Jobs at Fair Wages and Salaries Commission

To effectively and efficiently coordinate the performance of all the Directorates and Units in delivering their functions and the mandates of the Commission.

Duties and Responsibilities

•  Provides advice to the Chief Executive on formulation and implementation of salary and wages policy;
•  Oversees the management of the human, material and financial resources of the Commission to improve the over-all efficiency of the Commission;
•  Coordinates the work and programmes of all Directorates and Units of the Commission to ensure improved performance;
•  Provides technical directions to the Directors in discharging their duties;
•  Ensures the development and implementation of Control Systems, Monitoring and Evaluation systems for improved turn-around time in the Commission;
•  Oversees the development and implementation of systems to strengthen the HR and Administrative structures of the Commission;
•  Manages performance and provides regular feedback and guidance to all Directors and direct report Units;
•  Ensures existence and operation of the effective Management Information system (MIS);
•  Ensures the preparation of the annual budget and work plans of the Commission;
•  Ensures the implementation of Performance Management System within the Commission.

Qualification Required & Experience

•  A Master’s Degree in Economics, Labour Economics, Human Resource Management, Public Administration or any related Social Science discipline with not less than 12 years Post qualification experience in HR related role, 8 years of which must be in a senior management position.
• Competencies, Skills and Abilities
•  Job evaluation skills;
•  Grading and Re-grading skills;
•  Good Policy Analysis skills;
•  Average Research Methodologies and Report Writing Skills;
•  Good Performance Management skills;
•  Good Grievances handling and Negotiations skills;
•  Average Change Management, and Organizational Development skills;
•  Good in Strategic thinking;
•  Good knowledge of the public service;
•  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

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 To provide leadership, technical and operational direction on the implementation of government pay policy by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission.

Duties and Responsibilities

•  Provides technical inputs to management on the formulation and implementation of GovernMent Pay Policy;
•  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 conduct of all job analysis, Job Evaluation and Job Re-evaluation exercises for public service institutions;
•  Develops and ensures implementation of grading and classification of salary structures;
•  Develops proposals for consistent review of standard job evaluation methodology and development of salary structures;
•  Develops and implements a monitoring framework for compliance to the principles of classification, grading, placement and payment of allowances by public service institutions;
•  Provides advice on the development and management of the Single Spine Salary Structure for public service institutions and other public-sector institutions;
•  Supervises the issuance of yearly updated Single Spine Salary Structure and other related salary structures and the periodic update of service classification for public service institutions;
•  Provides data/information on the Single Spine Grade Structure of public service institutions to the Grievance Review Committee to resolve issues on disputed job placements;
•  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, Labour Economics, Public Administration 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 Job Evaluation skills;
•  Excellent skills in development of Grading and Salary Structures;
•  Good Policy Analysis skills;
•  Good Report Writing Skills;
•  Average Performance Management skills;
•  Good Grievances handling and Negotiations skills;
•  Average Change Management;
•  Good in Strategic Thinking;
•  Good knowledge of the Public Service;
•  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

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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