49CSelection of officers for promotion to Senior Executive Service offices

##### 49C Selection of officers for promotion to Senior Executive Service offices (1) In the selection of an officer for promotion, or transfer under paragraph 49(1B)(c) to a vacant Senior Executive Service office consideration shall be given only to the relative efficiency of the officers available. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), efficiency, in relation to an officer, means the suitability of the officer for the discharge of: (a) the duties of the vacant office; and (b) in the case of an SES office (other than an SES (Specialist) office)—the duties of SES offices having classifications the same as or equal to the classification of the vacant office; having regard to the following matters: (c) the purposes specified in subsection 26AA(2) as the purposes for which the Senior Executive Service is established and the need to ensure that the experience, training, qualifications and relevant personal qualities of Senior Executive Service officers in the Department in which the vacancy exists are such as to enable the Department, in both the short term and the long term, efficiently and economically to perform its functions; (d) in the case of the promotion of an officer, or the transfer of an SES officer under paragraph 49(1B)(c), to a vacant SES office (other than an SES (Specialist) office)—the capability of the officer to discharge the duties referred to in paragraph (b); (da) the capability of the officer to discharge the duties of the vacant office; (e) the standard of work performed by the officer in other offices; (f) any experience possessed by the officer relevant to the discharge of those duties; (g) the training and educational qualifications of the officer; (h) any personal qualities of the officer relevant to the discharge of those duties; (j) the potential for further career development of the officer in the Senior Executive Service; (k) in the case where the vacant office concerned is a part‑time office—the willingness of the officer to undertake the duties of the office on the basis that the hours of attendance applicable to him will be those specified in the declaration under subsection 29B(1) in relation to the office; (m) in a case where the vacant office concerned is a full‑time office—the willingness of the officer to undertake the duties of the office on a full‑time basis.