Home
› Statistical snapshot
› Size of the APS › Diversity trends › Ongoing and non-ongoing employees › Part-time employees › Classification structures › Mobility within the APS
Mobility within the APS
Figure 2.10 sets out how mobility between agencies has varied over the past 10 years. It shows that there was some decline between 1998–99 and 2003–04, before a rise in 2004–05. The transfer rate has mostly been higher than the promotion rate between agencies.7 Indeed, the increase in mobility this year was much stronger for transfers than for promotions. During 2004–05, the transfer rate between agencies was 1.3%, and the promotion rate was 0.7%, compared with 1.0% and 0.5%, respectively, in the previous twelve months. Overall, promotions rose from 12,368 in 2003–04 to 13,044 in 2004–05. Promotions between agencies increased at a higher rate than promotions within agencies, rising from 5.3% of all promotions in 2003–04 to 6.3% in 2004–05. Further details on mobility can be found in the MAC report, Managing and Sustaining the APS Workforce.8
Mobility between agencies is generally higher for women than for men. During 2004–05, the overall mobility rate (including both promotions and transfers) was 2.2% for women and 1.7% for men.
Mobility rates are highest for the SES, followed by those for EL employees. In 2004–05, mobility increased in all classification groups.
Figure 2.10: Ongoing employees—promotion and transfer rates between agencies, 1995–96 to 2004–05
Source: APSED
7 Transfer and promotion rates are calculated as the number of movements during a financial year, divided by the average of the number of employees at the beginning and end of the period. The terminology of ‘transfer’ and ‘promotion’ have been used in this chapter because they are commonly understood by most APS employees. The terminology adopted under the Act is ‘movement at level’ for transfer between agencies. Promotion is defined as ‘the assignment to the employee of duties at a higher classification than the employee’s current classification (whether or not the employee moves to another agency)’.
8 Management Advisory Committee 2005, Managing and Sustaining the APS Workforce, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
