DIRCO Annual Report

3.5 Employment changes

This section provides information on changes in employment over the financial year. Turnover rates provide an indication of trends in the employment profile of the department. The following tables provide a summary of turnover rates by salary band and critical occupations (see definition in notes below). Table 3.5.1 Annual turnover rates by salary band for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

Number of employees on 1 April 2020 (including employees additional)

Appointments and transfers into the department

Terminations and transfers out of the department

Salary band

Turnover rate %

Lower skilled (Levels 1-2)

1

0 0 0 1 6 8 0 0 0 0

0 7

0

Skilled (Levels 3-5)

151 713 997 200

4.6 2.4 4.1

Highly skilled production (Levels 6-8) Highly skilled supervision (Levels 9-12)

17 41 22 11

SMS Band A (Level 13) SMS Band B (Level 14) SMS Band C (Level 15) SMS Band D (Level 16)

11.0 20.0 11.1

55

9 1 2 3

1 0 0 0

0 0 0

Special adviser

POBs Total

2 132

15

99

4.6

Table 3.5.2 Annual turnover rates by critical occupation for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

Number of employees on 1 April 2020 (including Mission employees additional)

Appointments and transfers into the department

Terminations and transfers out of the department

Critical occupation

Turnover rate

*Heads of Mission Diplomatic Corps SMS: Head Office Special advisers

98

13

15 16 18

15.3

499 140

0 1 0 0

3.2

12.9

2 3

0 0

0 0

POBs Total

742

14

49

6.6

NOTE: *The three secondments are included

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