NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 3
rd, 2008 at 4:39pm:
Source some info on the Senior Executive Service. The SES staff are considered public servants (not just contracted staff from private companies) generally on a five year contract which can be terminated at any time by the minister.
departmental and divisional heads are NOT invariably permanent public servants.
They are dude. And it's quite easy to prove you wrong thanks to the annual report State Of The Service which gives yearly data on the Australian Public Service. According to that report as at the end of the last financial year -
Quote:At June 2007, there were 2,509 ongoing SES employees in the APS, up from 2,257 last year. The proportional increase in the size of the SES (11.2%) was larger than the growth in the APS overall (6.5%).
The composition of the SES has generally remained stable over the last 15 years. At June 2007, SES Band 1 employees comprised just under three quarters of the SES at 74.9%, with SES Band 2 at 20.4% and SES Band 3 at 4.8%.[/b]
How do I know they are permanent? They are classified as 'ongoing' which is a "person employed for an unspecified, indefinite period".
I reiterate the majority of the public service is still populated by permanent employees.