5 June 2020
Tania Te Whenua
[FYI request #12683 email]
Tēnā koe Tania
Thank you for your email of 22 April 2020 to the Ministry of Education requesting the following
information:
Over the past three years:
a) How many Māori women (and what percentage of the total number of applicants)
applied for Tier 2 roles or above?
b) How many Māori women (and what percentage of the total number of successful
applicants) were successfully appointed to the jobs which they applied for at Tier 2 or
above?
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
As the State Service Commissioner is responsible for the appointments to Public Service Chief
Executive roles, it is responding on behalf of agencies in relation to Tier 1 roles
My response to your request regarding Tier 2 roles, is provided below.
Over the past three years:
a) How many Māori women (and what percentage of the total number of applicants)
applied for Tier 2 roles or above?
Data on the ethnicity and gender of applicants for roles recruited to over the past three years
is not held by the Ministry. Demographic information such as gender and ethnicity is optional
for applicants to disclose when applying for a role, therefore any application records would not
be an accurate reflection of the proportion of Māori women applying for our roles.
At Tier 2 level, the Ministry often uses executive search firms that support the best possible
engagement of all suitable candidates. Privacy of any candidate information is critical and
therefore not shared with the Ministry until short lists for interviews are confirmed.
In addition, once the appointment process has concluded the Ministry does not retain the
demographic information of applicants.
I am therefore refusing this part of your request under section 18(g) of the Act, as the
information requested is not held by the Ministry.
OIA: 1226609
National Of ice, Mātauranga House, 33 Bowen Street, Wellington 6011
PO Box 1666, Wel ington 6140. Phone: +64 4 463 8000 Fax: +64 4 463 8001
education.govt.nz
The Ministry is also committed to ensuring a diverse workforce at all levels that reflects the
communities that we serve and this information is considered by senior leaders on a regular
basis. The Ministry supports diversity in recruitment by upskil ing managers to attract and
retain diverse talent. This includes an online course, writing advertisements with gender
neutral language and inclusive wording, accommodating accessibility, offering flexible
work and ensuring gender parity when making an offer.
b) How many Māori women (and what percentage of the total number of successful
applicants) were successfully appointed to the jobs which they applied for at Tier 2 or
above?
In the last three years, no Māori women have been appointed to Tier 2 roles. Of the small
number of tier 2 roles that have been recruited to during this period, two Māori individuals have
been appointed. At least one Māori woman has held a tier 2 role prior to this period, and Māori
women have undertaken acting opportunities in tier 2 roles over the last three years.
Please note, the Ministry now proactively publishes OIA responses on our website. As such,
we may publish this response on our website after five working days. Your name and contact
details wil be removed.
Thank you again for your email. You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to review this
decision. You can do this by writing t
o [email address] or Office of the
Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.
Nāku noa, nā
Zoe Griffiths
Deputy Secretary
Business Enablement and Support
education.govt.nz
Document Outline
- The request and due date
- Background
- Proposed response
- Consultation