At 30 June 2019, there were 534 people, including contract (labour hire) staff, who worked at the AIHW compared with 449 at 30 June 2018. Contract staff numbers increased significantly to meet the needs of externally-funded projects and comply with the cap on the number of APS staff we are allowed to employ.

Table 5.1 shows staff engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 (APS staff) and contract (labour hire) staff.

Of our 341 active APS staff at 30 June 2019:

• 336 (99%) were ongoing employees-an increase of 7.4% compared with 30 June 2018
• 5 were non-ongoing employees, compared with 11 in June 2018
• 84 (25%) worked part-time, compared with 83 in June 2018
• 229 (67%) identified as female, compared with 220 (68%) in June 2018 (see Table 5.2).

Further information on ongoing and non-ongoing staff is at Appendix 6: Digital Annual Reporting Information.

Classification level

Of our active APS staff at 30 June 2019, 37% (126 staff) were classified and employed as Executive Level 1 (EL 1) officers and 23% (80 staff) were employed as APS 6 officers (see Table 5.3).

The percentage of active APS (2–6) level decreased to 45% in comparison with 54% as at 30 June 2018. Executive level staff increased to 53% compared with 44% at the same time last year. The percentage of APS 4 staff decreased slightly. All other classification levels remained relatively stable.

Role of staff

As at 30 June 2019:

• 418 (84%) of our active staff performed statistical work
  • 293 (86%) of our active APS staff
  • 125 (80%) of our contract staff.
• 80 (16%) were employed in corporate support functions, including IT, finance, governance, publications, media and communications
  • 48 (14%) of our active APS staff
  • 32 (20%) of our contract staff.