SMD

Annual Report 2023/2024

Notes % If there were no cases where the salary levels were higher than those determined by job evaluation, keep the heading and replace the table with the following:

Total number of Employees whose salaries exceeded the grades determine by job evaluation

None

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 2023 and 31 March 2024 Salary band Number of employees at beginning of period-1 April 2023 Appointments and transfers into the department Terminations and transfers out of the department

Turnover rate

Lower skilled (Levels 1-2)

2

1

2

100%

Skilled (Levels 3-5)

22

18

5

22.7%

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

67

26

9

13.4%

73

47

23

31.5%

Senior Management Service Bands A Senior Management Service Bands B Senior Management Service Bands C Senior Management Service Bands D

24

8

3

12.5%

8

2

1

12.5%

0

2

0

0.0%

1

0

1

100%

Contracts (Interns)

12

5

2

16.7%

Total

209

110

46

22.0%

Table 3.5.2 Annual turnover rates by critical occupation for the period 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024 Critical occupation Number of

Turnover rate

Terminations and transfers out of the department

Appointments and transfers into the department

employees at beginning of period-April 2023

Administrative Related

26

11

3

11.5%

Architects Town and Traffic Planners Permanent

0

2

0

0.0%

Communication and Information Related

4

0

0

0.0%

Economists

1

0

0

0.0%

Finance and Economics

4

0

1

25.0%

Financial and Related Professionals

4

5

3

75.0%

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