18 February 2025
James Webb
[FYI request #29590 email]
Dear James
Official Information Request
Our Ref: PSCR 2024-0208
I refer to your official information request received on 17 December 2024 for:
“How many Chief Executive or leadership positions has the PSC recruited for in 2024?
How many positions were existing and how many were positions established in July 2023 or
later?
Please provide the salary range candidates were advised of for each position. If candidates
were not advised, please provide the salary range PSC was advised of by the Ministry or agency
requiring the appointment.
Did the PSC run more than one recruitment round for any position since July 2023? If so, please
state which position and the number of recruitment rounds.
Does the PSC use contractors to support executive recruitment? If so, please state which
position(s) contractors were used, the name of the contractor, and the cost of the contractor
in each instance since July 2023. This should include the total hourly pay and placement fees.”
Information being released –parts one, two and four
In 2024 Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission (the Commission) undertook recruitment for
12 non-statutory chief executive and four statutory leadership positions. Of the 16 positions, five of
these were established after July 2023.
Since July 2023, the Commission has not run more than one recruitment round for any position.
Information not held – part three
Salary ranges are not publicly advertised for Chief Executive recruitments. The Public Service
Commissioner (the Commissioner) as the employer of chief executives of departments,
departmental agencies and functional chief executives, engages a provider to independently size
the different roles for which he is responsible then sets the salaries on appointment in accordance
with role size and having regard to the Government’s Workforce Policy Statement. The
Remuneration Authority determines the salaries for the statutory roles.
I am therefore refusing part three of your request under section 18(e) of the Official Information Act
1982 (OIA) on the grounds the information requested does not exist.
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Phone +64 4 495 6600
Other information
Cabinet has required that the Commission publicly report on chief executive pay since 2010. To
balance the public interest in chief executive remuneration with the privacy interest, the
Commission reports:
• remuneration that was earned between completed remuneration reviews, or
• remuneration earned up to the end date of appointments which have been completed.
That information is publicly available on the Commission’s website at the fol owing
link:
https://www.publicservice.govt.nz/system/leaders/appointing-leaders/leader-pay/chief-
executive-remuneration. Information publicly available – part five
Each year the Commission is required to report on the total sum paid to contractors and consultants
through Select Committee Annual Reviews. Listed in the table below is the Commission’s Annual
Review for 2023/24 which is publicly available on the Parliament website at the link provided in the
table. The appendices provide the breakdown of how much is paid to each contractor and
consultant per year and the description of the service provided.
Item
Date
Document Description
Website Address
1
28 November 2024
2023/24 Annual Review of the Public Service
https://www.parliament
Commission
.nz/resource/en-
NZ/54SCGOA_EVI_bb0e
4ac3-7ddf-4879-5211-
08dd02b85743_GOA313
47/b7e2df998462953942
5670131b1ad2ddfafe98b
8
I am therefore refusing part five of your request under section 18(d) of the OIA on the grounds that
the information requested is or will soon be publicly available.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
[email address]. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Please note that we intend to publish this letter (with your personal details removed) on the
Commission’s website.
Yours sincerely
Nicky Dirks
Manager – Ministerial and Executive Services
Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission
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