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Appendix G: Staffing profile and equal employment opportunity

Table A5 gives a breakdown of all staff in the Commission at 30 June for the last two years by type and gender. All staff, except for the Public Service Commissioner and the Merit Protection Commissioner, are employed under the Public Service Act 1999.

Table A5: Ongoing and non-ongoing staff, by gender, 2010–11 and 2011–12
2010–11 2011–12
Female Male Total Female Male Total
Note: Figures do not include Executive Level casual employees providing fee-for-service work. Figures include 10 staff (9 in 2010–11) on long-term leave or secondment and the Public Service Commissioner and Merit Protection Commissioner, who are statutory office holders and are counted as ongoing full-time.
Ongoing full-time 134 57 191 152 59 211
Ongoing part-time 22 3 25 30 5 35
Non-ongoing full-time 31 10 41 14 5 19
Non ongoing part-time 1 2 3 4 2 6
Total 188 72 260 200 71 271

Table A6 shows Senior Executive Service staff at 30 June for the last two years by gender.

Table A6: Senior Executive Service, by gender, 2010–11 and 2011–12
2010–11 2011–12
Female Male Total Female Male Total
Note: Figures do not include the Public Service Commissioner and the Merit Protection Commissioner, who are statutory office holders.
Band 1 4 4 8 5 5 10
Band 2 1 1 2 1 1 2
Band 3 1 0 1
Total 6 5 11 6 6 12

Tables A7 and A8 show staff by classification, gender and location for the last two years.

Table A7: Classification by location and gender, 30 June 2011
ACT NSW Qld SA Vic. WA Overseas Total
F M F M F M F M F M F M F M
Note: Figures do not include 71 (48 female and 23 male) Executive Level 1 casual employees providing fee-for-service work. Figures include nine staff on long-term leave, and the Public Service Commissioner and the Merit Protection Commissioner, who are statutory office holders and counted as ongoing full-time.
Cadet APS
Graduate APS 3 3
APS 1 3 2 5
APS 2 1 1 2
APS 3 12 3 1 14
APS 4 19 3 2 1 25
APS 5 18 3 3 24
APS 6 32 13 4 1 50
EL 1 47 23 3 3 1 2 1 80
EL 2 26 13 1 1 1 1 1 44
SES 1 4 4 8
SES 2 1 1 2
SES 3 1 1
Statutory office holders 1 1 2
Subtotal 166 67 10 4 5 1 1 4 2 0 0
Total 233 14 6 1 4 2 0 260
Table A8: Classification by location and gender, 30 June 2012
ACT NSW Qld SA Vic. WA Overseas Total
F M F M F M F M F M F M F M
Note: Figures do not include 56 (34 female and 22 male) Executive Level 1 casual employees providing fee-for-service work. Figures include 10 staff on long-term leave, and the Public Service Commissioner and the Merit Protection Commissioner, who are statutory office holders and counted as ongoing full-time.
Trainee APS 1 1
Cadet APS
Graduate APS 1 1
APS 1 1 3 4
APS 2 1 1 2
APS 3 7 3 1 11
APS 4 27 5 3 1 36
APS 5 16 3 5 24
APS 6 40 14 3 1 58
EL 1 52 19 3 3 1 2 80
EL 2 24 11 1 1 1 2 40
SES 1 5 5 10
SES 2 1 1 2
SES 3
Statutory office holders 1 1 2
Subtotal 176 66 11 4 6 1 1 6
Total 243 15 7 1 6 271

Tables A9 and A10 show the representation of equal employment opportunity groups as a percentage of staff by occupational groups for the last two years.

Table A9: Representation of equal employment opportunity groups as a percentage of staff by occupational groups, 30 June 2011
Total staff Women ATSI BO BO + ENFL PWD
No. No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

ATSI = Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; BO = born overseas; BO + ENFL = born overseas and did not speak English as a first language; PWD = people with disability; SOH = statutory office holder.

Note: Figures do not include 67 (43 female and 19 male) non-ongoing Executive Level 1 casual employees providing fee-for-service work. Figures include nine staff on long-term leave. As some people fall into more than one equal employment opportunity group, the components do not add to the total staff number.
Cadet APS
Graduate APS 3 3 100.0 1 33.3 0 0 0 0 0 0
APS 1–2 7 4 57.1 1 14.3 1 14.3 0 0 2 38.6
APS 3–4 39 33 84.6 3 7.7 11 28.2 4 10.3 0 0
APS 5–6 75 59 78.7 3 4.0 12 16.0 3 4.0 4 5.3
EL 1 79 53 67.1 3 3.8 31 39.2 3 3.8 6 7.6
EL 2 44 29 65.9 0 0 10 22.7 0 0 1 2.3
SES and SOH 13 7 53.8 0 0 7 53.8 0 0 1 7.7
Total 260 188 72.3 11 4.2 72 27.4 10 3.8 14 5.3
Table A10: Representation of equal employment opportunity groups as a percentage of staff by occupational groups, 30 June 2012
Total staff Women ATSI BO BO + ENFL PWD
No. No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

ATSI = Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; BO = born overseas; BO + ENFL = born overseas and did not speak English as a first language; PWD = people with disability; SOH = statutory office holder.

Note: Figures do not include 56 (34 female and 22 male) Executive Level 1 casual employees providing fee-for-service work. Figures include 10 staff on long-term leave, and the Public Service Commissioner and the Merit Protection Commissioner, who are statutory office holders and counted as ongoing full-time. As some people fall into more than one equal employment opportunity group, the components do not add to the total staff number.
Trainee APS 1 1 100.0 1 100.0
Cadet APS
Graduate APS 1 1 100.0 1 100.0
APS 1–2 3 1 33.3 1 33.3 2 66.7
APS 3–4 47 40 85.1 4 8.5 10 21.3 7 14.9
APS 5–6 82 65 79.3 2 2.4 9 11.0 6 7.3 2 2.4
EL 1 80 58 72.5 2 2.5 8 10.0 3 3.8 7 8.8
EL 2 40 27 67.5 5 12.5 1 2.5
SES and SOH 14 7 50.0 2 14.3
Total 271 200 73.8 11 4.1 34 12.5 16 5.9% 12 4.4
Last reviewed: 
29 March 2018