State Service Workforce Report No 2 of 2024

Employees by Agency and Employment Category

Paid Headcount as at 30 June 2024

The total paid headcount (PHC) increased by 2,812 from 34,151 in December 2023. The increase occurred mainly in the fixed-term category (from 4,772 in December), and within the Department of Education.

Agency	Fixed-term	Permanent	Part 6	Total
Department for Education, Children and Young People	3,253	9,974	44	13,271
Department of Health	2,546	13,783	29	16,358
Department of Justice	181	1,566	33	1,780
Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management	119	1,069	15	1,203
Department of Premier and Cabinet	75	556	31	662
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania	308	1,239	26	1,573
Department of State Growth	132	886	36	1,054
Department of Treasury and Finance	25	307	16	348
Tasmanian Audit Office	3	56	2	61
Brand Tasmania	1	3	2	6
Environment Protection Authority	0	121	4	125
Homes Tasmania	14	172	2	188
Integrity Commission of Tasmania	6	15	1	22
Macquarie Point Development Corporation	1	12	2	15
Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority	18	122	2	142
The Public Trustee	6	70	1	77
Tourism Tasmania	12	63	3	78
Total	6,700	30,014	249	36,963

Paid Full-time Equivalent as at 30 June 2024

The total paid FTE increased by 1718.72 in the June 2024 quarter from 27,245.92 paid FTE in December 2023.

Agency	Fixed-term	Permanent	Part 6	Total
Department for Education, Children and Young People	1,906.58	7,984.97	44.00	9,935.55
Department of Health	1,912.11	10,420.37	28.50	12,360.98
Department of Justice	157.59	1,454.47	32.58	1,644.64
Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management	106.37	1,022.67	15.00	1,144.04
Department of Premier and Cabinet	63.94	496.06	30.55	590.55
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania	238.11	1,138.51	26.00	1,402.62
Department of State Growth	121.12	757.58	36.00	914.70
Department of Treasury and Finance	24.20	282.41	16.00	322.61
Tasmanian Audit Office	3.00	52.12	2.00	57.12
Brand Tasmania	1.00	2.80	2.00	5.80
Environment Protection Authority	0.00	110.69	4.00	114.69
Homes Tasmania	13.10	163.22	2.00	178.32
Integrity Commission of Tasmania	4.60	13.90	1.00	19.50
Macquarie Point Development Corporation	1.00	11.72	2.00	14.72
Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority	13.72	96.97	2.00	112.69
The Public Trustee	5.40	68.03	1.00	74.43
Tourism Tasmania	11.80	56.88	3.00	71.68
Total	4,583.64	24,133.37	247.63	28,964.64

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 (44.33%). There has been a small decrease in full-time employment (2.08%) since December 2023.

Full-time		Part-time
Female %	Male %	Female %	Male %
27.36	18.64	44.33	9.45

Paid Headcount by Age and Gender

The gender balance shifted slightly between December 2023 and June 2024, with the percentage of female employees increasing from 71.42% to 71.69%, compared to the percentage of male employees which decreased from 28.40% to 28.08%. The remaining 0.22% represents employees who do not identify as either male or female or who have not disclosed their gender to their agency.

The percentage of employees under the age of 30 increased from 13.49% in December 2023 to 14.39% in June 2024. The average length of service for permanent employees decreased to 11.42 years as at June 2024 from 11.60 years as at December 2023.

Age Group	Dec - Female	Dec Male	June - Female	June - Male
19 and under	0.07%	0.04%	0.25%	0.15%
20 to 24	2.72%	0.82%	3.24%	1.08%
25 to 29	7.31%	2.47%	7.16%	2.43%
30 to 34	8.55%	3.60%	8.84%	3.65%
35 to 39	8.97%	3.69%	9.27%	3.63%
40 to 44	8.91%	3.35%	9.03%	3.34%
45 to 49	8.35%	3.36%	8.25%	3.27%
50 to 54	9.22%	3.86%	8.85%	3.55%
55 to 59	8.56%	3.45%	8.27%	3.33%
60 to 64	6.10%	2.44%	5.88%	2.34%
65 to 69	2.13%	0.98%	2.10%	0.95%
70 to 74	0.42%	0.26%	0.43%	0.29%
75 and over	0.11%	0.08%	0.12%	0.07%
Total	71.42%	28.40%	71.69%	28.08%

Paid Headcount by Region and Employment Category

Employee numbers increased in every region across the State in the quarter ending June 2024.

Region	Fixed term	Officer	Permanent	Total
North	1,523	7,242	10	8,775
North West	1,128	5,040	2	6,170
South	3,533	16,137	234	19,904
South East	468	1,464	3	1,935
West Coast	48	131	0	179
Total	6,700	30,014	249	36,963

Separations and Commencements

Of the 448 permanent employees who left the State Service in the quarter ending June 2024, a total of 437 (97.54%) resigned. The following charts show the number of permanent employees (by age group) who separated from or commenced with the State Service in the quarter ending June 2024, as compared to the quarter ending December 2023.

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 2024 the total number of Officers in the State Service was 249, this is an increase from 246 in December 2023.

Type	June 2024
Type	Female	Male	Total
Head of Agency	6	10	16
Prescribed Office Holder	2	3	5
Senior Executive Service	110	97	207
Equivalent Specialist	9	12	21
Total	127	122	249

Category	30 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over	Total
Head of Agency	0	6	9	1	0	16
Prescribed Officer Holder	0	3	1	1	0	5
Senior Executive	13	59	104	30	1	207
Equivalent Specialist	0	6	13	2	0	21
Total	13	74	127	34	1	249

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

The next State Service Workforce Report will be published at the end of April 2025.

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