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General Recruitment - Salaries and Conditions of Service of DFAT Employees

Non-SES DFAT employees currently receive the following salaries under the Department's Collective Agreement (pdf).

LEVEL	CLASSIFICATION	SALARY RANGE EFFECTIVE FROM 14 JUNE 2007	SALARY RANGE EFFECTIVE FROM 26 JUNE 2008
Executive Level 2	Executive Level 2	$92,767 - $107,301	$96,477 - $111,593
Broadband 3	Executive Level 1	$78,044 - $87,691	$81,166 - $91,198
Broadband 3	APS Level 6	$62,599 - $70,294	$65,103 – $73,105
Broadband 2	APS Level 5	$57,141 - $61,206	$59,427 - $63,654
Broadband 2	APS Level 4	$52,407 - $55,141	$54,503 - $57,347
Broadband 1	APS Level 3	$46,767- $50,524	$48,638 - $52,545
	APS Level 2	$41,269 - $44,466	$42,920 -$46,244
	APS Level 1	$35,659 - $38,946	$37,503 - $40,503

Conditions of Employment

Recruits to the department are engaged on probation as ongoing employees of the Australian Public Service and are entitled to the terms and conditions of employment outlined in the Department's Collective Agreement. The standard terms and conditions of employment for all ongoing DFAT employees include flexible working hours, a comprehensive superannuation scheme and leave provisions as follows:

22 days paid recreation leave per year
four weeks (20 days) paid personal/carers leave per year (credited annually in advance)
twelve weeks paid maternity leave (after 12 months of service with the department) for each confinement, and an additional forty weeks maternity leave without pay
fifty two weeks paternity leave without pay after the birth (or adoption) of a child
three months (or 6 months on half pay) paid long service leave after ten years service

Other leave with or without pay is available to departmental officers. This includes ceremonial, study, defence reservist and jury service leave