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5 Environmental Report (continued)
Our Staff
Figure 5: Profile of the Ministry for the Environment at 30 June 2006
The Ministry’s staff numbers have grown from 239 in 2005 to 274 in 2006 due to the Ministry’s expanded work programmes for 2005/06. The profile of the Ministry has remained similar to that of previous years with a slight drop in levels of advisers (from 69 percent to 68 percent).
Figure 6: Representation of women in management at 30 June 2006
2006 saw a drop in the proportion of women in management, from 43 percent in 2005 to 37 percent in 2006. The Ministry is slightly below the EEO target for 2010 of 40 percent but still ahead of the overall public service representation of women in management.
Figure 7: Average age of Ministry for the Environment staff at 30 June 2006
At 30 June 2006, the average age for all Ministry staff was 38 years. This figure is below the overall 41 years average for the public sector. The Ministry’s average age has increased slightly from last year’s 37.3 years. Ministry staff are still relatively youthful, many of them having joined the Ministry in our graduate recruitment drives. A high percentage of the graduates recruited for the programme have been female, which shows in the youthful average age of female employees compared with that of their male counterparts.
Figure 8: Average length of service at 30 June 2006
The average length of service is 3.62 years, representing a slight decrease from 2005. Those in management positions and, to a lesser extent, those in specialist roles have a longer service record compared with policy advisers.
The decrease in length of service for those in management positions is a reflection of turnover. The 2006 figure of six years of service is still ahead of the four years service in 2004.
Figure 9: Core unplanned turnover
Turnover for this financial year is 18.3 percent, an increase on the previous year’s turnover rate of 15.5 percent. Much of this turnover has been from those in management positions, with some of the senior management team as well as those in middle management moving on in 2005–2006. The lowest levels of turnover have been in the adviser levels, which have remained almost identical to the previous year’s turnover rate.
