Appendix 1 – Workforce Profile

As at June 2017, the State Service had a total paid headcount^[1]of 29,075 (28,000 in 2016), which equates to a total of 22,977.32 paid full-time equivalent (FTE) employees (22,135.01 in 2016). This is an increase of 842.31 FTE in the twelve months to June 2017.

Paid FTE by agency as at 30 June 2016 and 2017

	2016	2017	Variation 2016-17
Department of Education	7,644.95	7,952.85	307.90
Department of Health and Human Services	1,631.46	1,607.33	- 24.13
Department of Justice	1,107.46	1,142.02	34.56
Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management	786.22	852.74	66.52
Department of Premier and Cabinet	458.23	474.05	15.82
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment	1,091.97	1,156.96	64.99
Department of State Growth	678.22	703.75	25.53
Department of Treasury and Finance	260.03	291.49	31.46
Tasmanian Audit Office	43.00	39.08	- 3.92
Integrity Commission of Tasmania	14.40	12.90	- 1.50
Macquarie Point Development Corporation	11.16	3.00	- 8.16
Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority	98.19	92.33	- 5.86
Tasmanian Health Service^[2]	7,498.56	7,849.76	351.20
TasTAFE	711.81	695.08	- 16.73
The Public Trustee	50.59	53.62	3.03
Tourism Tasmania	48.76	50.36	1.60
Total	22,135.01	22,977.32	842.31

The total number of employees under age 30 increased to 3,293 in 2016-17 (from 2,959 in 2015-16).

Paid Headcount by age and gender

Paid Headcount by agency and employment category

	Fixed-term	Permanent	Part 6	TOTAL
Department of Education	2,485	8,237	14	10,736
Department of Health and Human Services	147	1,600	28	1,775
Department of Justice	98	1,136	23	1,257
Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management	61	821	10	892
Department of Premier and Cabinet	57	468	18	543
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment	141	1,110	20	1,271
Department of State Growth	44	752	24	820
Department of Treasury and Finance	23	276	16	315
Tasmanian Audit Office	10	30	2	42
Integrity Commission of Tasmania	1	12	1	14
Macquarie Point Development Corporation	2	-	1	3
Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority	10	108	2	120
Tasmanian Health Service	1,964	8,360	20	10,344
TasTAFE	131	686	6	823
The Public Trustee	7	53	1	61
Tourism Tasmania	4	53	2	59
Total	5,185	23,702	188	29,075

Employment status by region as a percentage of the TSS workforce

	Fixed-term %	Permanent %	Part 6 %
Interstate	0.00	0.00	0.00
North	4.23	20.47	0.03
North West	3.27	14.53	0.01
South	9.09	41.97	0.59
South East	1.14	4.04	0.01
West Coast	0.10	0.52	0.00
Total % of TSS	17.83	81.53	0.64

Commencements and separations

Of the 1,337 permanent employees who left the State Service in 2016-17, a total of 1,192 (89.15 per cent) resigned^[3] or retired.

Officers

An officer is anyone appointed under Part 6 of the Act, and includes Heads of Agencies, Prescribed Office Holders, Senior Executive Service, and Equivalent Specialists. Overall, the total number of officers in the State Service rose over the 2016-17 reporting period to 188 (from 183 in 2015-16). Senior Executive Service (SES) officer numbers increased from 147 to 149, which includes an increase of female officers from 50 in 2015-16 to 55 in 2016-17.

Category	Male	Female	Total
Head of Agency	13	1	14
Prescribed Office Holder	2	1	3
Senior Executive Service	94	55	149
Equivalent Specialist	16	6	22
Total	125	63	188

Data notes

Data included in this Workforce Profile reflects information collected through the Workforce Information Reporting System (WiRS). WiRS is a standardised national employee reporting system, validated against a set of business rules and translation tables to ensure consistent reporting at a whole-of-service level. WiRS data only includes those people employed under the State Service Act 2000, and within the agencies listed in Schedule 1 of that Act.

Definitions

Paid Headcount is the number of employees and officers (excluding casuals) engaged and paid as at the reporting date, including employees on paid leave. It excludes employees who were not paid as at the reporting date, such as people on Leave Without Pay or on secondment out of the State Service.

Paid Full-time Equivalent (FTE) is the full-time equivalent value of employees and officers (excluding casuals) who are engaged and paid as at the reporting date (e.g. one person working two part-time roles of 0.5 FTE each equals 1.00 FTE).

Officer/Part 6 is anyone appointed under Part 6 of the Act, and includes Heads of Agencies, Prescribed Office Holders, Senior Executive Service, and Equivalent Specialists.

For more information

For more information on any of the information contained in the Profile, contact SSMO via email to ssmo@dpac.tas.gov.au.

This Report can also be view electronically on the SSMO website at www.dpac.tas.gov.au/divisions/ssmo/publications.

[1] Unless otherwise stated all totals and averages are based on paid permanent and fixed-term employee numbers and exclude casual employees. A full definition appears at the end of this chapter.

[2] Part of this increase is due to the transfer of the Child Health and Parenting Service (CHaPS) from DHHS to the THS effective as at 1 January 2017.

[3] Does not include employees who accepted a Workforce Renewal Incentive Program payment or Voluntary Redundancy package.

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