Page 14 - AHEIA Annual Report

UNIVERSITIES HR BENCHMARKING PROGRAM
This was the fth year of the Association administering the Universities HR Benchmarking Program that had been originally designed and developed
by the Queensland University of Technology. Through the completion of an annual benchmarking survey, the Program enables universities to collate and submit information about their university, which is analysed and reported on across a number of measures, drawing comparisons to the university sector as a whole and as a de ned sub-group of universities. Membership of the Program has remained strong with 35 members contributing data for this year’s report.
In accordance with the requests of Program members, new measures were introduced in 2016 which covered workplace health and safety and casual academic employment.
In addition, system enhancements were implemented during the year to make it easier for members to input and validate their data, and provide an improved method to distribute the nal reports to members. Key ndings of the 2016 benchmarking survey, which included comparisons over 4 years, included:
΅ Overall annual sta turnover within the sector had decreased from 17.16% in 2011 to 15.53% in 2015. This decrease was primarily due
to Voluntary Employee Initiated Turnover decreasing from 9.28% in 2011 to 7.81% in 2015. Fixed-term Contract Expiration (6.92% in 2011 to 6.18% in 2015), and Involuntary University Initiated Turnover (0.57% in 2011
to 0.53% in 2015) had both decreased. Voluntary University Initiated Turnover had increased by 30.2% from 0.86% in 2011 to 1.12% in 2015. Sta turnover was highest for Professional Sta HEW 1-5 at 19.46%, and Academic Level A at 31.78%. Fixed Contract Expiration was the main reason for Academic Level A sta turnover, with a rate of 21.92%
in 2015.
΅ The rate of academic promotions increased by 17.7% over the previous four years, from 4.68% in 2011 to 5.51% in 2015. Promotions to Level D were highest in 2015 at 5.98%, followed closely by Level C (5.91%) and Level E (5.81%). The rate of applications
for promotion increased by 15.3% over the
previous four years. While applications
for promotion to Level E were the highest (8.79%) in 2015, applications to Level C (19.2%) and Level B (18.2%) had the highest increase in application rate. The success rate for academic promotions increased from 71.56% in 2011 to 73.0% in 2015. The success rate for promotions to Level D was noteworthy, increasing by 10.6% from 62.19% in 2011 to 68.77% in 2015.
΅ The median age of current university sta has remained relatively stable at 45 years of age with professional sta , at 42.5 years of age, on average being younger than academic sta at 47.48 years. The median age of new academic recruits in 2015 was 39.41 years of age, with Academic Level
A being 35.2 years and Academic Level
B being 36.7 years. The median length of service for a sta member was 5.68 years, with Academic sta having a higher median length of service at 5.9 years compared to professional sta at 5.41 years. Senior Sta had the highest median length of service at 6.82 years.
΅ Whilst experiencing an increase in expenditure on sta ng relative to revenue over the previous four years, the sector had a decrease in employment costs in the previous year from 55.4% in 2014 to 54.9% in 2015.
14
AHEIA Annual Report 2016