EQUITY & DIVERSITY ANNUAL REPORT – 2007

Section 2.2: Occupational Groups

During the reporting year, the Bank’s occupational groups were reviewed and updated with the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) replacing the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO). All Bank positions were reviewed and recoded to reflect the revised occupational groups contained in the new regime of ANZSCO. However, due to the conversion of positions from ASCO to ANZSCO, no direct comparisons of occupational groups with past years will be possible. This year, the figures will reflect 2006/07 only; next year a second year of ANZSCO figures will be available for comparative analysis.

The Bank continues to change from an organisation predominantly comprising clerical and administrative positions to one of a predominantly professional nature. Currently, 46 per cent of all women at the Bank occupy professional positions compared with 59 per cent of all men. There continues to be an over-representation of women in the clerical/administrative occupational group with 45 per cent of all women employed in clerical positions, compared with only 15 per cent of men.

The NESB1 group is highly represented in the professional occupational category with 54 per cent of all NESB1 staff employed in professional roles. Thirty four per cent are currently employed in clerical/administrative positions and three per cent represented in management positions. NESB1 employees are not equally distributed across the Bank but cluster in the information technology, accounting and audit departments.