Bureau of Meteorology Annual Report 2003-04

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The following statistics relate to Bureau staff as at 30 June 2004.

STAFF EMPLOYED UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT

	Full Time Ongoing	Full Time Non-ongoing	Part Time Ongoing	Part Time Non-ongoing
Male	1089	71	14	5
Female	208	26	32	10
TOTAL	1297	97	46	15

STAFF BY LOCATION, GENDER AND CLASSIFICATION

	HOA	COD	SES	ASO	PO	TO	GSO	ITO	PAO	RS	TR	TOTAL
NSW
Female				3	11	6						20
Male			1	5	40	71		1				118
Total			1	8	51	77		1				138
VIC
Female			2	84	56	17		17		1	5	182
Male	1	1	8	81	211	131	4	122	1	18	14	592
Total	1	1	10	165	267	148	4	139	1	19	19	774
QLD
Female				3	6	9						18
Male			1	10	38	83	1	2				135
Total			1	13	44	92	1	2				153
SA
Female				5	3	6						14
Male				6	27	51	2	1				87
Total				11	30	57	2	1				101
WA
Female				3	3	4		1				11
Male			1	5	28	82		1				117
Total			1	8	31	86		2				128
TAS
Female				3	2	7						12
Male				2	17	38						57
Total				5	19	45						69
NT
Female				3	10	6						19
Male				2	28	41		2				73
Total				5	38	47		2				92
Total
Female	0	0	2	104	91	55	0	18	0	1	5	276
Male	1	1	11	111	389	497	7	129	1	18	14	1179
Grand Total	1	1	13	215	480	552	7	147	1	19	19	1455

HOA: Head of Agency; COD: Chief of Division; SES: Senior Executive Service; ASO: Administrative Service Officer; PO: Professional Officer; TO:Technical Officer; GSO: General Service Officer; ITO: Information Technology Officer; PAO: Public Affairs Officer; RS: Research Scientist; TR: Trainee.

RATES OF PAY - ADULT RATES ONLY - EFFECTIVE FROM 3 JUNE 2004

APS Classification	Salary range($)
Cadet APS - Work Placement	31,040 - 34,306
Cadet APS - Full Time Study	17,562 - 19,411
Trainee APS	33,517 - 37,153
Graduate APS	38,006
APS Level 1	31,840 - 34,306
APS Level 2	36,097 - 38,957 ($39,896 RP)
APS Level 3	40,013 - 43,185 ($46,169 RP)
APS Level 4	44,596 - 48,421
APS Level 5	49,742 - 53,724
APS Level 6	55,060 - 61,713
Executive Level 1	68,870 - 83,799#
Executive Level 2	79,433 - 125,900 ##

Note: RP means Retention Point
# Includes Research Scientists and Public Affairs Officer
##Includes Research Scientist grades

Non-Salary Benefits

Flexible working arrangements, including flextime, part time and home-based work;
Provision for leave, including recreation leave, long service leave, sick leave, war service sick leave, personal leave, pregnancy leave, maternity leave, parental leave, family leave, employee funded extra leave, ceremonial leave, defence leave, jury service leave and community leave (with and without pay);
Study assistance;
Employee assistance program;
Flexible remuneration packaging scheme;
Provision of business-related equipment; and
Airline club membership.

Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs)

There are 14 approved AWAs for SES employees and a further 5 for Executive Level 2 employees occupying very senior managerial positions.

The salary range available for employees on AWAs is from $100,954 to $169,175.

Employees on AWAs also have access to performance pay bonuses. SES AWAs generally provide non-salary benefits of an executive vehicle, business equipment (home computing facilities and mobile telephone), and an option to cash out recreation leave and airline club membership. Non-SES AWAs include the terms and conditions of the Bureau's Certified Agreement 2004-05.

PERFORMANCE BASED PAY

The Bureau of Meteorology has 18 staff eligible to receive performance based pay. Payments of Performance Based Pay made in the 2003-04 Financial Year relate to the 2002-03 financial year. Performance Based Pay in 2003-04 had not been determined at the close of the financial year and this item was not included as reported remuneration in the preparation of the 2003-04 Financial Statements.

1. The number of APS employees at each classification level who received performance pay

(a) SES Bands 2 & 3 and equivalents	6
(b) SES Bands 1	7
(c) Executive Level 2	5

2. The aggregated amount of such performance payments at each classification level

(a) $65,566.11
(b) $41,473.09
(c) $33,839.72

3. The average bonus payment and the range of such payments at each classification level

Average	Range
(a) $10,927.69	$7,946.13 - $16,957.50
(b) $5,924.73	$3,944.07 - $8,554.72
(c) $6,767.94	$4,110.05 - $12,423.21

4. The aggregate bonus payment for the agency as a whole; $140,878.92

Senior Executive Service

	SES 1	SES 2	SES3	Head of Agency	TOTAL
Male	8	3	1	1	13
Female	2	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	10	3*	1	1	15

* Includes one Chief of Division Grade 2

SES RECRUITMENT 2003

Transfers within Bureau of Meteorology	0
Promotions within Bureau of Meteorology.	2
Transfers from outside Bureau of Meteorology	0

Separations

Transfer or Promotion	SES non SES	0 2
Termination of Temporary Employment	SES non SES	0 36
Resignations	SES non SES	0 47
Retirements max age	SES non SES	0 4
early age	SES non SES	0 32
invalidity	SES non SES	0 2
Section 76R SES	SES non SES	1 0
	Total 124

Inoperative Staff as at 30 June 2004

Leave Without Pay	SES non SES	0 11
Maternity Leave	SES non SES	0 8
Compensation	SES non SES	0 2
Long Service Leave	SES non SES	0 7
Sick Leave	SES non SES	0 5
Mixed Leave	SES non SES	0 1
Recreation Leave	SES non SES	0 5
	Total 39

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