Appendix 5: Our demographics and other statistics
Annual plan 2007/08.
The Auditor-General employs about 270 staff in eight locations throughout New Zealand. We also engage about 70 audit service providers as well as Audit New Zealand staff to carry out annual audits of public entities.
| Numbers and distribution of our staff– by function, gender, and ethnicity during the last three years | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| As at 30 June | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |
| Staff numbers (full-time equivalents) | |||
| Office of the Auditor-General | 70.7 | 66.2 | 52.4 |
| Audit New Zealand | 189.1 | 177.6 | 178.4 |
| Total | 259.8 | 243.8 | 230.8 |
| Functional distribution | |||
| Audit/assurance | 71% | 69% | 65% |
| Technical and advisory | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| Corporate support | 21% | 23% | 27% |
| Management | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| Gender distribution | |||
| All staff | |||
| Women | 51% | 48% | 46% |
| Men | 49% | 52% | 54% |
| Management staff* | |||
| Women | 33% | 30% | - |
| Men | 67% | 70% | - |
| Ethnicity distribution | |||
| NZ European | 49% | 53% | 56% |
| NZ Māori | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Pacific Islander | 2% | 2% | 1% |
| Asian | 12% | 14% | 13% |
| Other European | 9% | 7% | 8% |
| Other ethnic groups | 3% | 2% | 4% |
| Undeclared | 22% | 18% | 15% |
* This figure represents the staff reporting directly to the Auditor-General. It is not comparable to data shown in our annual reports before 2005.
| Staff experience and training | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005/06 | 2004/05 | ||
| Experience | |||
| Average “time in job” | OAG | 5.6 years | 4.3 years |
| Audit NZ | 5.0 years | 3.5 years | |
| Training and development | |||
| Average spent on formal training (each employee) | OAG | $1,754 | $2,356 |
| Audit NZ | $2,298 | $2,087* | |
| Pass rate of staff undertaking NZICA accreditation | 97% | 100% | |
* Recorded in the Annual Report 2004-05 as $3,699. That figure had incorrectly included associated training costs, such as travel and other disbursements.
| Organisational health and staff satisfaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005/06 | 2004/05 | ||
| Organisational health | |||
| Turnover | OAG | 17.8% | 8.0% |
| Audit NZ | 28.0% | 34.8% | |
| Average sick leave taken for each employee | OAG | 4.3 days | 4.9 days |
| Audit NZ | 5.2 days | 5.5 days | |
| Staff survey results (scores out of 6) | |||
| Job satisfaction | 4.3 | 4.5 | |
| Organisational satisfaction | 4.5 | 4.6 | |
| Satisfaction with management | 4.1 | 4.4 | |
| Understanding of vision and purpose | 3.6 | 4.1 | |
| Staff assessment of: | |||
|
3.4 | 2.9 | |
|
2.5 | 3.0 | |
|
4.0 | 4.4 | |
|
3.6 | 3.8 | |
| Audit New Zealand ratio of senior to junior staff hours | 24:76 | 26:74 | |