trust	243	20	220	7	490
Departmental Total	2,531	414	1,200	200	4,345

The above table represents the head count figures of all staff by Unit as at 30 June 2006.
It includes inoperative staff. Non-ongoing figures include casual staff.

Table 4: Distribution of Staff by State and Territories at 30 June 2006

State	Core	*TGA Trust**	Total
Australian Capital Territory**	3,003	474	3,477
New South Wales	233	6	239
Victoria	169	8	177
Queensland	158	0	158
South Australia	83	2	85
Western Australia	99	0	99
Tasmania	51	0	51
Northern Territory	59	0	59
Total	3,855	490	4,345

* Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
** Includes the Australian Capital Territory Office and Central Office.
The above table represents the head count figures of all staff by State and Territories as at 30 June 2006.
It includes inoperative staff and out posted staff.

Information on Certified Agreements and Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs)

Table 5: SES and equivalent Executive Professionals with AWAs current at 30 June 2006

Number of Approved AWAs
Level	Female	Male	Total
Senior Executive Band 3	1	1	2
Senior Executive Band 2	4	8	12
Senior Executive Band 1	38	22	60
Chief Medical Officer	0	1	1
Medical Officer Class 6	1	2	3
Medical Officer Class 5	4	9	13
Senior Principal Research Scientist	1	2	3
Total	49	45	94

This table includes SES and equivalent Executive Professionals who had an approved AWA and were employed by the Department at 30 June 2006.

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Table 6: Non-SES with AWAs current at 30 June 2006

Level	Number of Approved AWAs
Medical Officers 1-4		13
Other non-SES staff		374
Total		387

This table includes staff who had an approved AWA and were employed by the Department at 30 June 2006.
Staff who were on leave at 30 June 2006 have been included in the figures.

Table 7: APS Levels Salary Structure

Classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2005	August 2005 3.8% Increase
Executive Level 2	93,362*	96,910*
Executive Level 2	91,803	95,292
Executive Level 2	88,836	92,212
Executive Level 2	81,448	84,543
Executive Level 2	77,246	80,182
Executive Level 1	74,779	77,620
Executive Level 1	71,238	73,945
Executive Level 1	68,269	70,863
APS 6	62,671	65,053
APS 6	61,299	63,628
APS 6	58,247	60,460
APS 6	55,553	57,664
APS 5	53,150	55,170
APS 5	51,727	53,693
APS 5	50,358	52,272
APS 4	48,919	50,778
APS 4	47,573	49,381
APS 4	46,300	48,059
APS 3	45,295	47,016
APS 3	43,240	44,883
APS 3	42,022	43,619
APS 3	40,865	42,418
APS 2	38,589	40,055
APS 2	37,516	38,941
APS 2	36,423	37,807
APS 2	35,362	36,706
APS 1	33,979	35,270
APS 1	32,399	33,630
APS 1	31,326	32,517
APS 1	30,256	31,406
At 20 years	27,533	28,579
At 19 years	24,508	25,439
At 18 years	21,179	21,984
Under 18 years	18,154	18,844

* Retention point for staff classified as Senior Professional Officer Engineering Grade A at the time of translation to the Australian Public Service Classification Structure.

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Table 8: Professional 1 Salary Structure

Local Title	APS Classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2005	August 2005 3.8% Increase
Professional 1	APS 5	53,150	55,170
	APS 5	51,727	53,693
	APS 4	47,573	49,381
	#APS 4	46,300	48,059
	##APS 3	43,240	44,883
	APS 3	42,022	43,619

# Salary on commencement for a 4 year degree (or higher).
## Salary on commencement for a 3 year degree.

Table 9: Medical Officer Salary Structure

Local Title	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2005	August 2005 3.8% Increase
Medical Officer Class 4	115,832	120,234
	109,334	113,489
	105,234	109,233
Medical Officer Class 3	101,037	104,876
Medical Officer Class 3	96,499	100,166
Medical Officer Class 2	90,933	94,388
Medical Officer Class 2	86,303	89,583
Medical Officer Class 1	78,867	81,864
	71,446	74,161
	66,384	68,906
	61,279	63,608

Table 10: Legal Salary Structure

Local Title	APS Classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2005	August 2005 3.8% Increase
Legal 2	Executive Level 2	97,110	100,800
		94,139	97,717
		88,911	92,289
Legal 1	Executive Level 1	82,654	85,795
	Executive Level 1	74,986	77,835
	Executive Level 1	68,269	70,863
	APS 6	61,060	63,380
	APS 6	57,846	60,044
	APS 6	54,632	56,709
	APS 5	51,419	53,373
	APS 4	48,205	50,037
	APS 3	44,991	46,701

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Table 11: Public Affairs Salary Structure

Local Title	APS Classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2005	August 2005 3.8% Increase
Senior Public Affairs 2	Executive Level 2	96,335	99,995
Senior Public Affairs 2		93,362	96,910
Senior Public Affairs 1	Executive Level 2	88,836	92,212
Public Affairs 3	Executive Level 1	82,661	85,802
		77,246	80,182
		72,286	75,033
Public Affairs 2	APS 6	62,737	65,121
	APS 6	58,247	60,460
	APS 6	55,553	57,664
Public Affairs 1	APS 5	53,150	55,170
	APS 5	51,727	53,693
	APS 4	48,919	50,778
	*APS 4	46,300	48,059

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

Table 12: Research Scientist Salary Structure

Local Title	APS Classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2005	August 2005 3.8% Increase
Senior Principal Research Scientist	Executive Level 2	121,514	126,132
Senior Principal Research Scientist		109,731	113,900
Principal Research Scientist	Executive Level 2	105,788	109,808
		101,949	105,823
		99,142	102,909
		96,512	100,179
		93,539	97,094
Senior Research Scientist	Executive Level 2	93,362	96,910
		87,530	90,856
		81,448	84,543
		77,246	80,182
Research Scientist	Executive Level 1	73,358	76,145
	Executive Level 1	66,941	69,484
	APS 6	58,355	60,573
	APS 6	55,307	57,409
	APS 6	53,802	55,847

Table 13: Graduate APS Salary Structure – Commencement Salary

Classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2005	August 2005 3.8% Increase
Graduate APS	38,589	40,055

Table 14: Cadet Salary Structure

Classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2005	August 2005 3.8% Increase
Cadet Full Time Study	16,920	17,563
	15,398	15,983
	13,705	14,226
	11,845	12,295
	10,152	10,538
Cadet Practical Training	33,846	35,132
	32,030	33,247
	31,189	32,374
	30,176	31,323
	27,461	28,504
	24,444	25,372
	21,123	21,926
	18,106	18,794

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Table 15: SES and Senior Medical Officer Indicative Salary Bandwidths*

Classification	Minimum	Maximum
Senior Executive Band 1	115,000	128,000
Senior Executive Band 2	140,000	165,000
Senior Executive Band 3	175,000	190,000
Medical Officer Class 5	140,000	145,000
Medical Officer Class 6	150,000	155,000

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

Table 16: Non-salary Benefits – Core Department including the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) group of regulators

Non-SES staff -Certified Agreement

Access to the Employee Assistance Program.
Extended purchased leave.
Flextime.
Study assistance.
Support for professional and personal development.
Award scheme.
Flexible working locations including, where appropriate, access to lap-top computers, dial in facilities, and mobile phones.
Access to negotiated discount registration/membership fees to join a fitness or health club.
Reimbursement of eyesight testing and eyewear costs prescribed specifically for use with screen based equipment.
Influenza and hepatitis B vaccinations for staff who are required to come into regular contact with members of the community classified as at increased risk with regard to influenza.
Flexible working hours.
Parental leave.
Leave for personal compelling reasons and exceptional circumstances.
Pay-out of additional duty in certain circumstances.
Recognition of travel time.

Non-SES staff - Australian Workplace Agreement

All the above benefits except flextime.
Private use of motor vehicles or an allowance in lieu (not all officers).

Information on Performance Pay

Table 17: SES Performance-based Payments, 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006

Level	Number	Aggregated Amount	Average	Minimum	Maximum
SES Bands 2 and 3	19	266,847	14,045	6,500	23,250
SES Band 1	71	610,230	8,595	1,955	26,660
Total	90	877,077	-	-	-

The above figures include Executive Professional classifications and payments have been aggregated to preserve employees' privacy.
The majority of performance payments made in 2005-06 relate to assessments for the 2004-05 cycle; a small number relate to assessments for the 2005-06 cycle.
Due to the small numbers of staff at the SES Band 3 level, details for SES Bands 2 and 3 have been combined.

Table 18: Non-SES Performance-based Payments, 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006

Level	Number	Aggregated Amount	Average	Minimum	Maximum
Medical Officers 3 and 4	11	57,595	5,236	1,981	13,900
Other non-SES staff	345	1,663,317	4,821	290	11,016
Total	356	1,720,912	-	-	-

Payments have been aggregated to preserve employees' privacy.
The majority of performance payments made in 2005-06 relate to assessments for the 2004-05 cycle; a small number relate to assessments for the 2005-06 cycle.
The Department of Health and Ageing only has performance payments available to staff with a current AWA in place.

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