The number of civil servants in each grade in my Department, exclusive of officers on secondment and working outside the Department, and the percentage in each grade which are women are set out in the tabular statement which will be circulated in the Official Report.
Equal opportunity policies for staff in my Department are based on the equal opportunity policy and guidelines in the Civil Service. I am personally committed to the principle of equality for all staff on the basis of individual merit and ability, regardless of sex, marital status and other non-merit factors. It is my Department's policy to optimise the effective use of human resources in the best interests of both the individual and the Department. To this end, my Department have been examining how they might improve on equal opportunity policy in relation to their staff.
The Department are currently considering the outcome of a series of workshops on equal treatment of staff which it organised for supervisory staff in conjunction with the Department of Finance.
Grade
|
No. of females in each grade
|
Percentage in each grade which are female
|
Total number in each grade
|
Secretary
|
|
|
1
|
Assistant Secretary
|
—
|
—
|
3
|
Principal Officer
|
—
|
—
|
10
|
Assistant Principal
|
9
|
36
|
25
|
Information Officer
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
Senior Industrial Relations Officer
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
Administrative Officer
|
2
|
100
|
2
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
18
|
43
|
42
|
Executive Officer
|
22½
|
46
|
49(1)
|
*Staff Officer
|
6
|
86
|
7(2)
|
Supervisory Agricultural Officer
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
Clerical Officer
|
33
|
77
|
43
|
Clerical Assistant
|
38
|
84
|
45
|
Paperkeeper
|
—
|
—
|
5
|
Head Messenger
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
Messenger
|
—
|
—
|
11
|
Services Attendant
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
Cleaner
|
5
|
83
|
6
|
(1)½ denotes job-sharing situation.
(2)*includes Superintendent of Typists.