AFR/RC65/INF.DOC/1 29 May 2015
REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR AFRICA Sixty-fifth session N’Djamena, Republic of Chad, 23–27 November 2015 Provisional agenda item 17.1
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
REPORT ON WHO STAFF IN THE AFRICAN REGION Information Document CONTENTS Paragraphs INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1 APPOINTMENT CATEGORIES ..................................................................................................... 2–4 CATEGORY, GRADE AND GENDER DISTRIBUTION .............................................................. 5–7 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.............................................................................................. 8–12 COMPARISON BETWEEN 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 AND 2015 STATISTICS ................................................................................................................................. 13–17 TABLES (ANNEXES) Page 1a: 1b: 1c: 2: Staff members with long-term appointments by category and grade as of 15 March 2015 ......... 5 Staff members with temporary appointments by category as of 15 March 2015 ......................... 5 Long-term and temporary staff members combined as of 15 March 2015 .................................. 5 Distribution of staff members by category, grade and gender as of 15 March 2015.................... 6 (a) Professional Staff ................................................................................................................ 6 (b) National Professional Officers ............................................................................................ 6 (c) General Service Staff .......................................................................................................... 6 Distribution of long-term professional staff in the African Region by nationality, grade and gender as of 15 March 2015................................................................. 7 Geographical distribution of long-term professional staff from countries of the African Region as of 15 March 2015 ........................................................................................... 9 Distribution of temporary professional staff in the African Region by nationality, grade and gender as of 15 March 2015............................................................... 10 Distribution of long-term and temporary staff by duty station as of 15 March 2015................. 11 Comparison of 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 staff members’ statistics...................................................................................................................................... 13 (a) Long-term staff.................................................................................................................. 13 (b) Staff on temporary appointment........................................................................................ 13 (c) Progress report on appointments from 2008 to 2015 ........................................................ 13
3a: 3b: 3c: 4: 5:
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS D F FT G/GS GS FT GS TA M NO/NPO NPO FT NPO TA P FT P TA TA UG Director female Fixed-term appointment General Service General Service fixed-term appointment General Service temporary appointment male National Professional Officer National Professional Officer fixed-term appointment National Professional Officer temporary appointment Professional fixed-term appointment Professional temporary appointment temporary appointment ungraded
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INTRODUCTION 1. The purpose of this document is to provide Member States with information pertaining to WHO staff working in the African Region. The information below represents an overview of the staffing profile in WHO in the African Region as at 15 March 2015. It covers the overall staffing situation by category, grade, gender, geographical representation, nationality and duty station. APPOINTMENT CATEGORIES 2. As at 15 March 2015, WHO had 2181 staff members on fixed-term appointment in the African Region. The fixed-term category, hereafter referred to as “long term appointments”, comprises staff members on contracts of one to five years or on continuing appointment. Of the 2181 staff members on long-term appointment, 353 (16.19%) were professional staff members, 605 (27.74%) were national professional officers and 1223 (56.08%) were general service staff members (Table 1a). 3. Moreover, as at 15 March 2015, WHO had 248 staff members on temporary appointment (24 months or less) in the African Region. Of these 248 temporary staff members, 91 (36.69%) were in the professional category, 38 (15.32%) were national professional officers and 119 (47.98%) were in the general service category (Table 1b). 4. Thus, as at 15 March 2015, the WHO African Region had a total of 2429 staff members on both long-term and temporary appointments. Of these 2429 staff members, 444 (18.28%) were in the professional category, 643 (26.47%) were in the National Professional Officer (NPO) category and 1342 (55.25) were in the General Service (GS) category (Table 1c). CATEGORY, GRADE AND GENDER DISTRIBUTION 5. The distribution of staff members by category, grade and gender is shown in Table 2 (2a, 2b and 2c). It can be seen that, among the 444 professional staff members, 353 (79.5%) were on longterm appointment and 91 (20.5%) on temporary appointment. Of the 353 professional staff members on long-term appointment, 267 (75.64%) were males and 86 (24.36%) females. Of the 91 professional staff members with temporary appointments, 75 (82.42%) were males and 16 (17.58%) were females (Table 2a). 6. Among the 643 national professional officers, 605 (94.09%) were on long-term appointment and 38 (5.91%) held temporary appointments. Of the 605 NPOs on long-term appointment, 418 (69.09%) were males and 187 (30.91%) females. Of the 38 NPOs holding temporary appointments, 32 (84.24%) were males and 6 (15.79%) females (Table 2b). 7. Of the 1342 General Service staff members, 1223 (91.13%) were on fixed-term appointments and 119 (8.87%) held temporary appointments. Of the 1223 GS staff members on fixed-term appointment, 798 (65.25%) were males and 425 (34.75%) were females. Of the 119 GS staff members holding temporary appointments, 102 (85.71%) were males and 17 (14.29%) were females (Table 2c). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 8. Table 3a presents the situation of long-term professional staff working in the WHO African Region by nationality. As at 15 March 2015, the countries with the highest representation were Kenya and Uganda with 18 long-term professional staff members, followed by Burkina Faso and
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Cameroon with 14 staff members each, then Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Zimbabwe with 13 staff members. 9. Table 3b presents the geographical distribution of long-term professional staff members from the 47 countries of the WHO African Region. Twenty-one (21) countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) were over-represented (category C). Eight (8) countries (Algeria, Angola, Chad, Gambia, Guinea, Madagascar, Mauritius and Niger) were within their range but above the mid-point (category B2). Eighteen (18) countries (Botswana, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Swaziland) were within their range but below the mid-point (category B1). On the other hand, the following countries outside the WHO African Region had nationals working in the WHO African Region as long-term professional staff: Bangladesh (1), Belgium (2), Bolivia (1), Canada (3), Denmark(1), Colombia (1), Egypt (3), El Salvador (1), France (4), Germany (3), India (6), Italy (4), New Zealand (1), Nicaragua (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Portugal (4), Spain (2), Sudan (3), Tajikistan (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (1), United Kingdom (3), United States of America (6) (Table 3a). 10. Qualified candidates from under-represented countries are strongly encouraged to apply for vacant professional positions in the WHO African Region. 11. Table 3c presents the distribution of temporary professional staff working in the WHO African Region by nationality, grade and gender. As at 15 March 2015, the countries with the highest representation were Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo with eight (8) temporary professional staff members each followed by Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Nigeria with six (6) temporary professional staff members, then Ghana and Kenya with three (3) temporary professional staff members each. The following countries outside the WHO African Region had temporary professional staff members working in the African Region: Australia (1), Bangladesh (2), Brazil (1), Czech Republic (1), France (2), India (1), Peru (3), Somalia (2), Spain (1), Sudan (1), United States of America (2). 12. Table 4 presents the distribution of long-term and temporary staff members working for the WHO African Region by duty station. COMPARISON BETWEEN 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 AND 2015 STATISTICS 13. Table 5 presents a comparison of the total number of staff members working in the WHO African Region by category of appointment between 1 June 2008 and 15 March 2015. The total number of long-term staff members in the African Region varied from 2206 in 2008, 2451 in 2009, 2516 in 2010 to 2391 in 2011, 2276 in 2012, 2161 in 2013, 2186 in 2014 and 2181 in 2015. 14. It is also worth noting that from 2008 to 2010 the number of staff members on long-term appointment increased continuously as opposed to the significant continuous decrease of the number of staff members employed on a temporary basis over the same period. This trend resulted from the decision by the WHO Director-General, in consultation with Member States, to implement a contract reform policy with the aim of aligning the contractual arrangements in force in WHO with the human resources needed to implement health programmes.
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15. However, the number of staff members in the African Region decreased from 2011 to 2013 owing to budget constraints, the ensuing freeze on recruitment followed by the downsizing and the implementation of the new organizational structure. 16. Table 5c presents the variation of the numbers of staff members on long-term and temporary appointment across the appointment categories from 2008 to 2015. 17. The report is submitted to the Regional Committee for information.
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ANNEXES Graphical illustration of staff distribution by category from 2008 to 2015
1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 2008 2009 GS TA 169 58 60 123 454 433 628 446 1319 1377
1478
1412
1327
1248
1255
1223
618 420
608 371
585 364
571 342
585 346
605 353
80 119 38 91 36 69 52 20 53 32 19 41 43 13 46 26 16 60 72 39 2010 2011 2012 GS FT NPO TA NPO FT P TA 2013 P FT 2014 2015
Graphical illustration of overall trends in staff category numbers from 2008 to 2015
AFR/RC65/INF.DOC/1 Page 5 Graphical illustration of staff distribution by category and contract type from 2008 to 2015
446 433 60 454 58 69 628 36
420 53 618 20
371 41 608 19
364 46 585 13
342 60 571 16
346 80 585 39
353 91 605 38
1319
1377
1478
1412
1327
1248
1255
1223
169 2008
123 2009 GS TA
52 2010 GS FT
32 2011 NPO TA
43 2012 NPO FT
26 2013 P TA P FT
72 2014
119 2015
Table 1a: Staff members with long-term appointments by category and grade as of 15 March 2015
Staff/Grade UG D.2 D.1 P.6 P.5 P.4 P.3 P.2 Total Professional Total NPOs Total GS Grand Total
Total 1 0 13 29 81 171 43 15 353 605 1223 2181 0.28 0.00 3.68 8.22 22.95 48.44 12.18 4.25 16.19 27.74 56.08
%
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Table 1b: Staff members with temporary appointments by category as of 15 March 2015 Category Professional Staff National Professional Officers General Service Staff Total Total 91 38 119 248 % 36.69 15.32 47.98
Table 1c: Long-term and temporary staff members combined as of 15 March 2015 Category Professional Staff National Professional Officers General Service Staff Total by type of appointment Long-term 353 605 1223 2181 Temporary 91 38 119 248 Total 444 643 1342 2429 % 18.28 26.47 55.25
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Table 2: Distribution of staff members by category, grade and gender as of 15 March 2015 (a) Professional staff P2 F Long-term Temporary Total 5 5 M 10 1 11 F 15 5 20 P3 M 28 17 45 F 42 11 53 P4 M F P5 M 67 14 81 6 23 3 10 0 0 1 0 F P6 M F 3 D1 M 10 F D2 M UG1 F 1 M Female Male Total % Total % 86 24.36 267 75.64 16 102
Total 353 91 444
% 79.50 20.50 100
129 14 43 172 14
6 23
17.58 22.97
75 342
82.42 77.03
(b) National professional officers NO-A F Long-term Temporary Total 5 5 M 17 2 19 F 44 4 48 NO-B M 135 15 150 F 136 2 138 NO-C M 260 15 275 2 6 NO-D F 2 M 6 Female Total % 187 30.91 6 193 15.79 30.02 Male Total % 418 69.09 32 450 84.21 69.98 Total 605 38 643 % 94.09 5.91 100
(c) General Service staff G1 F Long-term Temporary Total M 6 18 0 2 6 20 F G2 M F 16 16 G3 M 93 2 95 F 68 4 72 G4 M 47 12 59 F G5 M F G6 M 76 15 91 F 78 1 79 G7 M Female Total % 84 425 34.75 6 17 90 442 14.29 32.94 Male Total % 798 65.25 102 900 85.71 67.06 Total 1223 119 1342 % 91.13 8.87 100
8 427 1 54 9 481
127 53 122 6 11 5 133 64 127
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Table 3a: Distribution of long-term professional staff in the African Region by nationality, grade and gender as of 15 March 2015 P2 P3 M F M 1 F P4 M 2 F 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 5 2 1 7 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 7 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 5 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 3 2 6 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 8 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 P5 M F P6 M F D1 M UG F All professional staff F 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 5 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 4 1 2 1 2 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 M 3 1 1 6 1 0 11 6 12 2 0 3 6 1 1 12 13 5 1 2 0 1 2 9 3 2 8 2 9 3 1 5 2 11 1 1 2 7 8 4 1 0 0 0 1 Total 6 1 2 7 1 1 14 11 14 3 2 3 6 1 1 13 13 10 1 3 1 1 3 12 4 4 8 3 13 4 3 6 4 18 1 1 6 7 8 4 1 2 1 1 1
Country of nationality Angola Bangladesh Belgium Benin Bolivia Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon, Republic of Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Rep of the Congo, Republic of the Cote d'Ivoire Denmark Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia France Gabon Gambia Germany Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau India Italy Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique Namibia New Zealand Nicaragua
F 2
AFR/RC65/INF.DOC/1 Page 9 P2 P3 M F 1 M F P4 M 2 7 1 1 3 2 3 5 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 7 1 3 3 1 5 10 1 15 4 28 1 42 3 2 129 1 14 3 4 2 2 1 2 67 6 1 23 3 10 1 1 1 2 1 4 4 1 1 F P5 M 1 4 F P6 M 2 F D1 M UG F All professional staff F 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 4 0 1 3 3 70 M 5 11 1 1 4 8 1 8 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 9 1 1 14 3 5 5 10 217 Total 6 11 1 1 4 10 1 12 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 5 11 1 1 18 3 6 8 13 353
Country of nationality Niger Nigeria Pakistan Peru Portugal Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa South Sudan Spain Sudan Swaziland Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic of Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda United Kingdom United States of America Zambia Zimbabwe Total in African Region
F
AFR/RC65/INF.DOC/1 Page 10 Table 3b: Geographical distribution of long-term professional staff from countries of the African Region as of 15 March 2015 Nationality Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Cote d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa South Sudan Swaziland Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe Range Recruitment List From To B2 1 9 B2 1 8 C 1 8 B1 1 8 C 1 8 C 1 8 C 1 8 B1 1 8 B1 1 8 B2 1 8 B1 1 8 C 1 8 C 1 8 C 1 8 B1 1 8 B1 1 8 C 1 8 B1 1 8 B2 1 8 C 1 8 B2 1 8 B1 1 8 C 1 8 B1 1 8 B1 1 8 B2 1 8 C 1 8 C 1 8 B1 1 8 B2 1 8 B1 1 8 B1 1 8 B2 1 8 C 1 8 C 1 8 B1 1 8 C 1 8 B1 1 8 B1 1 8 C 4 11 B1 1 8 B1 1 8 C 1 8 C 1 8 C 1 8 C 1 8 C 1 8 Status within range within range over-represented within range over-represented over-represented over-represented within range within range within range within range over-represented over-represented over-represented within range within range over-represented within range top of the range over-represented within range within range over-represented within range within range within range over-represented over-represented within range within range within range within range top of the range over-represented over-represented within range over-represented within range within range over-represented within range within range over-represented over-represented over-represented over-represented over-represented Total Staff 6 7 9 1 16 11 14 2 3 6 1 13 10 15 1 4 26 4 8 17 6 4 21 1 1 6 10 13 4 5 3 3 8 23 15 1 19 1 3 14 1 1 11 24 10 11 16 409 Staff HQ/ Others R.O.s 6 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14 0 0 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 3 5 0 4 1 2 2 12 5 0 7 1 2 12 0 0 0 6 5 3 3 111 Staff in AFRO 0 6 7 1 14 11 14 2 3 6 1 13 10 13 1 3 12 4 8 13 4 3 18 1 1 6 7 8 4 1 2 1 6 11 10 1 12 0 1 2 1 1 11 18 5 8 13 298
Reference A: Countries not represented B1: Countries within their range but below the mid-point B2: Countries within their range but above the mid-point C: Countries over-represented
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P2 Country of nationality Australia Bangladesh Benin Brazil Burkina Faso Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Rep of the Congo, Republic of the Cote d'Ivoire Czech Republic Ethiopia France Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea India Kenya Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Peru Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Spain Sudan United Republic of Tanzania Togo Uganda USA Zambia Zimbabwe 1 1 1 1 1 1
P3 M F M F
P4 M 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 4
P5 F M 1
All professional staff
F
3
1
1
1
1 1 3
1 2 1 1
1 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 1
F 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 16
M 1 2 1 0 6 2 7 1 2 1 5 2 0 1 4 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 3 1 5 3 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 7 1 0 2 75
Total 1 2 1 1 6 3 8 1 2 1 6 2 1 1 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 3 3 6 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 8 2 1 2 91
Total in African Region
0
1
5
17
11
43
0
14
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Table 4: Distribution of long-term and temporary staff by duty station as of 15 March 2015 Long-term Duty station Abeche Abidjan Abuja Accra Addis Ababa Algiers Antananarivo Asmara Bamako Bangui Banjul Bauchi Benguela Benin City Bentiu Bissau Bohicon Bor Brazzaville Bujumbura Bukavu Conakry Cotonou Dakar Damaturu Dar-es-Salaam Entebbe Enugu Freetown Gaborone Gambela Garissa Goma Gulu Harare Ibadan Jos Juba Kaduna Kampala Kano
Temporary P 1 14 1 9 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 7 9 4 1 5 2 14 8
GS 1 18 88 20 67 7 14 15 12 11 10 12 3 3 6
NPO 12 39 11 67 5 9 6 11 8 6 12 2 2 4
GS
NPO
P 2 1 6
All Staff 3 32 155 32 159 14 24 22 32 40 17 28 6 5 1 12 1 2 2 421 24 7
1
1 1
215 16 4 18 13 11 1 21 3 10 17 8 2 4 49 17 3 3 6 19 13
18 7 3 11 9 7 2 15 10 9 6 1 1 1 11 9 2 1 2 19 5
129 1 1 1 2
32
9
18
16
1
47 23 20
1 4 1
4 41 3 20
2 1
8 1
36 15 1 3 5
2 39 5 3
3 107 26 5
6 3 2
3 1
9 3
22 9 44 21
1
AFR/RC65/INF.DOC/1 Page 13 Kigali Kinshasa Kisangani Kuajok Lagos Libreville Lilongwe Lome Luanda Lubumbashi Lusaka Maiduguri Malabo Malakal Maputo Maseru Mbabane Mbandaka Mbuji Mayi Minna Monrovia Moroni Moundou Moxico Nairobi N'Djamena Niamey Nouakchott Ouagadougou Ouidah Port Harcourt Port Louis Praia Pretoria Sao Tome Sokoto Torit Victoria Wau Windhoek Yambio Yaounde Zanzibar
12 60
11 30 1
2 6 4 1 2 1
25 103 1 1 25 65 27 1 6 1 3 1 2 1 2 20 86 3 30 10 12 2 27 14 16 1 3
17 27 13 11 49 12 6 5 12 8 10 2 13 16 10
8 7 12 6 22 2 14 3 3 12 4 5 1 1 8 5 5 1 1 3 1 1 7 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 27 2 2 9 1 3
22 33 16 1 1 50 51 39 20 2 6 1 94 1 14 7 1 1 3 1 1 1 8 27 10 18 1 6 1 1 17 2 2 25 2
26 32 21 10 41 7 6 4 13 5 7 3 10 13 2
16 8 11 8 14 6 1 2 8 4 7 2 3 11
7 6 5 2 31 1 1 4 1 2
1 5
1 4 1
Grand Total
1223
605
353
119
38
91
2429
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Table 5: Comparison of 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 staff members' statistics (a) Long-term staff Year GS 1319 1377 1478 1412 1327 1248 1255 1223 NPO 454 628 618 608 585 571 585 605 P 433 446 420 371 364 342 346 353 Total 2206 2451 2516 2391 2276 2161 2186 2181
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
(b)
Staff on temporary appointment GS 169 123 52 32 43 26 72 119 NPO 58 36 20 19 13 16 39 38 P 60 69 53 41 46 60 80 91 Total 287 228 125 92 102 102 191 248
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
(c)
Progress report on appointments from 2008 to 2015 2008 2009 123 1377 36 628 69 446 2679 7% 2010 52 1478 20 618 53 420 2641 -1% 2011 32 1412 19 608 41 371 2483 -6% 2012 43 1327 13 585 46 364 2378 -4% 2013 26 1248 16 571 60 342 2263 -5% 2014 72 1255 39 585 80 346 2377 5% 2015 119 1223 38 605 91 353 2429 2%
General Service Staff National Professional Officer Professional Staff Total
TA FT TA FT TA FT
169 1319 58 454 60 433 2493 0%