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Department of Human Services Annual Report 2017/18

APPENDIX A: STAFFING STATISTICS AND REMUNERATION

STAFF PROFILE

Table 70: Staff by substantive(a) classification and location
Classification	ACT	NSW	Qld	SA	NT	Tas.	Vic.	WA	Total
SES Band 3	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8
SES Band 2	23	4	2	1	0	0	3	0	33
SES Band 1	88	6	13	5	0	1	5	2	120
Executive Level 2	500	88	91	35	2	18	67	11	812
Executive Level 1	1 138	288	323	161	17	61	249	78	2 315
APS 6	1 167	1 140	986	467	45	249	880	239	5 173
APS 5	556	713	715	337	91	167	456	172	3 207
APS 4	497	4 250	2 950	1 150	190	967	3 098	966	14 068
APS 3	131	1 792	1 264	500	130	246	1 643	889	6 595
APS 2	3	39	23	11	2	52	24	10	164
APS 1	49	21	20	6	0	5	13	10	124
Other—trainees, graduates, cadets	126	34	85	10	23	4	26	16	324
Total	4 285	8 375	6 472	2 682	500	1 770	6 465	2 393	32 943

(a) Substantive classification is the permanent classification of an ongoing employee or the classification of the role a non-ongoing employee is performing at the time of reporting.

Classification	SES Band 3	SES Band 2	SES Band 1	Executive Level 2	Executive Level 1	APS 6	APS 5	APS 4	APS 3	APS 2	APS 1	Other—trainees, graduates, cadets	Total
ACT	7	23	88	500	1 138	1 167	556	497	131	3	49	126	4285
NSW	0	4	6	88	288	1 140	713	4 250	1 792	39	21	34	8375
Qld	0	2	13	91	323	986	715	2 950	1 264	23	20	85	6472
SA	0	1	5	35	161	467	337	1 150	500	11	6	10	2682
NT	0	0	0	2	17	45	91	190	130	2	0	23	500
Tas.	0	0	1	18	61	249	167	967	246	52	5	4	1770
Vic.	1	3	5	67	249	880	456	3 098	1 643	24	13	26	6465
WA	0	0	2	11	78	239	172	966	889	10	10	16	2393
Total	8	33	120	812	2 315	5 173	3 207	14 068	6 595	164	124	324	32943

(a) Substantive classification is the permanent classification of an ongoing employee or the classification of the role a non-ongoing employee is performing at the time of reporting.

Table 71: Staff by substantive(a) classification and employment status
Classification	Ongoing	Non-ongoing(b)	Total
SES Band 3	6	2	8
SES Band 2	31	2	33
SES Band 1	120	0	120
Executive Level 2	804	8	812
Executive Level 1	2 307	8	2 315
APS 6	5 157	16	5 173
APS 5	3 188	19	3 207
APS 4	13 768	300	14 068
APS 3	4 165	2 430	6 595
APS 2	136	28	164
APS 1	102	22	124
Other—trainees, graduates, cadets	324	0	324
Total	30 108	2 835	32 943

(a) Substantive classification is the permanent classification of an ongoing employee or the classification of the role a non-ongoing employee is performing at the time of reporting.

(b) Includes irregular/intermittent staff.

Table 72: Staff by substantive(a) classification and employment type
Classification	Full time	Part time(b)	Total
SES Band 3	7	1	8
SES Band 2	32	1	33
SES Band 1	120	0	120
Executive Level 2	750	62	812
Executive Level 1	1 988	327	2 315
APS 6	3 816	1 357	5 173
APS 5	2 587	620	3 207
APS 4	9 086	4 982	14 068
APS 3	3 828	2 767	6 595
APS 2	123	41	164
APS 1	80	44	124
Other—trainees, graduates, cadets	310	14	324
Total	22 727	10 216	32 943

(a) Substantive classification is the permanent classification of an ongoing employee or the classification of the role a non-ongoing employee is performing at the time of reporting.

(b) Includes irregular/intermittent staff.

Table 73: Staff by substantive(a) classification and gender
Classification	Female	Male	Non-binary	Total
SES Band 3	4	4	0	8
SES Band 2	14	19	0	33
SES Band 1	59	61	0	120
Executive Level 2	414	398	0	812
Executive Level 1	1 317	998	0	2 315
APS 6	3 447	1 723	3	5 173
APS 5	2 146	1 060	1	3 207
APS 4	10 795	3 261	12	14 068
APS 3	4 998	1 583	14	6 595
APS 2	112	52	0	164
APS 1	74	50	0	124
Other—trainees, graduates, cadets	195	125	4	324
Total	23 575	9 334	34	32 943

(a) Substantive classification is the permanent classification of an ongoing employee or the classification of the role a non-ongoing employee is performing at the time of reporting.

Table 74: Staff self-identified as having disability, by substantive(a) classification and gender
Classification	Female	Male	Non-binary	Total
SES Band 3	0	1	0	1
SES Band 2	0	0	0	0
SES Band 1	4	3	0	7
Executive Level 2	17	13	0	30
Executive Level 1	49	42	0	91
APS 6	178	110	0	288
APS 5	129	57	0	186
APS 4	646	208	1	855
APS 3	139	70	0	209
APS 2	15	19	0	34
APS 1	15	10	0	25
Other—trainees, graduates, cadets	9	7	0	16
Total	1 201	540	1	1 742

(a) Substantive classification is the permanent classification of an ongoing employee or the classification of the role a non-ongoing employee is performing at the time of reporting.

Table 75: Staff self-identified as having a culturally and linguistically diverse background, by substantive(a) classification and gender
Classification	Female	Male	Non-binary	Total
SES Band 3	0	1	0	1
SES Band 2	3	6	0	9
SES Band 1	19	10	0	29
Executive Level 2	98	128	0	226
Executive Level 1	360	353	0	713
APS 6	936	531	1	1 468
APS 5	564	327	0	891
APS 4	2 679	927	2	3 608
APS 3	994	316	2	1 312
APS 2	19	13	0	32
APS 1	21	12	0	33
Other—trainees, graduates, cadets	17	16	0	33
Total	5 710	2 640	5	8 355

(a) Substantive classification is the permanent classification of an ongoing employee or the classification of the role a non-ongoing employee is performing at the time of reporting.

Table 76: Staff self-identified as Indigenous, by substantive(a) classification
Classification	2016–17		2017–18
Classification	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Ongoing	Non-ongoing(b)
SES Band 3	0	0	0	0
SES Band 2	0	0	0	0
SES Band 1	3	0	1	0
Executive Level 2	15	0	15	0
Executive Level 1	46	1	49	0
APS 6	126	0	123	0
APS 5	196	0	190	2
APS 4	680	10	705	17
APS 3	338	65	362	52
APS 2	3	2	3	1
APS 1	2	0	2	0
Other—trainees, graduates, cadets	119	0	175	0
Total	1 528	78	1 625	72

(a) Substantive classification is the permanent classification of an ongoing employee or the classification of the role a non-ongoing employee is performing at the time of reporting.

(b) Includes irregular/intermittent staff.

Indigenous employee staffing
	at 30 June 2017	at 30 June 2018
Ongoing	1528	1625
Non-ongoing	78	72
Casual	-	-
Total	1606	1697

NON-SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE REMUNERATION

At 30 June 2018, the Department of Human Services Enterprise Agreement 2017–2020 covered 32 774 non-SES staff.

Table 77: Salary ranges for staff under the department’s enterprise agreement in 2017–18
Classification	Salary range(a) $
Executive Level 2	115 028–136 794
Executive Level 1	99 400–110 144
APS 6	79 469–91 894
APS 5	71 790–77 465
APS 4	64 368–71 317
APS 3	57 752–64 367
APS 2	52 098–56 226
APS 1	46 621–49 989
Deputy General Counsel—Executive Level 2 (Legal Job Stream)	145 271
Senior Rehabilitation Consultant—APS 6 (Professional Job Stream)	96 838
Rehabilitation Consultant 2+—APS 6 (Professional Job Stream)	92 198
APS Trainee (School-based Pathway) Year 11	21 148
APS Trainee (School-based Pathway) Year 12	23 311
APS Trainee (Apprentice)	52 098–64 368
APS Trainee (ICT Apprentice)	46 621–55 530
Cadet APS	26 574–53 530
Cadet ICT (Technical Trainee)	52 098–55 403
Graduate APS	57 752–64 368

(a) The salary ranges in this table cover base salary rates only. They do not include reportable fringe benefits, allowances and salary sacrifice arrangements.

Level	Minimum	Maximum
SES Band 3	303 000	360 000
SES Band 2	215 000	265 000
Medical officer Class 4	163 518	174 248
SES Band 1	161 000	207 500
Medical officer Class 3	150 468	157 238
Medical officer Class 2	118 817	141 283
Executive Level 2	115 028	136 794
Executive Level 1	99 400	110 144
APS 6	79 469	91 894
APS 5	71 790	77 465
APS 4	64 368	71 317
APS 3	57 752	64 367
APS 2	52 098	56 226
APS 1	46 621	49 989
Deputy General Counsel—Executive Level 2 (Legal Job Stream)	145 271	145 271
Senior Rehabilitation Consultant—APS 6 (Professional Job Stream)	96 838	96 838
Rehabilitation Consultant 2+—APS 6 (Professional Job Stream)	92 198	92 198
APS Trainee (School-based Pathway) Year 11	21 148	21 148
APS Trainee (School-based Pathway) Year 12	23 311	23 311
APS Trainee (Apprentice)	52 098	64 368
APS Trainee (ICT Apprentice)	46 621	55 530
Cadet APS	26 574	53 530
Cadet ICT (Technical Trainee)	52 098	55 403
Graduate APS	57 752	64 368

(a) The salary ranges in this table cover base salary rates only:

Non-SES salary ranges do not include reportable fringe benefits, allowances and salary sacrifice arrangements.
SES salary ranges do not include motor vehicles, reportable fringe benefits or other allowances. SES salary ranges are indicative, as the Secretary may approve salary rates outside them.

At 30 June 2018, the Department of Human Services Medical Officers Agreement 2013–2014 covered eight medical officers.

Table 78: Salary ranges for staff under the department’s medical officers agreement
Classification	Salary range(a) $
Medical Officer Class 4	163 518–174 248
Medical Officer Class 3	150 468–157 238
Medical Officer Class 2	118 817–141 283

(a) The salary ranges in this table cover base salary rates only. They do not include reportable fringe benefits, allowances and salary sacrifice arrangements.

PERFORMANCE PAY

The department made no performance payments in 2017–18.

NON-SALARY BENEFITS

The Department of Human Services Enterprise Agreement 2017–2020 provides for a range of allowances for staff who meet eligibility criteria. For example, social workers can claim reimbursement for professional association membership fees associated with the performance of their duties.

Staff can access salary sacrifice benefits, including additional superannuation and leased motor vehicles. Non-salary benefits can include a health insurance discount and a public transport loan scheme. Staff also have access to business tools, such as mobile phones and mobile computing devices, if there is a business requirement.

SES staff have car parking at their local office and a vehicle allowance or a vehicle to use for business and private purposes.

SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE REMUNERATION

The Secretary establishes salary ranges for SES staff, based on:

the Australian Government Workplace Bargaining Policy 2018
the annual Australian Public Service SES remuneration survey
the performance of the department
value for money.

Table 79: Salary ranges for SES classifications
Classification	Salary range(a) $
SES Band 3	303 000–360 000
SES Band 2	215 000–265 000
SES Band 1	161 000–207 500

(a) The salary ranges in the table cover base salary rates only. They do not include motor vehicles, reportable fringe benefits or other allowances. These ranges are indicative, as the Secretary may approve salary rates outside them.

The Secretary reviews salaries for individual SES staff each year after the end of the annual performance cycle.

As well as individual performance, the Secretary takes into account factors such as organisational performance, comparable remuneration data, and the size and complexity of the role.

INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENTS

The following industrial instruments have been used to establish conditions of service for the department’s staff.

Table 80: Employment arrangements
Arrangement	SES	Non-SES	Total
Section 24(1) of the Public Service Act 1999	160	0	160
Individual flexibility agreements	0	81	81
Common law contracts	1	0	1
Total	161	81	242

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APPENDIX A: STAFFING STATISTICS AND REMUNERATION

STAFF PROFILE

NON-SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE REMUNERATION

PERFORMANCE PAY

NON-SALARY BENEFITS

SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE REMUNERATION

INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENTS

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