OIA 064 Final Version Huang.pdf

15 November 2021

[FYI request #17033 email]

Dear Mr Huang

Thank you for your request of 4 October 2021 made to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te
Pūtea Matua under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) for:
[…] hiring data, broken down for each year between 2011 and 2021.
-  Number of new positions established in each department, and each profession (legal
counsel, analyst, economist, manager, etc)
-  Number of job vacancies listed (split between internal vacancies and external vacancies)
for each department, and for each profession.
On 28 October 2021, I extended the timeframe for our response to 16 November 2021 under
section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA, as the consultations necessary to make a decision on your request
were such that a proper response could not reasonably be made within the original time limit.
Response
We have refused your request under section 18(f) of the OIA. This section al ows an agency to
refuse a request when “the information requested cannot be made available without
substantial col ation or research”.
We have, however, put together some information from our Annual Review documents, which
are published on the Parliament website. Please note that information for the 2020/21 financial
year is not yet available, but is in the process of being prepared. Attached as Appendix 1 to
this letter are links to Annual Review documents containing related information for the financial
years 2011/12 to 2019/20 and a table containing hiring data for the financial years 2011/12 to
2019/20.
The  OIA  al ows  charges  to  be  imposed  for  the  preparation  of  information  in  response  to
requests. The Reserve Bank is resourced to meet disclosure obligations for a reasonable level
of requests and the cost of providing free responses to official information requests is general y
borne by taxpayers. However, the Reserve Bank believes that requesters should bear some of
the  costs,  where  al owable  under  the  OIA,  when  requests  are  made  for  large  amounts  of
information, where a response is particularly complex, or where individuals or organisations
make frequent requests. In this instance, no charge is being applied under the OIA.

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You have the right to seek an investigation and review of this response by the Ombudsman, in
accordance  with  section  28(3)  of  the  OIA.  The  relevant  details  can  be  found  on  the
Ombudsman’s website at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.

Please note that we intend to publish a copy of this response on the Reserve Bank’s website:
www.rbnz.govt.nz/research-and-publications/official-information-requests.  Responses  to
requests  are  published  in  order  to  improve  public  transparency  and  provide  an  additional
resource for anyone seeking information. The personal details of requestors wil  be removed
before publication.

Yours sincerely

Ross Francis
Ministeral and OIA Advisor, Government and Industry Relations
Reserve Bank of New Zealand | Te Pūtea Matua

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Hiring Data 2011/12 – 2019/20
Current structure
Previous structure and prior years’ data
Year (as at 30
2019/20  2018/19  Year (as at 30
2017/18  2016/17
2015/16
2014/15
2013/14
2012/13
2011/12
June)
June)
Full  Part  Full  Part
Full  Part  Full  Part  Full  Part  Full  Part  Full  Part  Part  Full  Part  Full
time  time  time  time
time  time  time  time  time  time  time  time  time  time  time  time  time  time
Financial Stability  103  3
82
2  Prudential
45
2
49
1
50
2
43
4
48
4
45
3
47
0
Supervision
Macro Financial
25
0
25
0
19
0
21
0
25
0
19
1
0
0
Economics,
99
2
76
7  Financial Markets  17
1
19
1
18
2
19
2
22
1
21
1
25
1
Financial Markets
and Banking
Currency
19
0
18
0
20
0
20
0
21
0
20
0
20
0
Economics
25
1
27
1
26
1
29
0
36
1
34
0
42
2
Finance
22
0
19
2  Financial Services  26
6
26
4
25
4
25
6
29
5
28
4
31
2
Group
Governance
30
4
17
2  Communications  7
1
8
1
7
1
6
1
6
1
6
0
5
0
Strategy & Corp
Risk Assessment
8
0
6
1
4
1
6
1
6
1
6
0
6
0
Relations
& Assurance
Governor’s Office
3
0
3
0  Governors
6
0
6
0
6
0
6
0
6
0
6
0
6
0
People and
11
0
8
0  Human
4
0
4
0
4
0
4
0
4
0
4
0
4
0
Culture
Resources
Business
68
0
51
2  Digital Services
32
3
34
3
34
3
N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A
Operations
Knowledge
N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  38
4
41
3
41
4
40
5
Services
Auckland
13
0
11
0
11
0
12
0
13
0
13
0
11
0
TOTAL
336  9  256  15  TOTAL
227  14  233  12    224
14  229
18  257  16
243
13  237  10