DIMA Annual Report 1997-98
Appendix 6: Staffing
6a: Staffing levels by location at 30 June 1998
[ Table 6a ]
6b: Staffing levels by classifications as at 30 June 1998
[ Table 6b ]
6c: EEO groups, operative staff* at 30 June 1998
[ Table 6c ]
EEO groups by commencement categories, 1997-98
[ Permanent ]
[ Temporary ]
6d: Senior Executive Service
| Level | 30 June – '97 |
30 June – '98 |
| SES Band 1 | 17 |
7 |
| SES Band 2 | 5 |
1 |
| SES Band 3 | 1 |
0 |
| Totals | 23 |
8 |
Gains and Losses
One SES officer transferred to another agency; one officer elected to retire on a voluntary redundancy; eight were promoted to SES levels; and two were separated from the Department on Part IV Mobility.
One SES officer also departed at the conclusion of her temporary contract.
Overall there was a total of two female and three males departing the Department for the reasons outlined.
No appointments were made to the SES.
6e: Performance appraisal and pay
Performance appraisal against performance agreements were completed for 38 SES officers and officers acting SES, and the Performance bonuses paid.
In DIMA, the maximum bonus payable is 10% of the SES officers salary as at 30 June 1997.
Performance bonus amounts paid, by SES level were:
| SES Band 1 | $40 064 |
| SES Band 2 & 3 | $40 155 |
| Total paid | $80 219 |
The perfomance-based bonus was paid from the SES notional item within the DIMA running costs.'
See: Performance appraisal and pay
6f: Training and staff development
Net expenditure on formal training and staff development was $1 762 024.66. This is a decrease on the previous year which is attributable to such factors as:
- program areas are arranging specialist operational training within their own (running cost allocations) program areas and this figure is not recorded centrally. Reporting procedures are currently being reviewed;
- under-reporting of training and development activities through the NOMAD personnel information database and management system; and
- a streamlining of staffing arrangements, with the amalgamation of three sections (onshore training, offshore training, and Staff Development Section) within the one section.
A total of 3 390 people were employed including full-time and part-time staff in Australia and overseas. There were 5 557 staff training days recorded through NOMAD which represents an average of 1.64 training days per operative staff member.
6g: Consultancy Services
The Computer Science Corporation (CSC), as the Department's strategic Information Technology (IT) partner, has taken over the range of activities previously undertaken by IT consultants.
Because the CSC contracts are outcomes oriented, they no longer appear as a consultancy service, but are part of the outsourcing of a comprehensive range of contract services.
The consultancy details below reflect the cost of advice provided to DIMA to assist its operations.
Consultancy Services 1997-98
| Consultancy | DCR reference number |
$ |
| Business consulting services | 23 |
130 346 |
| High level strategic advice for | ||
| Translating and Interpreting services | 24 |
28 200 |
| Review of RAM | 137 |
8 100 |
| Review of entry | 190 |
25 000 |
| Development of work level standards | 191 |
13 000 |
| Consultancy services for core funding | 195 |
25 150 |
| Plain English revision of text | 200 |
1 878 |
| Total – seven contracts | 231 674 |
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