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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

Actual Staffing as at 30 June 2006

This section outlines the changes in the workforce that occurred during 2005–06, and provides personnel information at, or up to, 30 June 2006. It includes numbers of personnel, employment categories and locations, gender information, and details of recruitment and separations during the year.

At 30 June 2006, DMO had 4,952 permanent APS employees and 1,464 permanent military members. The number of APS personnel recorded as employees includes full-time, part-time, ongoing and non-ongoing, and unpaid employees. This was 392 more personnel than the same time last year and is an overall increase of 6.5 per cent. Figures in the following tables show actual staff numbers as at 30 June 2006 and not average funded strengths.

Table 5.4 DMO Permanent Personnel Comparison as at 30 June 2005 and 30 June 2006(1)
  APS Navy Army Air Force Total
Total 2004–05 4,487 306 461 770 6,024
APS Separations (2) –366       –366
APS Additions (3) 831       831
Military Staffing Variation   –22 –61 10 –73
Total Variation 465 –22 –61 10 392
Total 2005–06 4,952 284 400 780 6,416

Notes:

  1. Figures in this table show actual staff numbers, including paid and unpaid staff, excluding locally engaged civilians overseas
  2. Separations include all personnel who have left the DMO workforce through voluntary and involuntary redundancy, age or voluntary retirement, resignation or transfer to other agencies.
  3. Additions include all personnel who have joined the DMO workforce through direct recruitment action, enlistments from overseas, re-enlistments, including transfers from other agencies and non-ongoing personnel.

The DMO Workforce by Gender and Employment Category

Table 5.5 DMO APS Personnel and DMO Permanent Forces by Gender and Employment Level/Rank
  As at 30 June 2005 As at 30 June 2006
APS Men % Women % Men % Women %
Chief Executive Officer—DMO 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0
Senior Executive Service 24 0.5 6 0.1 19 0.4 7 0.1
Executive Level 808 18.0 193 4.4 942 19.0 236 4.8
Other APS 2,378 53.0 1,078 24.0 2,527 51.0 1,220 24.7
APS Total 3,211 72 1,277 29 3,489 70 1,463 30
Navy Total 283 93 23 8 254 89 30 11
Army Total 428 83 33 7 372 93 28 7
Air Force Total 703 91 67 9 703 90 78 10
TOTAL 4,625 77 1,400 23 4,818 75 1,599 25

 

Table 5.6 APS Personnel by Gender and Category as at 30 June 2006(1)
Category Gender Full-time Part-time Total
Ongoing employees Male 3,387 7 3,394
Female 1,379 15 1,394
Non-ongoing employees Male 95 - 95
Female 69 - 69
Total Male 3,482 7 3,489
Total Female 1,448 15 1,463
Total APS Personnel   4,930 22 4,952

Note:

  1. Figures in this table show actual staff numbers, including paid and unpaid staff, excluding locally engaged civilians overseas.

DMO Senior Management

Table 5.7 Star-Ranked Officers as at 30 June 2006
    Total star rank (1) 2005–06 Promotions (2) 2005–06 Separations (3)
    Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total
Three Star Navy - - - - - - - - -
  Army - - - - - - - - -
  Air Force - - - - - - - - -
Two Star Navy 1 - 1 - - - - - -
  Army 1 - 1 - - - - - -
  Air Force 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - -
One Star Navy 6 - 6 1 - 1 1 - 1
  Army 6 - 6 - - - - - -
  Air Force 5 - 5 1 - 1 1 - 1
Total 20 - 20 3 - 3 2 - 2

Notes:

  1. Officers on acting or higher duties are not included.
  2. Promotions include those officers promoted between levels.
  3. Separations include only those officers who have separated from the DMO.
Table 5.8 APS Senior Executive Service as at 30 June 2006 (1) (2)
  Total SES 2005–06 Engagements 2005–06 Separations
  Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total
Senior Executive Service (Band 3) 1 - 1 - - - - - -
Senior Executive Service (Band 2) 6 2 8 1 - 1 2 - 2
Senior Executive Service (Band 1) 13 5 18 2 2 4 1 1 2
Total 20 7 27 3 2 5 3 1 4

Notes:

  1. Figures in this table show actual staff numbers at their substantive level and officers on higher duties pending permanent filling action.
  2. Gains and losses do not reflect movement of officers between levels.
  3. Engagement figures include new engagements, promotions and transfers from other agencies for ongoing employees only.
  4. Separation figures include resignations and redundancies, and promotions and transfers to other agencies for ongoing employees only.

Distribution of DMO Personnel

Table 5.9 Distribution of APS and Military Personnel by Employment Location as at 30 June 2006 (1) (2)
State NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT ACT (3) O/S (4) Total
Chief Executive Officer—DMO - - - - - - - 1 - 1
Senior Executive Service - 2 - - - - - 23 1 26
Executive Level 169 260 48 47 42 - 7 578 27 1,178
APS 1,087 1,198 363 130 166 - 29 762 12 3,747
APS 1,256 1,460 411 177 208 - 36 1,364 40 4,952
Navy (5) 125 11 10 8 74 - 5 45 6 284
Army (5) 10 222 83 8 1 - 3 57 16 400
Air Force (5) 280 111 50 120 1 - - 144 74 780
TOTAL 1,671 1,804 554 313 284 - 44 1,610 136 6,416

Notes:

  1. Figures in the table show actual staff numbers as at 30 June 2006, include personnel who are on unpaid leave.
  2. APS levels include information technology, professional, technical, trade/physical, officers full-time, part-time, ongoing, and non-ongoing personnel.
  3. ACT includes personnel located at Jervis Bay.
  4. Overseas figures represent personnel posted for long and short-term duty as at 30 June 2006.
  5. Permanent Forces figures include paid, unpaid members and Reserves on continuous full-time service. Personnel are shown in the location from which they are administered.
  6. Reserve forces figures with training obligations.

Recruitment

The DMO recruited 831 employees in the 12 months up to 30 June 2006, as shown in Table 5.10. This represented an increase in personnel from 2004–05.

Table 5.10 DMO APS Recruitment 2004–05 and 2005–06(1)
2004–05 NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT ACT O/S Total
Senior Executive Service - 1 - - - - - 9 - 10
Executive Level 1 7 1 2 1 - - 30 - 42
APS 35 39 4 13 6 - 1 76 - 174
Total 36 47 5 15 7 - 1 115 - 226
2005–06 NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT ACT O/S Total
Senior Executive Service - - - - - - - 5 - 5
Executive Level 12 20 6 5 3 - 1 65 3 115
APS 165 180 59 30 32 - 12 233 - 711
Total 177 200 65 35 35 - 13 303 3 831

Note:

  1. Includes transfers from other agencies.

Separations

In the 12 months leading up to 30 June 2006, the DMO had 366 or 7 per cent of APS employees separate from the DMO. This figure is comparable with the 2005 result of 428 or 7 per cent separation rate.

Table 5.11 APS Separations 2004–05 and 2005–06
  Voluntary Involuntary (1) Resignation/Retirement (2) Transfers (3) Total
2004–05
Senior Executive Service - - 4 2 6
Senior Officers 22 11 46 8 87
Other Staff 43 27 244 21 335
Total APS 65 38 294 31 428
2005–06
Senior Executive Service - - 3 1 4
Senior Officers 10 1 65 24 100
Other Staff 10 32 204 16 262
Total APS 20 33 272 41 366

Notes:

  1. 'Involuntary' primarily comprises member's performance managed or unsuitable for employment.
  2. Resignation / Retirement include Complete non-ongoing, Resignation and Retirement.
  3. Transfers to other agencies.

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