Unless stated otherwise, this workforce data shows you numbers as at June 2022.
This data doesn't show the machinery of government changes that came into effect on 1 January 2023.
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At the end of this page, find Excel datasets for June 2018 to June 2022.
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The Victorian Public Service is a single employer with common terms and conditions for employees, made up of:
As a large and diverse employer, Victorian Public Service employees can build satisfying careers across a service-wide structure.
In July 2019, the government set up the Jobs and Skills Exchange to support mobility in the Victorian Public Service.
Since its introduction along with a new recruitment policy, the number of people transferring between Victorian Public Service agencies has increased from 1,175 to 2,612.
The proportion of non-casual Victorian Public Service (VPS) new starters who came from another VPS employer rose to 19.6% in 2021-22 from 15.8% in 2020-21.
The number of new starters who came from another VPS employer has been increasing each year.
The mobility rate is the proportion of all active non-casual employees who moved between Victorian Public Service employers.
In the 2021-22 year, 2,612 or 4.7% of all ongoing and fixed-term employees moved between Victorian Public Service employers.