Mission Statement
To interpret and communicate personnel policies and procedures once approved by management. The section also provides advice service and guidance, which help management and staff in the Civil Service with matters pertaining to the condition of service.
Current Mandate, Objectives, Roles and Responsibilities and Function of the Terms and Conditions Department
The terms and conditions of service section regulations the conditions of service, rules and regulates the conditions of service, rules and regulations through issuing Establishment Circulars and the General Orders as amended from times to time etc.
The Terms and Conditions of Service Section has the following objectives:
- To meet the civil service social, administrative and legal responsibilities.
- To create and maintain harmonious relations between government and the civil service staff associations.
- To ensure uniformity of standards and consistent fair administrative action throughout the civil service.
- Establish basic values and principles governing public administrative action.
- Establishment of the rules of conduct for public servants.
- Formulate, draft and avail rules and procedure manuals to public servants.
The specific roles and functions of the Terms and Conditions of Service Section are as follows:
- To provide advice, service and function guidance to the line ministries and within the MOPSI which will enable management to deal effectively with matters of concerning the employment of civil servants.
- To draft and distribute procedure procedures to the entire civil service, interpret government policies so as to enable stakeholders to understand the conditions of service that govern public officers.
- Ensuring that performance appraisals are undertaken throughout the civil service and appropriate action is taken.
- To initiate, develop, draft, promulgate, uphold, maintain, revise, and interpret laws, rules and regulations and all other terms and conditions of service in the public service which affect the, present and future employees of government.
- Implement and evaluate human resource management human resources management policies, procedures, and systems; e.g. Issues regarding recruitment, selection, placement and leave policy.
- Control and monitor the performance of line ministries/departments to ensure that they conform to the approved personnel policies, procedures and practices.
- Improve and ensure better conditions of employment and working conditions.
- Create and maintain harmonious relations between government and civil service staff association.
Departmental Customers and Stakeholders
- Line Ministries and departments.
- Public Service Employees Associations.
- Individual Government employees.