Director, Performance Management at Fair Wages and Salaries Commission

To provide leadership, technical and operational direction in the implementation of Performance Management with the aim of ensuring a linkage between pay and performance/productivity in the public service.

Duties and Responsibilities

•  Provides technical inputs to management on the formulation and implementation of Government Policy to manage performance in the public service;
•  Oversees the management of the human, material and financial resources of the Directorate to improve efficiency;
•  Coordinates the development and implementation of operational work plan for the Directorate;
•  Oversees the design of framework for the implementation and management of performance in the public service with a view to linking pay to productivity;
•  Leads processes towards the determination of performance management and productivity indicators and their measurement at various levels of the Performance Management System;
•  Coordinates the implementation of a merit-based reward, incentive and corrections system in the Public Service and ensure a linkage of pay to productivity in the public service;
•  Coordinates the development and institution of Change-Management and organisational development programmes in the public services to facilitate improved performance;
•  Supervises the preparation and submission of annual budget, quarterly and annual report of the Directorate;
•  Oversees the implementation of performance management in the Directorate.

Qualification Required & Experience

•  A Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management, Industrial Psychology or any related Social Science discipline with not less than 10 years work experience in Human Resource Management role, 6 years of which must be in a Senior Management position
• Competencies, Skills and Technical Abilities
•  Excellent skills in performance management and indicators;
•  Good knowledge in the use of monitoring and evaluation frameworks;
•  Good Policy Analysis skills;
•  Good Report Writing Skills;
•  Average Performance Management skills;
•  Good knowledge of the public service;
•  Good Grievances handling and Negotiations skills;
•  Average Change Management skills;
•  Good Strategic Thinking;
•  Good communication and presentation skills;
•  Strong analytical and quantitative skills;
•  Good knowledge in the use of Microsoft Office Suite.

Value Set

•  Fairness
•  Honesty
•  Belief in dialogue
•  Team- player
•  Professionalism