Annual Report - COMPLETE - Australian Crime Commission

Staffing profile
The staff of the ACC comprises:
• Chief Executive Officer and Examiners,
• Commonwealth staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999 (the PS Act),
• consultants engaged under section 48 of the ACC Act,
• AFP and other Commonwealth staff seconded under section 49 of the ACC Act,
and
• state and territory police seconded to the ACC under section 58 of the ACC Act.
Refer to Appendix B for further details on staffing.
Workforce planning
In undertaking its intelligence operations and investigations, the ACC uses
multidisciplinary teams of lawyers, seconded police, financial investigators,
intelligence analysts, surveillance staff, TI and operations support staff and
specialist staff seconded from other agencies. Corporate services such as human
resources, financial and resource management, information technology, information
management, internal audit, business planning and reporting, strategic policy and
communications and corporate management support the ACC’s core functions.
The ACC recruits highly experienced staff on an ongoing and non-ongoing basis to
support its core business and special operations. It has, made a decision to reduce
the proportion of non-ongoing staff. At 30 June 2004, 22 percent of APS staff were
employed as non-ongoing staff, down from 42 percent at 1 January 2003.
The secondment of police and staff from other agencies to the ACC enhances
its intelligence and investigative ability and helps promote positive working
relationships with partner law enforcement agencies. Police are seconded from
Commonwealth, state and territory police services for periods of two to three
years. Officers from Commonwealth agencies such as ACS and the ATO are also
seconded for varying periods.
Workplace agreements
The ACC’s first Certified Agreement came into force on 6 January 2004 and will
remain until 30 June 2006. All Senior Executive Service (SES) staff are employed
under individual AWAs and 50 non-SES staff are also employed under an AWA.
Staff consultation
The principal vehicle for consultation with staff is the National Consultative Committee
(NCC), supported by Local Consultative Committees in each office. The NCC met in
December 2003 and June 2004 and discussed various issues, including the ACC’s
functions, staff profile and employment arrangements.
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