PS Career Path Policy to address Workforce Capacity Issues.

( front left) Deputy Secretary Policy and Reforms Mr. Ellison Kalimet, Chief Executive Officer  Somare Institute of Leadership and Governance Mr. Michael Barobe, and other external stakeholders during the Consultation Workshop on the PS Career path Policy.
 The public sector career path policy is set to ensure that issues on public sector workforce capacity are addressed in order to enhance and improve service delivery in the public service.

Department of Personnel Management Deputy Secretary Mr. Ellison Kalimet said the public service career path policy is aimed at providing a standardized public sector qualifications and pathways for new entry into the public service as well as management of their career progression within the public service.

Deputy Secretary Mr. Ellison Kalimet on behalf of Secretary Ms. Taies Sansan encouraged stakeholders who attended the external consultation workshop on PS career path policy to openly provide inputs during presentations and discussions on the policy.

He said a crucial agenda of the government of Papua New Guinea is to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery in an equitable manner through the public service machinery however service delivery in PNG is still considered as ineffective and not reaching most parts of rural areas across the country.

“One of the core factors that is hindering the progress of service delivery can be viewed as deficiencies in publics sector workforce competencies, skills and breakdown in ethical values which has been affecting all elements of service delivery,” said Deputy Kalimet.

This is due to  a lack of cohesive policy coordination for public servant’s career development pathways and clear vision of where the next generation of public servants will be sourced from, poor virtualization of how specialist professional skills will be reproduced, weak managerial capacity and lack of leadership, said Deputy Secretary Ellison Kalimet.

“DPM as the responsible agency mandated by Section 44 of the Public Service Management Act to develop and enforce PS career path programs for public servants, has embarked on this policy initiative in response to NEC Decision No.61/2021 to effectively address publics sector workforce capacity issues and improving service delivery”.

The career  path policy is a resonation of the Vision 2050, Pillar 1.20.1 which sates that “ the success of Vision 2050 is dependent upon the competencies of the country’s workforce. A well educated, healthy, appropriately skilled and honest workforce that is committed, proactive and innovative is the  kind of workforce required to implement Vision 2050”.