State Service Workforce Report No 1 of 2020

Employees by Agency and Employment Category

Paid Headcount as at 31 December 2019

Agency	Fixed-term	Permanent	Part 6	Total
Department of Communities Tasmania	92	743	14	849
Department of Education	679	8,902	27	9,608
Department of Health and Human Services	2,238	10,326	33	12,597
Department of Justice	142	1,255	31	1,428
Department of Police and Emergency Management	77	904	9	990
Department of Premier and Cabinet	46	396	17	459
Department of Primary Industries, Parks Water and Environment	269	1,167	18	1,454
Department of State Growth	83	737	28	848
Department of Treasury and Finance	32	287	16	335
Tasmanian Audit Office	16	31	2	49
Brand Tasmania	0	3	1	4
Integrity Commission of Tasmania	2	11	1	14
Macquarie Point Development Corporation	2	6	2	10
Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority	54	130	2	186
TasTAFE	66	697	7	770
The Public Trustee	7	48	1	56
Tourism Tasmania	13	52	2	67
Total	3,818	25,695	211	29,724

Compared to the total paid headcount (PHC) of 31,439 in June 2019, there has been an overall decrease of 1,715 PHC in the period. The decrease occurred in the fixed-term category (from 5,933 PHC in June), and can be mostly attributed to the seasonal conclusion of fixed-term contracts, which occurs at the start of each calendar year.

Paid Full-time Equivalent as at 31 December 2019

Agency	Fixed-term	Permanent	Part 6	Total
Department of Communities Tasmania	79.84	670.51	14.00	764.35
Department of Education	394.84	6,851.55	27.00	7,273.39
Department of Health and Human Services	1,691.29	7,896.76	32.90	9,620.95
Department of Justice	128.94	1,160.73	30.21	1,319.88
Department of Police and Emergency Management	67.02	864.86	9.00	940.88
Department of Premier and Cabinet	37.50	332.62	16.90	387.02
Department of Primary Industries, Parks Water and Environment	214.17	1,064.99	18.00	1,297.16
Department of State Growth	76.70	629.78	28.00	734.48
Department of Treasury and Finance	30.84	260.57	16.00	307.41
Tasmanian Audit Office	15.10	26.10	2.00	43.20
Brand Tasmania	0.00	3.00	1.00	4.00
Integrity Commission of Tasmania	2.00	10.60	0.80	13.40
Macquarie Point Development Corporation	2.00	4.80	2.00	8.80
Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority	29.70	111.66	2.00	143.36
TasTAFE	52.54	605.01	6.80	664.35
The Public Trustee	6.60	43.00	1.00	50.60
Tourism Tasmania	12.70	44.51	2.00	59.21
Total	2,841.78	20,581.05	209.61	23,632.44

The total paid FTE decreased by 1,075.46 in the December quarter from 24,707.90 paid FTE as at 30 June 2019.

Paid Headcount across the State Service

Percentage of total Paid Headcount by Employment Status

Our largest employee group continues to be women working in a part-time capacity (42.98%). There has been a slight increase in full-time employment (1.88%) since June 2019.

	Female %	Male %
Full-time	28.05	21.55
Part-time	42.98	7.41

Paid Headcount by Age and Gender

The gender balance shifted slightly between June and December 2019, with the percentage of female employees decreasing from 71.23% to 71.03%, compared to the percentage of male employees which increased from 28.77% to 28.96%. The percentage of employees under the age of 30 decreased from 12.28% in June to 11.43% in December.

The average length of service for permanent employees decreased to 13.26 years in December compared to 13.44 years in June.

Chart showing paid headcount by age and gender, comparing December 2019 to June 2019. Data provided in following table.

	Dec - Female	Dec - Male	June - Female	June - Male
19 and under	0.09%	0.04%	0.15%	0.07%
20 to 24	2.38%	0.65%	2.90%	0.83%
25 to 29	6.11%	2.16%	6.11%	2.22%
30 to 34	7.15%	2.81%	7.14%	2.82%
35 to 39	8.10%	3.29%	8.17%	3.14%
40 to 44	7.96%	3.40%	8.16%	3.38%
45 to 49	9.73%	4.05%	9.78%	4.01%
50 to 54	10.20%	4.23%	10.03%	4.12%
55 to 59	10.41%	4.36%	10.20%	4.33%
60 to 64	6.52%	2.78%	6.37%	2.67%
65 to 69	1.85%	0.92%	1.73%	0.91%
70 to 74	0.42%	0.23%	0.40%	0.22%
75 and over	0.10%	0.05%	0.09%	0.04%
Total	71.03%	28.96%	71.23%	28.77%

Paid Headcount by Region and Employment Category

Employee numbers decreased in every region across the State in the quarter ending December 2019.

Region	Fixed-term	Permanent	Officer	Total
Interstate	-	-	-	-
North	929	6,359	16	7,304
North West	534	4,538	3	5,075
South	2,137	13,350	189	15,676
South East	203	1,300	3	1,506
West Coast	15	148	-	163
Total	3,818	25,695	211	29,724

Separations and Commencements

Of the 355 permanent employees who left the State Service in the quarter ending December 2019, a total of 346 (95.49%) resigned. The following charts show the number of permanent employees who left the State Service, and commencements with the State Service in the quarter ending June 2019 by age group, and compared to the quarter ending December 2019.

Two charts showing the number of permanent employees who separated from the State Service, and who commenced in the State Service in December 2019 compared to June 2019, by 10 year age group. Data provided in the preceding paragraph.

Resignations include employees who accepted a Workforce Renewal Incentive Program payment or Voluntary Redundancy package, resigned or retired from the State Service.

Officers

An Officer is anyone appointed under Part 6 of the State Service Act 2000 and includes Heads of Agency, Prescribed Office Holders, members of the Senior Executive Service, and Equivalent Specialists.

As at 31 December 2019 the total number of Officers in the State Service was 211 compared to 194 as at 30 June 2019.

Type	December 2019
Type	Female	Male	Total
Head of Agency	5	11	16
Prescribed Office Holder	1	1	2
Senior Executive Service	72	92	164
Equivalent Specialist	10	19	29
Total	88	123	211

Chart showing the number of officers by their category, in 10 year age groups.

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The next State Service Workforce Report will be published in October 2020.

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