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2. Workforce profile

Table 2.1 Ongoing employees by classification, 1994, 2007 and 2008
Table 2.2 Employee identified type of work by classification, 2007–08
Table 2.3 Ongoing employees—proportion by age, 1996 to 2008
Table 2.4 Separations of ongoing employees by age group, 2006–07 and 2007–08
Table 2.5 Ongoing SES employees by age group, sex and level, June 2008

3. Diversity

Table 3.1 Representation of EEO groups among ongoing employees, 1999 to 2008
Table 3.2 Agencies with the highest proportion of ongoing Indigenous employees, June 2008
Table 3.3 Representation of ongoing Indigenous employees by classification, 1999, 2007 and 2008
Table 3.4 Indigenous representation in engagements and separations of ongoing employees, 1998–99 to 2007–08
Table 3.5 Agency measures used to recruit and/or retain Indigenous Australians, 2007–08
Table 3.6 Agency attraction attributes—importance and how well expectations were met by Indigenous status, 2007–08
Table 3.7 Representation of employees with disability in engagements and separations of ongoing employees, 1998–99 to 2007–08
Table 3.8 Agency initiatives to improve access to employment for people with disability, 2007–08
Table 3.9 Agency initiatives to improve support both to employees with disability and managers of employees with disability, 2007–08
Table 3.10 Agency attraction attributes—importance and how well expectations were met by disability status, 2007–08
Table 3.11 Agency attraction attributes—importance and how well expectations were met by non-English speaking background status, 2007–08
Table 3.12 Agency attraction attributes—importance and how well expectations were met by age group, 2007–08

4. Attracting, engaging and retaining the APS workforce

Table 4.1 Relevant employees’ views on recruitment experience, 2006–07 and 2007–08
Table 4.2 Attributes attracting employees to their current job, 2007–08
Table 4.3 Agency attributes—employees’ expectations well met, 2007–08
Table 4.4 Reasons for rejoining the APS
Table 4.5 Job satisfaction—employees’ most important workplace attributes, 2006–07 and 2007–08
Table 4.6 Job satisfaction by a range of groups, 2006–07 and 2007–08
Table 4.7 Total remuneration package, 2007 (% change on the previous year)
Table 4.8 Comparisons of wages growth, 2000–01 to 2007–08
Table 4.9 Comparative levels of total remuneration package, 2007
Table 4.10 Median remuneration by gender and classification, June 2007
Table 4.11 Median length of service (years) at classification level, June 2007

5. Leadership, learning and development in the APS

Table 5.1 Satisfaction/agreement with questions comprising the Senior Leaders factor, 2007–08
Table 5.2 Agencies’ anticipated learning and development priorities for employees, 2008–09
Table 5.3 Satisfaction/agreement with questions comprising the Learning and Development factor, 2007–08
Table 5.4 Relevant agencies’ expenditure on formal off-the-job learning and development as a percentage of departmental operating expenses, by agency size, 2004–05 and 2007–08

6. Increasing APS efficiency and effectiveness

Table 6.1 Most common actions already taken by relevant agencies to respond to additional 2% efficiency dividend by agency size, 2007–08
Table 6.2 Employee views on areas as ‘important’ to improve or maintain productivity in the next 12 months, 2007–08
Table 6.3 Satisfaction/agreement with questions comprising the Immediate Manager factor, 2007–08
Table 6.4 Level of workplace absence by agency, 2007–08
Table 6.5 Views on selected employee engagement attributes and level of unscheduled absence in agency, 2007–08
Table 6.6 Sick leave levels for selected jurisdictions, 2006–07 and 2007–08
Table 6.7 Strategies used to manage workplace absence by agency size, 2007–08
Table 6.8 Actions taken by agencies to manage employees’ levels of annual leave by agency size, 2007–08

7. Ethics and integrity

Table 7.1 Measures used by agencies in performance assessments to ensure employees demonstrate and consistently apply the Values, 2002–03 to 2007–08
Table 7.2 Agency use of mechanisms to promote awareness among employees about how they can report suspected misconduct (including harassment and bullying) during 2007–08
Table 7.3 Measures accounting for Code of Conduct investigations, 2006–07 and 2007–08
Table 7.4 Elements of the Code suspected of being breached in investigations finalised during 2007–08
Table 7.5 Number of employees by types of misconduct in investigations finalised during 2007–08
Table 7.6 Outcomes of finalised investigations into suspected breaches of the Code, 2007–08
Table 7.7 Person(s) authorised to receive whistleblower reports, 2007–08
Table 7.8: Employees’ perceptions of whether their agency routinely applies merit (as defined in the Public Service Act) in decisions regarding engagement and promotion resulting from a competitive selection process, 2003–04 to 2007–08

8. Interactions with Ministers and the Parliament

Table 8.1 Types of matters upon which relevant APS employees came into direct contact with Ministers and/or their advisers, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08
Table 8.2 Total Government personal staff and numbers of ministerial advisers, 1995–2008
Table 8.3 Agency quality control measures, 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2007–08
Table 8.4 Employees’ awareness of quality control measures, 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2007–08
Table 8.5 Agency recordkeeping protocols, 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2007–08
Table 8.6 Employees’ awareness of recordkeeping protocols, 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2007–08
Table 8.7 Proportions of agencies with formal evaluation measures in place, 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2007–08
Table 8.8: Agency processes for resolving concerns with ministerial offices, 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2007–08
Table 8.9 Employees’ awareness of processes for resolving concerns with ministerial offices, 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2007–08
Table 8.10 Summary of agencies’ five most important strategies for strengthening relations with Ministers and their offices, 2007–08
Table 8.11 Attendance at parliamentary accountability training courses, 2005–06 to 2007–08
Table 8.12 Proportion of SES and EL staff who have received formal training in accountabilities, rights and responsibilities to Parliament, 2005 and 2008

10: Working with government agencies and stakeholders

Table 10.1 Continuum of relationships
Table 10.2 Estimated devolved government expenditure
Table 10.3 Agency and employee survey results for agency protocols/policies dealing with external stakeholders, 2007–08
Table 10.4 Interactions with government agencies, 2006–07 and 2007–08
Table 10.5 Employee interaction with non-government stakeholders (All APS), 2006–07 and 2007–08
Table 10.6 Employee interaction with non-government stakeholders (EL/SES), 2006–07 and 2007–08

List of figures

A MS Excel file containing the data for all figures used in the Report is available here.

2. Workforce profile

Figure 2.1 APS employees, 1989 to 2008
Figure 2.2 Non-ongoing employees as a proportion of total employees, 1994 to 2008
Figure 2.3 Total employees by sex, 1994 to 2008
Figure 2.4 Proportion of ongoing employees working part-time by sex, 1994 to 2008
Figure 2.5 Proportion of ongoing employees working part-time by age group and sex, June 2008
Figure 2.6 Ongoing employees by classification and sex, June 2008
Figure 2.7 Change in the number of women at selected classifications, weighted and indexed, 1994 to 2008
Figure 2.8 Ongoing employees—engagement and promotion rates for women, 2007–08
Figure 2.9 Ongoing employees—promotion and transfer rates between agencies, 1998–99 to 2007–08
Figure 2.10 Actual and projected age profile for the APS, 2007, 2017 and 2022
Figure 2.11 Ongoing employees—length of service, 1994 to 2008
Figure 2.12: Ongoing employees by classification and location, June 2008
Figure 2.13 Ongoing engagement and separation rates, 1993–94 to 2007–08
Figure 2.14 Ongoing engagements by classification, 1993–94 to 2007–08
Figure 2.15 Ongoing engagements by age group, 1993–94 to 2007–08
Figure 2.16 Ongoing separations, 1993–94 to 2007–08

3. Diversity

Figure 3.1 Representation of Indigenous employees in agencies with more than 1000 ongoing employees, June 2008
Figure 3.2 Employee satisfaction with factors identified through factor analysis—Indigenous employees and non-Indigenous employees, 2007–08
Figure 3.3 Representation of ongoing employees with disability, by classification, 1999 to 2008
Figure 3.4 Representation of employees with disability in agencies with more than 1000 ongoing employees, June 2008
Figure 3.5 Employee satisfaction with factors identified through factor analysis—employees with disability and employees without disability, 2007–08
Figure 3.6 Representation of NESB1 employees in agencies with more than 1000 ongoing employees, June 2008
Figure 3.7 Employee satisfaction with factors identified through factor analysis—employees from non-English speaking backgrounds and employees not from non-English speaking backgrounds, 2007–08
Figure 3.8 Employee satisfaction with factors identified through factor analysis—young employees (under 25 years), mature-aged employees (45 to 54 years) and older workers (55 years and over), 2007–08

4. Attracting, engaging and retaining the APS workforce

Figure 4.1 Agencies’ progress with formal workforce planning, 2002–03 to 2007–08
Figure 4.2 Skills shortages and their impact on agency capability, 2006–07 and 2007–08
Figure 4.3 Length of recruitment processes, 2007–08
Figure 4.4 Employee satisfaction with each of the 12 employee engagement factors, 2007–08
Figure 4.5 Gap between the minimum and maximum of salary ranges, 1996 and 2007

5. Leadership, learning and development in the APS

Figure 5.1 Proportion of employees who rated their immediate supervisor as ‘high’ on leadership capabilities, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07 and 2007–08
Figure 5.2 SES and EL 2 views about leadership in their agency, 2007–08
Figure 5.3 Leadership development activities offered by agencies, 2007–08
Figure 5.4 Methods agencies use to identify future leaders, 2007–08
Figure 5.5 Measures used to align learning and development to organisational business goals, 2002–03, 2004–05 and 2007–08

6. Increasing APS efficiency and effectiveness

Figure 6.1 Employees’ who rated area as ‘important’ in improving or maintaining their productivity by level of agreement with agency performance in last 12 months, 2007–08
Figure 6.2 SES and EL 2 views about what actions would increase efficiency and/or effectiveness in their agency, 2006–07 and 2007–08

7. Ethics and integrity

Figure 7.1 Agency use of induction programmes, 2007–08

8. Interactions with Ministers and the Parliament

Figure 8.1 Selected agency measures to ensure SES staff understand their rights and responsibilities in relation to parliamentary accountability, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2007–08

9. Agency governance

Figure 9.1 Recordkeeping measures used by agencies, 2006–07 and 2007–08
Figure 9.2 Agency recordkeeping practices to store corporate emails, 2005–06 to 2007–08
Figure 9.3 Measures used by agencies to raise employee awareness of conflict of interest obligations, 2003-04 to 2007–08

10: Working with government agencies and stakeholders

Figure 10.1 Agency consultation on different government activities with external stakeholders (usually or sometimes), 2007–08
Figure 10.2 Extent and type of agency involvement with external stakeholders, 2007–08
Figure 10.3 Proportion of relevant APS employees(a) involved in different types of interactions with external stakeholders, 2007–08

11: Inclusive and innovative government

Figure 11.1 Use of feedback mechanisms to obtain information from the public—relevant agencies, 2007–08
Figure 11.2 Use of feedback collected from the public—relevant agencies, 2007–08
Figure 11.3 Factor analysis on innovation in the APS, 2007–08
Figure 11.4 Employees’ views on innovation at work, 2007–08
Figure 11.5 Chance to be creative and innovative, 2007-08
Figure 11.6 Relationship between effective communication in an agency and level of encouragement of innovation, 2007-08

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