Good afternoon Mr Ashmore,
How the original FOI request was worded, the response provided did meet the scope of your request, as there are additional functions being performed by Open Arms staff which did not fall into the 3 categories you stipulated in your request. And as such did not equal 100%.
However, I have interpreted that you are seeking a complete breakdown of staff and their functions within Open Arms, and have asked them to provide the complete table with percentages of staff attributed to each job family. We are happy to release to you administratively. See below:
|
ACTUAL JOB FAMILY |
Count of Employee (%) |
|
Accounting and Finance |
0.22% |
|
Administration |
14.25% |
|
Communications and Marketing |
8.99% |
|
Monitoring and Audit |
0.22% |
|
Portfolio/Program/Project Management |
15.57% |
|
Science and health (majority frontline counsellors) |
51.10% |
|
Senior Executive |
0.22% |
|
Service Delivery |
9.43% |
|
TOTAL |
100.00% |
I am hoping that the provision of this complete information will satisfy your request, and that you may be agreeable to withdrawing the below internal review?
Happy to discuss further if required.
Kind regards
Brett | Director a/g
Position Number 62331110
Information Access Unit I Client Access and Rehabilitation Branch
Client Engagement and Support Services Division
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Tel 1800 VETERAN (1800 838 372)
information.access @dva.gov.au
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan ASHMORE <foi+[email address]>
Sent: Friday, 12 May 2023 9:48 PM
To: INFORMATION.ACCESS <[email address]>
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Open Arms staffing levels
Dear Department of Veterans' Affairs,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Department of Veterans' Affairs's handling of my FOI request 'Open Arms staffing levels'.
Under righttoknow this is the only option I can use to make further contact with you.
The issue is there seems to be a large addition error to part 3 of your response, i.e. the percentages only add up to 59.5% and not 100%
I ask that you re-issue your reponse to this request to reflect the correct percentages.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/open_arms_staffing_levels
Yours faithfully,
Alan ASHMORE
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