Appendix B – Staffing overview

The following tables provide an overview of staffing at DVA:

Number of employees

Table 106: Number of employees* by actual classification and location
	NSW	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA	ACT	Total
Advocate	4	4	2		7	1		18
APS 1	10	4	5	6	7	5	4	34
APS 2	54	28	9	6	18	13	5	127
APS 3	98	105	43	26	77	45	36	430
APS 4	51	40	16	5	39	14	56	221
APS 5	128	123	61	30	84	38	78	542
APS 6	88	99	33	19	84	30	220	573
EL 1	24	29	12	5	20	13	210	313
EL 2	5	12	3	2	6	3	84	115
GAPS	2						8	10
Legal 1							11	11
Legal 2							4	4
MO 1	1				3	1		5
MO 2					1			1
MO 3	2	7			1			10
MO 4		1						1
PAO 1							2	2
PAO 2							3	3
PAO 3							4	4
SPAO							2	2
SES 1	2		2		2	1	18	25
SES 2	1	2			1		5	9
Statutory		5					5	10
Total	470	459	186	93	343	164	755	2 470

*Actual staff number at 30 June 2006.

includes on-going employees, non-on-going employees and statutory officers.
The Secretary is a statutory officer.
Includes full-time and part-time.
Includes all employees of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, including employees working in Defence Service Homes Insurance, Office of Australian War Graves, Repatriation Medical Authority, VVCS - Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service and Veterans’ Review Board.
Excludes contractors and consultants.

Key:
APS – Australian Public Service
EL – Executive Level
GAPS – Graduate Australian Public Service
MO – Medical Officer
PAO – Public Affairs Officer
SES – Senior Executive Service
SPAO – Senior Public Affairs Officer

Table 107: Full-time/part-time employees by gender and location*
	NSW	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA	ACT	Total
Full-time male	187	188	81	29	177	75	335	1 072
Full-time female	241	234	85	45	129	72	361	1 167
Part-time male	5	2	3	6	4	3	11	34
Part-time female	37	30	17	13	33	14	48	192
Total	470	454	186	93	343	164	755	2 465

*Does not include statutory officers or the Secretary

Table 108: Non-on-going employees by gender and location
	NSW	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA	ACT	Total
Male	17	12	10	2	5	11	22	79
Female	27	22	25	9	8	10	37	138
Total	44	34	35	11	13	21	59	217

Salary ranges by classification structure

Table 109: Administrative and Executive levels
APS Structure	DVA Broadbands	Salary from 1 January 2005	Salary from 1 January 2006
APS 1	DVA Band 1	$31 668	$32 935
		$33 335	$34 668
		$35 473	$36 892
APS 2		$36 824	$38 297
		$38 284	$39 815
		$40 281	$41 892
APS 3	DVA Band 2	$41 569	$43 232
		$42 813	$44 526
		$44 653	$46 439
APS 4		$46 942	$48 820
		$48 170	$50 097
		$50 068	$52 071
APS 5		$52 334	$54 427
		$53 071	$55 194
		$54 538	$56 720
APS 6	DVA Band 3	$56 170	$58 417
		$59 565	$61 948
		$63 811	$66 363
EL 1		$68 047	$70 769
		$71 902	$74 778
		$76 785	$79 856
EL 2	DVA Band 4	$85 324	$88 737
		$90 052	$93 654
		$96 063	$99 906

Table 110: Public Affairs Officers
APS Structure	DVA Broadbands	Salary from 1 January 2005	Salary from 1 January 2006
APS 5	DVA (PAO 1)	$49 223	$51 192
APS 5	DVA (PAO 1)	$54 538	$56 720
APS 6	DVA (PAO 2)	$60 260	$62 670
APS 6	DVA (PAO 2)	$65 752	$68 382
EL 1	DVA (PAO 3)	$81 318	$84 571
EL 1	DVA (PAO 3)	$86 480	$89 939
EL 2	DVA (SPAO)	$91 707	$95 375
EL 2	DVA (SPAO)	$97 701	$101 609

Table 111: Medical Officers
APS Structure	DVA Broadbands	Salary from 1 January 2005	Salary from 1 January 2006
MO 1	MO Band 1	$64 325	$66 898
		$69 683	$72 470
		$74 999	$77 999
		$83 791	$87 143
MO 2	MO Band 2	$90 484	$94 103
MO 2	MO Band 2	$95 216	$99 025
MO 3	MO Band 3	$101 128	$105 173
MO 3	MO Band 3	$105 752	$109 982
MO 4	MO Band 4	$110 296	$114 708
		$114 600	$119 184
		$121 263	$126 114

Table 112: Legal Officers
APS Structure	DVA Broadbands	Salary from 1 January 2005	Salary from 1 January 2006
Broadband: APS 3 to EL1	DVA Legal 1	$42 059	$43 741
		$44 865	$46 660
		$48 000	$49 920
		$51 079	$53 122
		$54 808	$57 000
		$58 048	$60 370
		$61 249	$63 699
		$70 150	$72 956
		$75 758	$78 788
		$86 480	$89 939
EL 2	DVA Legal 2	$93 162	$96 888
EL 2	DVA Legal 2	$98 521	$102 462

Table 113: Advocates
APS Structure	DVA Broadbands	Salary from 1 January 2005	Salary from 1 January 2006
APS 6	Advocate	$59 565	$61 948
APS 6		$63 811	$66 363
EL 1		$68 047	$70 769
		$71 902	$74 778
		$76 785	$79 856

Table 114: VVCS - Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service
APS Structure	DVA Broadbands	Salary from 1 January 2005	Salary from 1 January 2006
APS 1	VVCS Band 1	$31 668	$32 935
		$33 335	$34 668
		$35 473	$36 892
APS 2		$36 824	$38 297
		$38 284	$39 815
		$40 281	$41 892
APS 3	VVCS Band 2	$41 569	$43 232
		$42 813	$44 526
		$44 653	$46 439
APS 4		$46 942	$48 820
		$48 170	$50 097
		$50 068	$52 071
APS 5		$52 334	$54 427
		$53 071	$55 194
		$54 538	$56 720
APS 6	VVCS Band 3	$56 170	$58 417
		$59 565	$61 948
		$63 811	$66 363
EL 1		$68 047	$70 769
		$71 902	$74 778
		$76 785	$79 856
EL 2	VVCS Band 4	$85 324	$88 737
		$90 052	$93 654
		$96 063	$99 906

Table 115: VVCS - Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service professional employees
APS Structure	Salary from 1 January 2005	Salary from 1 January 2006
APS 4	$46 942	$48 820
	$48 170	$50 097
	$50 068	$52 071
APS 5	$52 334	$54 427
APS 5	$54 538	$56 720
APS 6	$56 470	$58 729
	$59 565	$61 948
	$63 811	$66 363
EL 1	$70 149	$72 955
EL 1	$76 785	$79 856
EL 2	$80 870	$84 105
	$85 324	$88 737
	$91 707	$95 375
	$96 063	$99 906

Table 116: Office of Australian War Graves (Field Staff)
APS Structure	DVA Broadbands	Salary from 1 January 2005	Salary from 1 January 2006
APS 1	OAWG Broadband	$31 668	$32 935
		$33 335	$34 668
		$35 473	$36 892
APS 2		$36 824	$38 297
		$38 284	$39 815
		$40 281	$41 892
APS 3		$41 569	$43 232
		$42 813	$44 526
		$44 653	$46 439
APS 4		$46 942	$48 820
		$48 170	$50 097
		$50 068	$52 071
APS 5		$52 334	$54 427
		$53 071	$55 194
		$54 538	$56 720
APS 6		$56 170	$58 417
		$59 565	$61 948
		$63 811	$66 363

Performance pay and bonuses

Table 117: Performance payments to employees on Australian Workplace Agreements
Classification	Total Performance Pay $	Number of employees	Range (% of salary)
APS4 (IT only)	28 165	7	5-15
APS6/PAO2	1 259 974	346	4-15
EL1/Legal 1/PAO3	1 579 714	311	4-15
EL2/Legal 2/SPAO	778 747	124	4-20
MO1/MO2/MO3/MO4	48 168	9	5-15
SES/Secretary	412 203	44	5-15
Total	4 106 971	841	4-20

The performance payments listed above are for an 18 month period – the full year 2004-05 and for six months from 1 July-31 December 2005