National Archives of Australia - Annual reports

Table 20: Classification and gender by salary range, 30 June 2011Classification Salary range Male Female TotalMinimum ($) Maximum ($) Full time Part time Full time Part timeAPS 1 39 565 43 531 7 4 10 2 23APS 2 45 227 49 335 15 2 14 13 44APS 3 50 818 55 064 22 4 15 0 41APS 4 56 624 61 017 29 3 38 6 76APS 5 62 431 66 969 30 4 32 4 70APS 6 70 418 78 132 30 7 45 5 87EL 1 87 114 123 658 26 3 32 10 71EL 2 104 537 127 469 8 1 17 3 29Professional 1 52 269 66 969 1 1 4 5 11Public Affairs 2 72 487 80 505 0 0 3 0 3Public Affairs 3 95 834 105 167 1 0 3 0 4SES – – 0 0 5 0 5Director-General – – 1 0 0 0 1Total – – 170 29 218 48 465Senior Executive ServiceremunerationThe Archives determines SES remuneration withregard to the annual Department of Education,Employment and Workplace Relations AustralianPublic Service Remuneration Survey. The basesalary is negotiated between the Director-Generaland individual SES officers under subsection24(1) determinations. Each SES officer develops aperformance agreement with the Director-Generaland is assessed against a five-scale rating system.No bonuses are payable to SES officers.A range of non-salary benefits is available toSES officers, subject to the nature of workundertaken and approval arrangements.Benefits may include provision of laptopcomputers, mobile phones, airline loungemembership, motor vehicle cash in-lieu payments,or support for professional development.Workforce planning, staffturnover and retentionIn 2010–11, overall staffing numbers reflecteda slight decrease compared with 2009–10. Thenumber of employees working full time increased to83 per cent as at 30 June 2011, from 75 per centas at 30 June 2010. The Archives continued tohave a higher representation of female employees(57 per cent) (Table 20).The 2010–11 separation rate for the Archives was9.1 per cent, an increase from the 2009–10 rate of7.3 per cent. This includes all ongoing separations,such as terminations, redundancies, resignations,retirements and movements to other AustralianGovernment agencies. The majority of the Archives’ongoing separations in 2010–11 were a result ofresignations or permanent moves to other agenciesthrough either transfer or promotion.Table 21: Staff distribution by office, 30 June 2011OfficeNumberCanberra 333Sydney 59Melbourne 38Perth 11Brisbane 10Hobart 6Adelaide 4Darwin 4Total 465Note: Number basis is headcount and does not includeinoperative staff.Management and accountability 43