State Service Workforce Report No 2 of 2020

Employees by Agency and Employment Category

Paid Headcount as at 30 June 2020

Agency	Fixed-term	Permanent	Part 6	Total
Department of Communities Tasmania	102	746	14	862
Department of Education	2,419	8,924	28	11,371
Department of Health	2,222	10,777	32	13,031
Department of Justice	151	1,323	30	1,504
Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management	82	915	11	1008
Department of Premier and Cabinet	35	403	17	455
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment	213	1,165	17	1,395
Department of State Growth	81	754	29	864
Department of Treasury and Finance	31	284	16	331
Tasmanian Audit Office	11	34	2	47
Brand Tasmania	0	3	2	5
Integrity Commission of Tasmania	3	10	1	14
Macquarie Point Development Corporation	2	6	2	10
Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority	21	123	2	146
TasTAFE	102	722	5	829
The Public Trustee	10	50	1	61
Tourism Tasmania	12	51	2	65
Total	5,497	26,290	211	31,998

Compared to the total paid headcount (PHC) of 29,724 in December 2019, there has been an overall increase of 2,274 PHC in the period. The increase occurred in the fixed-term category (from 3,818 in December), and can be mostly attributed to the seasonal commencement of fixed-term contracts, which occurs at the start of each calendar year.

Paid Full-time Equivalent as at 30 June 2020

Agency	Fixed-term	Permanent	Part 6	Total
Department of Communities Tasmania	85.81	671.59	14.00	771.40
Department of Education	1,374.05	7,014.70	28.00	8,416.75
Department of Health	1,721.09	8,329.03	32.00	10,082.12
Department of Justice	133.94	1,234.07	29.58	1,397.59
Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management	72.45	877.02	11.00	960.47
Department of Premier and Cabinet	29.01	337.67	17.00	383.68
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment	164.55	1,053.99	17.00	1,235.54
Department of State Growth	71.14	646.57	29.00	746.71
Department of Treasury and Finance	29.40	258.28	16.00	303.68
Tasmanian Audit Office	9.00	30.65	2.00	41.65
Brand Tasmania	-	3.00	2.00	5.00
Integrity Commission of Tasmania	2.40	9.80	1.00	13.20
Macquarie Point Development Corporation	2.00	4.70	2.00	8.70
Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority	9.32	90.51	2.00	101.83
TasTAFE	78.07	621.23	5.00	704.30
The Public Trustee	9.50	45.2	1.00	55.70
Tourism Tasmania	11.80	46.72	2.00	60.52
Total	3,803.53	21,274.73	210.58	25,288.84

The total paid FTE increased by 1,656.40 in the June 2020 quarter from 23,632.44 paid FTE in December 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 (43.60%). There has been a slight increase in full-time employment (0.62%) since December 2019.

Full-time		Part-time
Female %	Male %	Female %	Male %
27.42	20.48	43.60	8.48

Paid Headcount by Age and Gender

The gender balance shifted slightly between December 2019 and June 2020, with the percentage of female employees decreasing from 71.03% to 71.02%, compared to the percentage of male employees which remained the same at 28.96%. The remaining 0.02% represents employees who do not identify as either male or female.

The percentage of employees under the age of 30 increased from 11.43% in December 2019 to 12.48% in June 2020. The average length of service for permanent employees decreased to 13.14 years as at June 2020 from 13.26 years as at December 2019.

	June 20 - Female	June 20 - Male	Dec 19 - Female	Dec 19 - Male
19 and under	0.13%	0.07%	0.09%	0.04%
20 to 24	2.97%	0.86%	2.38%	0.65%
25 to 29	6.21%	2.24%	6.11%	2.16%
30 to 34	7.34%	2.89%	7.15%	2.81%
35 to 39	8.14%	3.32%	8.10%	3.29%
40 to 44	8.22%	3.41%	7.96%	3.40%
45 to 49	9.53%	3.84%	9.73%	4.05%
50 to 54	9.81%	4.12%	10.20%	4.23%
55 to 59	9.82%	4.21%	10.41%	4.36%
60 to 64	6.42%	2.75%	6.52%	2.78%
65 to 69	1.92%	0.97%	1.85%	0.92%
70 to 74	0.43%	0.23%	0.42%	0.23%
75 and over	0.08%	0.06%	0.10%	0.05%
Total	71.02%	28.96%	71.03%	28.96%

Paid Headcount by Region and Employment Category

Employee numbers decreased in every region across the State in the quarter ending June 2020.

Region	Fixed-term	Permanent	Officer	Total
North	1,293	12	6,399	7,704
North West	906	4	4,582	5,492
South	2,887	192	13,849	16,928
South East	367	3	1,303	1,673
West Coast	44	0	157	201
Total	5,497	211	26,290	31,998

Separations and Commencements

Of the 231 permanent employees who left the State Service in the quarter ending June 2020, a total of 215 (93.07%) 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 2020 by age group, and compared to the quarter ending December 2019.

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 June 2020 the total number of Officers in the State Service was 211 compared to 194 as at December 2019.

Type	June 2020
Type	Female	Male	Total
Head of Agency	5	11	16
Prescribed Office Holder	1	2	3
Senior Executive Service	76	90	166
Equivalent Specialist	9	17	26
Total	91	120	211

Officer Type	Aged 30 to 39	Aged 40 to 49	Aged 50 to 59	Aged 60 to 69	Aged 70 and over	Total
Head of Agency	1	3	8	4	0	16
Prescribed Officer Holder	0	0	1	2	0	3
Senior Executive	6	54	81	24	1	166
Equivalent Specialist	2	11	10	3	0	26
Total	9	68	100	33	1	211

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For more information on any of the information contained in this profile, contact the State Service Management Office via email at ssmo@dpac.tas.gov.au.

The next State Service Workforce Report will be published in April 2021.

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