Appendix 4: Staff demographics and statistics

Annual plan 2009/10.

Number and distribution of staff by function, gender, and ethnicity

As at 30 June 2008 2007 2006
Staff numbers (full-time equivalents)
Office of the Auditor-General 57 70.9 70.7
Audit New Zealand 216 217.2 189.1
Corporate Services* 38 n/a n/a
Total 311 288.1 259.8
Functional distribution
Audit/assurance 74% 72% 71%
Technical and advisory 9% 4% 4%
Corporate support 13% 20% 21%
Management 4% 4% 4%
Turnover**
Office of the Auditor-General 19% 19% 18%
Audit New Zealand 21% 18% 28%
Corporate Services* 21% n/a n/a
Gender distribution
Women 52% 54% 51%
Men 48% 46% 49%
Ethnicity distribution
NZ European 42% 48% 49%
NZ Māori 4% 3% 3%
Pacific Islander 3% 2% 2%
Asian 12% 9% 12%
Other European 12% 8% 9%
Other ethnic groups 2% 3% 3%
Undeclared 25% 27% 22%

Staff experience and training

As at 30 June 2008 2007 2006
Experience – average time in job (years)
Office of the Auditor-General 7.2 5.8 5.6
Audit New Zealand 4.3 4.3 5.0
Corporate Services* 5.4 n/a n/a
Training and development – average expenditure for each employee
Office of the Auditor-General (including Corporate Services) $1,884 $2,572 $1,754
Audit New Zealand $4,509 $3,165 $2,298
Pass rate of staff for New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) accreditation
  100% 100% 97%

* The Corporate Services function is shared between the OAG and Audit New Zealand business units. From 2008, the staff numbers for Corporate Services are shown separately. In previous years, these staff numbers were distributed between the two business units.

** During 2007/08, a restructure resulted in a small change in allocation of staff between the shared Corporate Services team and Audit New Zealand. This restructure also led to increased turnover, contributing an estimated 2% to each of the totals for shared Corporate Services and Audit New Zealand.

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