House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Estimates Replies Public Sector Executives Public Sector Executives The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Public Sector Executives In reply to the Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (24 July 2019). (Estimates Committee B) The Hon. R.I. LUCAS House of Assembly Treasurer The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer): I have been advised the following: The Commissioner for Public Sector Employment (the Commissioner) is available to lead or advise on the recruitment of public sector chief executives. Where the commissioner leads the recruitment of a public sector chief executive, she determines whether internal resources or an external recruitment agent are used for the recruitment process, depending on the circumstances of the role. Costs associated with an external recruitment agent and advertising are either paid directly by the respective public sector agency, or paid by the commissioner in the first instance and then cost recovered from the respective public sector agency. In 2018-19, the total cost incurred by the commissioner—and later cost recovered from the respective public sector agency—from using external recruiting agents for chief executive recruitment was $117,252. This included: $42,533 paid to Stillwell Management Consultants for the Chief Executive, Department for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure process (includes advertising cost) $46,999 paid to Hender for the Chief Executive, Department for Environment and Water process (includes advertising cost) $26,400 paid to VUCA for the Chief Officer, South Australian Country Fire Service process. A further $1,320 was paid to Wavemaker, a media agency, for advertising fees for this process. Additionally, the below chief executive recruitment costs incurred in 2018-19 were directly invoiced to the respective public sector agency: $29,700 for the Chief Executive, Department for Trade, Tourism and Investment process $6,101 for the Chief Officer, South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service process. The total cost of the above chief executive recruitments was $153,053. This included advertising fees, totalling $21,970. Other chief executive recruitment processes undertaken in 2018-19 involving the Commissioner were supported internally by her office.