A WA parliamentary question seeks data on external advertising for senior public sector roles in the Kimberley, Pilbara, and Gascoyne, focusing on gender representation and strategies to improve female representation in leadership.

AnsweredQoN 2138Legislative Council
Asked
22 June 2005
Portfolio
the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne

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(1) In each Department or Agency under the Minister's control, how many level 7 positions and above were advertised outside the Public Service in the 2004-05 financial year?
(2) What was the cost of the advertisements?
(3) How many of the positions so advertised were filled by -
(a) the person acting in the position;
(b) a person from the re-deployment pool; or
(c) a person recruited from the advertisement outside the Public Sector?
(4) How many of these positions were filled by women?
(5) In the same financial year, how many women have been appointed to senior positions, level 7 and above, in each of the Departments and Agencies under the Minister’s control?
(6) Does the Government have a strategy in place to increase the number of women in senior positions?
(7) If so, what is that strategy?

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Answered
15 September 2005
Responded by
Minister for the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne
Response time
85 days
(b) a person from the re-deployment pool; or (c) a person recruited from the advertisement outside the Public Sector?
(c) a person recruited from the advertisement outside the Public Sector?
For the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne Development Commissions the answers are as follows; 1. Nil 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. Yes 7. The Government's Equity and Diversity Plan includes performance objectives, which are designed to improve the distribution of women across all levels of the workforce and their representation in senior management
1. Nil 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. Yes 7. The Government's Equity and Diversity Plan includes performance objectives, which are designed to improve the distribution of women across all levels of the workforce and their representation in senior management
2. N/A 3. N/A 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. Yes 7. The Government's Equity and Diversity Plan includes performance objectives, which are designed to improve the distribution of women across all levels of the workforce and their representation in senior management
3. N/A 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. Yes 7. The Government's Equity and Diversity Plan includes performance objectives, which are designed to improve the distribution of women across all levels of the workforce and their representation in senior management
4. N/A 5. N/A 6. Yes 7. The Government's Equity and Diversity Plan includes performance objectives, which are designed to improve the distribution of women across all levels of the workforce and their representation in senior management
5. N/A 6. Yes 7. The Government's Equity and Diversity Plan includes performance objectives, which are designed to improve the distribution of women across all levels of the workforce and their representation in senior management
6. Yes 7. The Government's Equity and Diversity Plan includes performance objectives, which are designed to improve the distribution of women across all levels of the workforce and their representation in senior management
7. The Government's Equity and Diversity Plan includes performance objectives, which are designed to improve the distribution of women across all levels of the workforce and their representation in senior management

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