Appendix E : Senior Executive Service staffing

Table 39: Advertised SES employment opportunities—Filling method by Band 2004-05

Bands	Promotion	Movement	Engagement	Total
Band 1	171	20	45	236
Band 2	49	2	21	72
Band 3	15	1	3	19
Total	235	23	69	327

‘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 or to a lower classification, of SES employees within and between agencies

‘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

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

Table 40: Profile of SES by Band and gender at 30 June 2005

Band	Males	Females	Total
Band 1	888	470	1358
Band 2	279	101	380
Band 3	69	15	84
Total	1236	586	1822

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.

Table 41: Comparison of incoming and outgoing SES in 2003–04 and 2004-05

	Promotions/ Engagements		Separations		Total SES
Bands	03-04	04-05	03-04	04-05	03-04	04-05
Band 1	155	216	47	89	1318	1358
Band 2	45	70	28	18	362	380
Band 3	7	18	10	12	82	84
Total	207	304	85	119	1762	1822

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.

Table 42: Filling of Senior Executive Service employment opportunities advertised in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette from 2002-03 to 2004-05

Method filled	Gender	2002–03	2003-04	2004-05
Promotions between agencies	M	14	5	22
Promotions between agencies	F	8	7	21
Promotions within agencies	M	141	84	124
Promotions within agencies	F	80	62	68
Total promotions	M	155	89	146
Total promotions	F	88	69	89
Movements between agencies	M	12	17	7
Movements between agencies	F	17	9	13
Movements within agencies	M	1	4	2
Movements within agencies	F	0	6	1
Total movements	M	13	21	9
Total movements	F	17	15	14
Engagement as Ongoing Employee	M	17	24	37
Engagement as Ongoing Employee	F	11	10	8
Engagement for a Specified Term	M	4	11	18
Engagement for a Specified Term	F	0	4	6
Total engagements	M	21	35	55
Total engagements	F	11	14	14
Total filled		305	243	327

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

Table 43: SES Retirements under section 37 in 2004-05

The following table lists retirements of SES employees under section 37 of the Public Service Act 1999 which took effect in 2004-05

Agency	No.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services	1
Attorney-General’s Department	1
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research	1
AusAID	1
Australian Customs Service	1
Australian Taxation Office	4
Centrelink	7
Comcare	2
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	4
Department of Defence	2
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	2
Department of the Environment and Heritage	1
Department of Family and Community Services	1
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	5
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs	2
Department of Health and Ageing	2
Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources	4
Department of Veterans’ Affairs	1
Family Court of Australia	1
Federal Court of Australia	1
Total	44

Table 44: SES separations by type 2004-05

Type	No.
Retirement Under Section 37	44
Resignation	32
Retirement	21
End term engagement	8
Appointment to Public Office/Agency Head	9
Invalidity retirement	1
Termination	1
Death	3
TOTAL	119

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