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G: Staffing profile and equal employment opportunity

Table A5 gives a breakdown of all staff in the Commission at 30 June for the past two years by employment type and gender and includes the Australian Public Service Commissioner and the Merit Protection Commissioner. All staff are employed or appointed under the Public Service Act 1999.

Table A5: Ongoing and non-ongoing staff, by gender, 2012–13 and 2013–14
2012–13 2013–14
Female Male Total Female Male Total
Notes: Figures do not include irregular/intermittent employees. Figures include staff on long-term leave or temporary transfer to another agency, and the Australian Public Service Commissioner and Merit Protection Commissioner, who are statutory office holders and are counted as ongoing full-time. The 2012–13 data has a slight correction and increased by one full-time male employee.
Ongoing full-time 140 62 202 135 59 194
Ongoing part-time 23 4 27 26 1 27
Non-ongoing full-time 15 4 19 6 8 14
Non-ongoing part-time 4 3 7 3 2 5
Total 182 73 255 170 70 240

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

Table A6: Senior Executive Service staff, by geneder, 2012–13 and 2013–14
2012–13 2013–14
Female Male Total Female Male Total
Note: Figures do not include the Australian Public Service Commissioner and the Merit Protection Commissioner, who are statutory office holders.
Band 1 4 4 8 4 4 8
Band 2 – 1 1 – 1 1
Band 3 1 –   1 – 1
Total 5 5 10 5 5 10

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

Table A7: Staff by classification, location and gender, 30 June 2013
ACT NSW QLD VIC WA Total
F M F M F M F M F M
Cadet APS 1 1
Graduate APS 2 2
APS 1 1 3 4
APS 2 1 2 3
APS 3 2 3 5
APS 4 31 4 2 1 38
APS 5 15 3 3 21
APS 6 37 10 2 1 50
EL 1 46 22 4 3 2 1 78
EL 2 24 13 1 1 1 1 41
SES 1 4 4 8
SES 2 1 1 2
SES 3 -
Statutory office holders 1 1 2
Total 163 68 10 4 4 1 4 1 255

Table A8: Staff by classification, location and gender, 30 June 2014
ACT NSW QLD VIC WA Total
F M F M F M F M F M
Cadet APS 1 1
Graduate APS 2 2
APS 1 1 1 2
APS 2 5 6
APS 4 30 9 1 2 42
APS 5 10 2 2 1 15
APS 6 36 10 2 1 1 50
EL 1 44 21 4 1 1 1 72
EL 2 22 12 1 1 1 1 38
SES 1 4 4 8
SES 2 1 1
SES 3 1 1
Statutory office holders 1 1 2
Total 152 66 9 2 5 1 3 1 1 - 240

Table A9 shows the representation of equal employment opportunity groups as a percentage of staff, by classification.

Table A9: Representation of equal employment opportunity groups as a percentage of staff, by classification, 30 June 2014
  Total no. of staff Women ATSI EBO PWD
No. % No. % No. % No. %
ATSI = Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; EBO = employees who were born overseas and arrived in Australia after five years of age and whose first language was not English; PWD = people with disability; SOH = statutory office holder.
Cadet APS 1 1 100 1 100
Graduate APS 2 2 100 2 100 1 50
APS 1–2 8 2 25 3 38 3 38
APS 3–4 42 33 79 5 12 2 5 1 2
APS 5–6 65 52 80 1 2 4 6 3 5
EL 1 72 50 69 2 3 2 3 5 7
EL 2 38 24 63 2 5 3 8
SES and SOH 12 6 50 0
Total 240 170 71 16 7 8 3 16 7
Last reviewed: 
29 March 2018