Appendix 2: Staffing statistics

This appendix contains summary information on the department’s staff in 2015–16.

Location and classification of staff

The figures in the following table include the sessional staff and parliamentary assistants employed by the department and working as at 30 June. These staff are employed to accommodate variations in working patterns during the sittings of the House and are generally not employed when the House is not sitting. Figures corresponding to other non-ongoing staff are also included in the table.

Staff by location, as at 30 June 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016

Location

2013

2014

2015

2016

Executive

5

5

5

5

Executive support/project staff

5

6

7

6

Table Office

14a

14a

13

14

Chamber Research Office

9

9

10

10

International and Parliamentary Relations Officeb

 

 

 

7

 

7

International and Community Relations Officec

 

13

 

10

 

 

Committee Office

64

65

60

58

Serjeant-at-Arms’ Office

30d

22e

23e

22f

Finance Office

6

6

6

5

Parliamentary and Business Information Services

 

15a

 

11a

 

14a

 

12a

People Strategies Office

11

6

6

8a

Total

172

154

151

147

a Includes one sessional staff member.
b Established in July 2014.
c Disbanded in August 2014.
d Includes 20 sessional staff.
e Includes 12 sessional staff.
f Includes 11 sessional staff.

Staff by classification level and gender, at 30 June 2015 and 2016 

30 June 2015 30 June 2016
Classification level Male Female Total Male Female Total

Senior Executive Service

1 4

5

2 4

6

Executive Band 2

10 11

21

10

17

Executive Band 1

19 19

38

21 19

40

Parliamentary Service Level 6

11  14

25

10 16

26

Parliamentary Service Level 5

1 5

6

1 4

5

Parliamentary Service Level 4

21

27

7 25

32

Parliamentary Service Level 3

2 7

9

2 6

8

Parliamentary Service Level 2

11  9

20

10 4

14

Total 61 90  151 60 87 147

Ongoing and non-ongoing staff, by classification level, at 30 June 2015 and 2016 

30 June 2015 30 June 2016
Classification level Ongoing Non-ongoing Total Ongoing Non-ongoing Total

Senior Executive Service

5 -

5

5 -

5

Executive Band 2

21 - 21 17 - 17

Executive Band 1

36 2 38 39 1 40

Parliamentary Service Level 6

22 3 25 26 - 26

Parliamentary Service Level 5

6 - 6 4 1 5

Parliamentary Service Level 4

24 3 27 30 2 32

Parliamentary Service Level 3

5 4 9 7 1 8

Parliamentary Service Level 2

2 18 20 1 13 14

Total

121 30 151 129 18 147

Ongoing and non-ongoing staff by employment status and gender, at 30 June 2015 and 2016 

30 June 2015 30 June 2016
Employment status Female Male Total Female Male Total

Ongoing full-time

67 48 115 77 50 127

Ongoing part-time

6 - 6 2 - 2

Non-ongoing full-time

9 3 12 2 1 3

Non-ongoing part-time

8 10 18 6 9 15

Total

90 61 151 87 60 147

Ongoing and non-ongoing Indigenous staff by employment status, at 30 June 2015 and 2016 

30 June 2015 30 June 2016

Ongoing

-
-

Non-ongoing     

-
1

Staff by classification and equal employment opportunity group, as at 30 June 2016

 

Executivea

Parliamentary Service Levels 4–6

Parliamentary Service Levels
1–3

Total

Female

32

45

10

87

Male

30

18

12

60

Subtotal

62

63

22

147

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

1 (1.6%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.7%)

Non-English-speaking background

1 (1.6%)

3 (4.8%)

1 (4.5%)

5 (3.4%)

People with disability

1 (1.6%)

1 (1.6%)

1 (4.5%)

3 (2.0%)

Separations

The reasons for staff separating from the department, with comparative figures for 2013–14 and 2014–15, are detailed below.

Separations, 2013–14, 2014–15 and 2015–16

Reason for seperation

2013–14

2014–15

2015–16

Transfer/promotion to another Commonwealth  agency

 

9

 

3

 

7

Resignation

3

5

6

Retirement

3

2

5

Cessation of non-ongoing employment

24

17

11

Voluntary retrenchment

2

1

1

Total

41

28

30

 

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