The Commission undertook a baseline gender audit using data as at 30 June 2021. We extracted workforce data from internal systems and collected employee experience data via the People Matter Survey. We submitted the data to the Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector on 1 December 2021.
Workplace gender audit data is broken down separately for women and men.
To protect the anonymity of our staff, we have not released any data for individuals who identify as non-binary or self-describe their gender. This is because we have fewer than 10 staff in this group.
A person with a self-described gender may identify as non-binary, trans, gender diverse, agender, genderqueer, genderfluid or using any other term.
The audit data reflects some intersectionality, considering how gender inequality may be compounded by the impacts of disadvantage and discrimination that someone might experience on the basis of Aboriginality, age or disability.
The complete workplace gender audit dataset is available at www.vpsc.vic.gov.au. The dataset excludes personal and potentially identifying information. This protects the anonymity and safety of employees. We uphold privacy protocols by not publishing the analysis of de-identified individuals or datasets from small groups.
There are some data gaps. We plan to establish remaining data sets regarding intersectionality, for example ethnicity, cultural identity, religion and sexual orientation. This would build capacity to allow more nuanced analysis in future.
In places, we compare the Commission’s workforce data to Victorian public sector and Victorian Public Service workforce data in State of the Public Sector 2021.
We analysed the results according to 7 gender equality indicators.
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Data source: workplace gender audit 30 June 2021 and People matter survey 2021
Data source: People matter survey 2021
Data source: workplace gender audit 30 June 2021
Data source: workplace gender audit 30 June 2021
The Commission did not submit data about its governing body in the baseline gender audit. Its Advisory Board currently consists of the Secretary, Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC) as chairperson. There are no other members at present. At the time this plan was written, the membership of the Advisory Board was being reviewed by the VPSC and DPC.
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Data source: workplace gender audit 30 June 2021 and State of the public sector 2021
Data source: workplace gender audit 30 June 2021 and State of the public sector 2021
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Data source: People matter survey 2021
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Data source: People matter survey 2021
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Data source: workplace gender audit 30 June 2021