Appendix E : SES selection activities

TABLE 39: Advertised SES employment opportunities–Filling Method by Band 2003—04

Bands	Promotion	Movement	Engagement	Total
Band 1	122	28	33	183
Band 2	31	7	14	52
Band 3	5	1	2	8
Total	158	36	49	243

Source: Senior Executive Management System (SEMS), APS Commission

‘Promotion’ refers to the elevation of an ongoing

APS employee to a higher classification, in this case Senior Executive Bands 1, 2 or 3.

‘Movement’ refers to the movement, at level, of SES employees within and between agencies, to advertised employment opportunities.

‘Engagement’ refers to the employment, on either an ongoing basis or for a specified term, of a person not already an ongoing employee of the APS.

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TABLE 40: Profile of SES by Band and Gender at 30 June 2004

Bands	Males	Females	Total
Band 1	873	445	1318
Band 2	265	97	362
Band 3	66	16	82
Total	1204	558	1762

Source: Senior Executive Management System (SEMS), APS Commission

This table covers both Senior Executive and Senior Executive (Specialist) classifications and includes both ongoing SES employees and SES employees engaged for specified terms of up to five years.

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TABLE 41: Comparison of incoming and outgoing SES in 2002—03 and 2003—04

	Promotions/Engagements		Separations		Total SES
Bands	02—03	03—04	02—03	03—04	02—03	03—04
Band 1	193	155	70	47	1258	1318
Band 2	64	45	29	28	358	362
Band 3	18	7	8	10	85	82
Total	275	207	107	85	1701	1762

Source: Senior Executive Management System (SEMS), APS Commission

This table compares SES promotions and engagements, SES separations and total SES numbers over the past two financial years.

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TABLE 42: Filling of Senior Executive Service employment opportunities advertised in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette from 2001—02 to 2003—04

Method filled	Gender	2001—02	2002—03	2003—04
Promotions between agencies	M	18	14	5
	F	14	8	7
Promotions within agencies	M	101	141	84
	F	74	80	62
Total promotions	M	119	155	89
	F	88	88	69
Movements between agencies	M	10	12	17
	F	1	17	9
Movements within agencies	M	9	1	4
	F	0	0	6
Total movements	M	19	13	21
	F	1	17	15
Engagement as ongoing employee	M	24	17	24
	F	13	11	10
Engagement for a specified term	M	7	4	11
	F	3	0	4
Total engagements	M	31	21	35
	F	16	11	14
Total filled		274	305	243

Source: Senior Executive Management System (SEMS), APS Commission

The following table lists retirements of SES employees in 2003—04 under section 37 of the Public Service Act 1999.

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TABLE 43: SES Retirements under section 37 in 2003—04

SES SECTION 37 RETIREMENTS BY AGENCY
Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Services	3
Attorney-General’s Department	1
Australian Customs Service	1
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency	1
Australian Taxation Office	1
ComSuper	2
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts	1
Department of Defence	8
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	1
Department of Family and Community Services	1
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	8
Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources	1
Department of Transport and Regional Services	1
Department of Veterans’ Affairs	3
Family Court of Australia	3
Food Standards Australia New Zealand	1
Total	37

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TABLE 44: SES separations by type 2003—04

Retirement under Section 37	37
Resignation	13
Retirement	11
End term engagement	15
Appointment to Public Office/Agency Head	6
Invalidity retirement	1
Death	2
Total	85

 

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