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Chapter 5

DMO People

This chapter provides a summary of personnel initiatives for 2005–06 and a summary of the DMO workforce including personnel numbers, people priorities and initiatives, Workplace Health and Safety, and Performance Pay.

DMO People Strategy

Personnel Numbers—Staffing by Average Strength

This section provides information on average staffing levels for the year and compares numbers of personnel with our estimates for the financial year.

The DMO's workforce average strength in 2005–06 was 6,536 or 15 over the revised estimates. This was due primarily to the net effect of permanent military personnel shortfalls across the three Services, and growth in APS personnel numbers associated with the 23 per cent increase in funds under management for 2006–07 and the use of alternative labour to meet the shortfall in the ADF permanent workforce.

Table 5.2 provides details.

Table 5.2 DMO Average Funded Strength/Full Time equivalent by Rank/Level
  2004–05 Actual 2005–06 Budget Estimate 2005–06 Revised Estimate 2005–06 Actual 2006–07 Budget Estimate 2005–06 Variation (1)
No %
APS
Senior Executives 30 30 30 29 30 –1 –3
Senior Officers 995 973 1,036 1,064 1,140 28 3
Other APS Staff 3,338 3,445 3,342 3,409 3,450 67 2
Subtotal APS (2) 4,363 4,448 4,408 4,502 4,620 94 2
PSP Workforce (3) 388 338 338 393 374 55 16
Subtotal APS/PSP 4,751 4,786 4,746 4,895 4,994 149 3
NAVY(4)
Star Ranked Officers 6 6 5 6 6 1 20
Senior Officers 47 49 49 49 49 - -
Junior Officers 114 143 141 98 141 –43 –30
Other Ranks 139 155 156 124 156 –32 –21
Subtotal Navy 306 353 351 277 352 –74 –21
Reserve Forces (5) 33 61 49 74 56 25 51
Subtotal Navy 339 414 400 351 408 –49 –12
ARMY (4)
Star Ranked Officers 5 4 5 5 7 - -
Senior Officers 44 44 45 42 44 –3 –7
Junior Officers 194 213 218 170 218 –48 –22
Other Ranks 218 240 217 194 215 –24 –10
Subtotal Army 461 501 485 411 484 –75 –15
Reserve Forces (5) 53 67 54 84 59 30 56
Subtotal Army 514 568 539 495 543 –45 –8
AIR FORCE (4)
Star Ranked Officers 6 5 6 6 6 - -
Senior Officers 71 71 72 73 74 1 1
Junior Officers 394 403 403 355 413 –48 –12
Other Ranks 299 351 346 328 348 –18 –5
Subtotal Air Force 770 830 827 762 841 –65 –8
Reserve Forces (5) 39 41 39 33 43 –6 –15
Subtotal Air Force 809 871 866 795 884 –71 –8
Subtotal Average Funded Strength Workforce 1,537 1,684 1,663 1,450 1,677 –213 –13
Subtotal Reserve Workforce 125 169 142 191 158 49 35
Subtotal APS/Professional Service Providers 4,751 4,786 4,746 4,895 4,994 149 3
Total DMO Workforce 6,413 6,639 6,551 6,536 6,829 15 1

Notes:

  1. 2005–06 Actual compared to the 2005–06 Revised Estimate.
  2. The 2005–06 APS strength represents full-time equivalents, ongoing and non-ongoing.
  3. Professional Service Providers are individuals under contract filling line positions.
  4. Navy, Army and Air Force strength represents an agreed Average Funded Strength (AFS) estimate and includes Reservists undertaking full-time service. Reservists undertaking full-time service were 31 (comprising Navy 19, Army 7 and Air Force 5).
  5. Reserve strength represents Reservists who undertook paid service.

Australian Public Service (APS) Staffing

The APS full-time equivalent average strength for 2005–06 was 4,502 or 94 (2 per cent) more than the revised estimate of 4,408. This was due primarily to a growth in APS personnel numbers associated with the 23 per cent increase in funds under management programmed for 2006–07 and the use of alternative labour to meet the shortfall in the ADF permanent workforce. APS staff represented 69 per cent of the total DMO workforce.

Professional Service Providers

In addition to military and civilian employees, the DMO engages Professional Service Providers as part of its total workforce. Professional Service Providers are individuals with specialist skills contracted to fill an APS line position usually due to an inability to recruit or retain civilian staff with these skills. Professional Service Providers are not DMO employees but are employed under contractual arrangements.

The Professional Service Provider full-time equivalent average strength for 2005–06 was 393 or 55 (16 per cent) more than the revised estimate of 338. This was due primarily to a shortfall in specialist skilled staff. Professional Service Providers represented 6 per cent of the total DMO workforce.

Permanent Military Staffing—Military Workforce Agreements

The Chief Executive Officer DMO and the Service Chiefs recognise that the posting of military personnel into the DMO benefits both organisations, in that it supports the DMO's understanding of the operational environment, and provides specialist military skills.

Military positions in the DMO are staffed in accordance with government policy for military staffing in the DMO as reflected in Military Workforce Agreements between the DMO and each of the Services.

The Military Workforce Agreements address a range of matters including:

  • command and control of military personnel;
  • establishment and management of military positions;
  • selection and employment of military personnel;
  • performance of military personnel;
  • tenure of military personnel;
  • career management and professional development; and
  • associated funding arrangements.

The permanent Defence Force average strength in 2005–06 was 1,450 or 213 (13 per cent) less than the revised estimate. This was due primarily to the impact of permanent military personnel shortfalls across the three Services. Permanent military staff represented 22 per cent of the total DMO workforce.

Reserve Military Staffing

The number of Reservists who rendered paid service during 2005–06 was 191. This was 49 (35 per cent) more than the revised estimates of 142. This was due primarily to the proactive action taken by the DMO to establish a process to ensure maximum flexibility in the utilisation of reserve training days. Reserve military staff represented 3 per cent of the total DMO workforce.

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