4.8 - Staffing Information

The following tables provide information on Australian Public Service (APS) employees engaged by the Department in 2006–07 under the Public Service Act 1999. The tables include information on staff numbers, locations, aggregated information on salary, performance pay and non-salary benefits provided to staff in 2006–07 under the Department’s Certified Agreement and Australian Workplace Agreements.

Table 4.8.1: Staff Numbers by Classification at 30 June 2007

	Female		Male
Classification	Full time	Part time	Full time	Part time	Total
Secretary	1	0	0	0	1
Holder of Public Office	3	0	0	0	3
Senior Executive Band 3	1	0	3	0	4
Senior Executive Band 2	13	0	9	0	22
Senior Executive Band 1	52	0	32	0	84
Executive Level 2	259	29	243	12	543
Executive Level 1	657	166	398	30	1,251
APS6	738	169	326	17	1,250
APS5	470	99	161	8	738
APS4	259	43	73	6	381
APS3	121	25	30	7	183
APS2	15	16	7	13	51
APS1	5	30	5	12	52
Cadet	6	0	2	0	8
Graduate	74	0	20	0	94
Legal	20	14	21	0	55
Medical	15	3	27	4	49
Professional	5	1	2	0	8
Public Affairs	14	6	13	3	36
Research Scientist	2	1	2	0	5
Total	2,730	602	1,374	112	4,818

The above table represents the head count figures of all staff by classification as at 30 June 2007.
It includes inoperative staff and staff acting at a higher level, for any period, as at 30 June 2007 (ie these staff are listed against their higher classification).

Table 4.8.2: Distribution of Staff by Unit at 30 June 2007

	Female		Male
Unit	Ongoing	Non- ongoing	Ongoing	Non- ongoing	Total
Acute Care Division	149	9	54	7	219
Ageing and Aged Care Divsion*	260	39	88	19	406
Audit and Fraud Control Branch	4	0	7	1	12
Business Group	276	98	181	54	609
Executive	8	0	4	1	13
Medical Benefits Division	117	26	68	11	222
Mental Health and Workforce Division	173	46	51	19	289
Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait  Islander Health	108	27	36	10	181
Office of Health Protection	95	9	36	2	142
Pharmaceutical Benefits Division	124	22	63	6	215
Population Health Division	242	23	48	7	320
Portfolio Strategies Division	107	24	39	11	181
Primary and Ambulatory Care Division	209	33	71	12	325
Regulatory Policy and Governance Division	31	7	16	3	57
Therapeutic Goods Administration non-trust	19	2	22	0	43
Office of the Gene Technology Regulator	30	1	25	1	57
National Industrial Chemicals Notification  and Assessment Scheme	19	3	21	1	44
Central Office Total	1,971	369	830	165	3,335
Australian Capital Territory Office	15	8	6	0	29
New South Wales Office	135	33	54	11	233
Northern Territory Office	45	13	11	1	70
Queensland Office	108	24	30	9	171
South Australia Office	59	7	32	5	103
Tasmania Office	30	7	10	0	47
Victoria Office	114	31	48	8	201
Western Australia Office	71	6	30	3	110
State Office Total	577	129	221	37	964
Core Department Total	2,548	498	1,051	202	4,299
Therapeutic Goods Administration trust	250	36	216	17	519
Departmental Total	2,798	534	1,267	219	4,818

* Includes resourcing for the Office of Aged Care Quality and Compliance.
The above table represents the head count figures of all staff by Unit as at 30 June 2007.
It includes inoperative staff. Non-ongoing figures include casual staff.

Table 4.8.3: Distribution of Staff by State and Territories at 30 June 2007

State	Core Department	TGA*Trust	Total
Australian Capital Territory**	3,299	496	3,795
New South Wales	285	10	295
Victoria	203	11	214
Queensland	176	0	176
South Australia	104	2	106
Western Australia	113	0	113
Tasmania	48	0	48
Northern Territory	71	0	71
Total	4,299	519	4,818

*Therapeutic Goods Administration.
** 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 2007. It includes inoperative staff and out-posted staff.

Table 4.8.4: Senior Executive Staff (SES) and equivalent Executive Professionals with Australian Workplace Agreements current at 30 June 2007

	Number of Approved Australian Workplace Agreements
Level	Female	Male	Total
Senior Executive Band 3	1	3	4
Senior Executive Band 2	9	7	16
Senior Executive Band 1	38	20	58
Chief Medical Officer	0	1	1
Medical Officer Class 6	2	2	4
Medical Officer Class 5	4	12	16
Senior Principal Research  Scientist	2	2	4
Total	56	47	103

This table includes SES and equivalent Executive Professionals who had an approved Australian Workplace Agreement
at their nominal classification and were employed by the Department at 30 June 2007.

Table 4.8.5: Non-SES with Australian Workplace Agreements current at 30 June 2007

Level	Number of Approved Australian Workplace Agreements
Medical Officers 1-4	12
Other non-SES staff	426
Total	438

This table includes staff who had an approved Australian Workplace Agreement at their nominal classification and
were employed by the Department at 30 June 2007.
Staff who were on leave at 30 June 2007 have been included in the figures.

Table 4.8.6: APS Levels Salary Structure

Classification	Salary ranges as at 1 July 2006	August 2006 3.9% Increase
Executive Level 2	*96,910	*100,689
Executive Level 2	95,292	99,008
Executive Level 2	92,212	95,808
Executive Level 2	84,543	87,841
Executive Level 2	80,182	83,309
Executive Level 1	77,620	80,648
Executive Level 1	73,945	76,829
Executive Level 1	70,863	73,626
APS6	65,053	67,590
APS6	63,628	66,110
APS6	60,460	62,818
APS6	57,664	59,912
APS5	55,170	57,322
APS5	53,693	55,787
APS5	52,272	54,310
APS4	50,778	52,759
APS4	49,381	51,306
APS4	48,059	49,933
APS3	47,016	48,850
APS3	44,883	46,634
APS3	43,619	45,320
APS3	42,418	44,072
APS2	40,055	41,617
APS2	38,941	40,460
APS2	37,807	39,281
APS2	36,706	38,137
APS1	35,270	36,646
APS1	33,630	34,941
APS1	32,517	33,785
APS1	31,406	32,631
At 20 years	28,579	29,694
At 19 years	25,439	26,431
At 18 years	21,984	22,841
Under 18 years	18,844	19,579

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

Table 4.8.7: Professional 1 Salary Structure

Local Title	APS Classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2006	August 2006 3.9% Increase
Professional 1	APS 5	55,170	57,322
	APS 5	53,693	55,787
	APS 4	49,381	51,306
	#APS 4	48,059	49,933
	##APS 3	44,883	46,634
	APS 3	43,619	45,320

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

Table 4.8.8: Medical Officer Salary Structure

Local Title	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2006	August 2006 3.9% Increase
Medical Officer Class 4	120,234	124,923
	113,489	117,915
	109,233	113,493
Medical Officer Class 3	104,876	108,966
	100,166	104,073
Medical Officer Class 2	94,388	98,070
	89,583	93,077
Medical Officer Class 1	81,864	85,057
	74,161	77,053
	68,906	71,594
	63,608	66,089

Table 4.8.9: Legal Salary Structure

Local Title	APS Classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2006	August 2006 3.9% Increase
Legal 2	Executive Level 2	100,800	104,731
		97,717	101,528
		92,289	95,889
Legal 1	Executive Level 1	85,795	89,141
	Executive Level 1	77,835	80,871
	Executive Level 1	70,863	73,626
	APS 6	63,380	65,852
	APS 6	60,044	62,386
	APS 6	56,709	58,920
	APS 5	53,373	55,454
	APS 4	50,037	51,988
	APS 3	46,701	48,522

Table 4.8.10: Public Affairs Salary Structure

Local Title	APS Classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2006	August 2006 3.9% Increase
Senior Public Affairs 2	Executive Level 2	99,995	103,895
		96,910	100,689
Senior Public Affairs 1	Executive Level 2	92,212	95,808
Public Affairs 3	Executive Level 1	85,802	89,149
		80,182	83,309
		75,033	77,960
Public Affairs 2	APS 6	65,121	67,660
	APS 6	60,460	62,818
	APS 6	57,664	59,912
Public Affairs 1	APS 5	55,170	57,322
	APS 5	53,693	55,787
	APS 4	50,778	52,759
	*APS 4	48,059	49,933

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

Table 4.8.11: Research Scientist Salary Structure

Local Title	APS Classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2006	August 2006 3.9% Increase
Senior Principal Research  Scientist	Executive Level 2	126,132	131,051
		113,900	118,343
Principal Research Scientist	Executive Level 2	109,808	114,091
		105,823	109,950
		102,909	106,922
		100,179	104,086
		97,094	100,880
Senior Research Scientist	Executive Level 2	96,910	100,689
		90,856	94,399
		84,543	87,841
		80,182	83,309
Research Scientist	Executive Level 1	76,145	79,115
	Executive Level 1	69,484	72,194
	APS 6	60,573	62,935
	APS 6	57,409	59,648
	APS 6	55,847	58,025

Table 4.8.12: Graduate APS Salary Structure – Commencement Salary

Classification	Salary as at 1 July 2006	August 2006 3.9% Increase
Graduate APS	40,055	41,618

Table 4.8.13: Cadet Salary Structure

Classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2006	August 2006 3.9% Increase
Cadet Full Time Study	17,563	18,248
	15,983	16,606
	14,226	14,781
	12,295	12,774
	10,538	10,949
Cadet Practical Training	35,132	35,502
	33,247	34,544
	32,374	33,636
	31,323	32,545
	28,504	29,616
	25,372	26,362
	21,926	22,781
	18,794	19,527

Table 4.8.14: SES and Senior Medical Officer Indicative Salary Bandwidths*

Classification	Minimum	Maximum
SES Band 1	115,000	132,000
SES Band 2	150,000	168,000
SES Band 3	183,750	196,000
Medical Officer Class 5	147,000	152,000
Medical Officer Class 6	158,000	190,000

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

Table 4.8.15: Non-salary Benefits – Core Department including the Department’s 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.
SES Staff - Australian  Workplace Agreement	Private use of motor vehicles or an allowance in lieu (not all officers). Base salary (negotiable, usually within the notified bandwidths for that level). Eligibility for performance based base. Executive vehicle cash-out allowance. Car parking. Flexibility to negotiate an enhanced remuneration when necessary (upon satisfying specific criteria.)

Table 4.8.16: SES Performance-based Payments, 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007

Level	Number	Aggregated Amount	Average	Minimum	Maximum
SES Bands 2 and 3	16	253,198	15,825	9,250	22,500
SES Band 1	69	654,953	9,492	2,121	18,750
Total	85	908,151	-	-	-

The above figures include Executive Professional classifications and payments have been aggregated to preserve employees' privacy.
The performance payments made in 2006-07 relate to assessments for the 2006-06 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 4.8.17: Non-SES Performance-based Payments, 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007

Level	Number	Aggregated Amount	Average	Minimum	Maximum
Medical Officers 3 and 4	10	57,113	5,711	3,823	8,416
Other non-SES staff	349	1,810,694	5,188	768	17,250
Total	359	1,867,808	-	-	-

Payments have been aggregated to preserve employees' privacy.
The performance payments made in 2006-07 relate to assessments for the 2005-06 cycle.
Performance bonus payments are only available to staff with a current AWA which provides eligibility.