Bureau of Meteorology

Bureau of Meteorology
Investing in our older workers: our people, our story.
Our history
1 January 1908
A weather chart produced by the
Bureau of Meteorology and issued in
Perth on the first day of operation
1945
A member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in
World War 2 demonstrates how to prepare a
hydrogen-filled weather balloon for flight instrument.
Our vision
To provide Australians with
environmental intelligence for safety,
sustainability, well-being and
prosperity.
ENVIRONMENTAL INTELLIGENCE
Conclusions drawn from environmental observations and models to guide
decisions and actions by governments, businesses and individuals.
Old agency, new ways
Our workforce today
headcount ~1721
.
Retirement
and Exit
Workforce
Planning
Talent
Attraction
Recruitment
and
Onboarding
Retention
People Plan
2014-2017
Succession
Planning and
Career
Development
Leadership
Development
Pay and
Benefits
Role focused
Learning
Performance
Rewards and
Recognition
Our job family journey
2012
and
earlier
• ICT, Operational Meteorologist and Legal Workforce plans
created
• First iteration of the Bureau Job Family created and
applied to all occupied positions
2012-13
• Second iteration of the Bureau Job Family
• Organisation Leadership Job Family WFP
2013-14 • Climate Information Job WFP
• Flood and Weather forecasting WFPs underway (critical
roles)
2014-15 • Demographic snap shot (Job Family based) of the Bureau
released
Accounting
and
Finance
Job family headcounts
Separations
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Total years of service (includes all categories of separations) leaving per FY:
•
2013/14 – 1,315 years (average length of service = 9 years) left BoM
•
2013/12 – 1,575 years (average length of service = 10 years) left BoM
•
2012/11 – 1,917 years (average length of service = 9 years) left BoM
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
Scientific and technical
Length of service
Number of Employees
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
UNDER 1
1<5
5 < 10
10 < 15 15 < 20
Years
20 < 30
30 < 40
40 +
Climate Information
Flood Forecasting
ICT
Observations, Engineering and Technical
Research
Water Information
Weather Forecasting
Support job families
Length of service
Number of Employees
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
UNDER 1
1<5
5 < 10
10 < 15 15 < 20
Years
20 < 30
Accounting & Finance
Administration
Communications & Marketing
People
Strategic Policy, Research, Programme & Project
30 < 40
40 +
Age profiling
Number of Employees
OET Age Profile
80
60
39% staff aged over 51 years
20% staff aged over 55 years
40
20
0
<20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 >71
Years
Number of Employees
Weather Forecasting Age Profile
60
40
20% staff aged over 51 years
9% Staff aged over 55 years
20
0
<20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 >71
Years
Organisational leaders
Number of Employees
Organisational Leadership Length of Service Profile
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
UNDER 1
1<5
5 < 10
10 < 15 15 < 20
Years
20 < 30
30 < 40
40 +
Organisational Leadership Age Profile
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
<20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 >71
A job family snapshot
Focus on Weather Forecasting
• Headcount = 343
• Median age = 39 years
Weather
Forecasting
Job Family
• Staff aged over 55 years = 9.33%
• Median Length of Service = 10
years
• Avg Length of Service = 11.6 years
• Female staff = 28.9 %
•Staff on TADs = 31.8 %
• Non ongoing staff = 4.4 %
Career flexibility
& weather forecasters
• Severe weather season, in
every regional office, many
retirees return
• Leave relief pool
• Career paths off shift –
often into Organisational
Leaders, but also into
Finance, ICT, Training
(case study)
• Part time or Job Share
(case study)
Enhanced, false-color image from a NOAA weather
satellite of Tropical Cyclone Ingrid, east of the Cape York
Peninsula, Queensland, 8 March 2005, 1:30pm
A long, varied career
Bob Leighton
https://www.yo
utube.com/
watch?v=hl
nsrbt2MVA
Bob Leighton and Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley
A job share success story
Michael Halfpenny class of '77
'On the Job dualling'
It’s the next step for the class of 2014
Mentoring inspires!
Our Director Dr Rob Vertessy
'The BoM is a good place to work'
Evidence from 2013 Census
• BOM employees report higher levels of engagement, except supervisor
engagement, compared to the rest of the APS.
• BOM employees were less likely to report experiencing or witnessing
bullying
• BOM has a positive agency culture and employees see a strong
commitment to safety
• BOM employees were more satisfied with opportunities for career
progression than other APS employees and were more likely to report
they intended to stay working with their agency for 3 or more years
• BOM employees report working more hours than most of the APS and
other large operational employees
Thank you…Want more?
• Interested in our history – The Weather Watchers
(100 years of the Bureau of Meteorology) David Day
• Our Strategic Plan – WWW
• Our Calendars (best Christmas present ever) on sale
in October
• NY Times article on Bob Leighton (Google it!)
• Mobile Website, Facebook, Seasonal Climate Outook
videos (monthly)
Emma Lewis
E.lewis@bom.gov.au