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FY

Total Value of HDA

2007-08

$1,037,848.23

2008-09

$1,169,689.91

2009-10 to date (17/3/2010)

$820,857.48

(4) Each staff member currently on HDA has been receiving this allowance for an average of 6.26 months.

(5) Eight positions that are filled by staff on HDA have been advertised, with recruitment action in progress. The remaining positions are not permanent vacancies.

(6) The average length of recruitment processes from the date of a recruitment request until the date of offer to a successful candidate is 49 days. Information on the time between dates of offer and commencements in positions is not recorded.

(7) This information is not collected separately and therefore is not available.

(8) The cost of advertising is $164,014. The cost of agency hire firms is $46,260 + GST. The response does not include the cost of recruitment activity coordinated by Shared Services Centre.

(9) One agency hire firm is currently contracted for a senior executive role. The contract provides for executive search including advertisment and assistance with recruitment.

(10) No contracts with this agency hire firm will need to be broken to enforce the ACT Government’s policy to freeze recruitment of non-essential staff.

Public service—staffing
(Question No 657 and 658)

Mr Seselja asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Water and the Minister for Energy, upon notice, on 18 March 2010:

(1) How many staff are currently receiving higher duties allowance (HDA) in the Minister’s department and each agency in their portfolio.

(2) At which levels are staff receiving this allowance.

(3) What is the total value of HDA that has been paid to staff in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10 to date.

(4) How long, on average, has each staff member currently on HDA been receiving HDA.

(5) How many of the positions that are filled by staff members on HDA have been advertised and are waiting for recruitment processes to be completed.

(6) How long, on average, is each recruitment process in the agency or department, from date of first advertisement to the employee commencing in the position.

(7) What is the average cost of each recruitment process.


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