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Management of human resources

ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE
At 30 June 2020, the Office had 33 ongoing APS employees located in the Australian Capital Territory. The Inspector-General is a statutory officer and therefore not an employee. Five APS employees worked part-time. No APS employee was employed on a non-ongoing basis in 2019–20 or 2018–19.


At 30 June 2019, the Office had 32 ongoing APS employees located in the Australian Capital Territory (not including the Inspector-General). Four APS employees worked part-time.


No employees identified as Indigenous in 2019–20 or 2018–19.


At the end of 2019–20, five APS employees had individual flexibility agreements for part-time work, under the Office of the IGIS Enterprise Agreement 2016–2019 and continued under the Office of the IGIS Enterprise Agreement 2020–2023.


The profile of the organisation is summarised in the following graphs:

Figure 3.1: Organisational Profile as at 30 June 2020 (by employment level and status) This figure is a bar graph that represents the employment level and status (part time or full time) of IGIS employees as at 30 June 2020, ranging from APS4 to SES Band 2. The graph indicates that of the 33 ongoing APS employees, five worked part time.

Figure 3.2: Gender Balance as at 30 June 2020 (by employment level and status) This figure is a bar graph that represents the gender balance of employees as at 30 June 2020, ranging from APS4 to SES Band 2.

EMPLOYMENT FRAMEWORKS
All IGIS officers are employed under the Public Service Act 1999. From 6 February 2017 to 5 May 2020, all non-SES officers’ salaries and conditions were made under the Office of the IGIS Enterprise Agreement 2016–2019 and since 6 May 2020 under the Office of the IGIS Enterprise Agreement 2020–2023. Three SES officers are presently employed in accordance with individual determinations under s 24(1) of the Public Service Act 1999.


The salary range available to APS employees in the Office throughout the reporting period is provided at Annexure 5.1.


The only notable non-salary benefit for IGIS non-SES officers is a taxable annual allowance in recognition of the requirement to undergo regular and intrusive security clearance processes necessary to maintain a Positive Vetting clearance, as well as other restrictions placed on employees as a result of reviewing the activities of the intelligence agencies. The annual allowance is $1,159.

MANAGING AND DEVELOPING EMPLOYEES
Objective 6 of the IGIS Corporate Plan 2019–20 relates to managing and developing IGIS officers to achieve IGIS outcomes. An assessment of the effectiveness of these measures is in the Annual Performance Statement.


PERFORMANCE PAY
The Office does not have a performance pay scheme.