About

“The Department of Personnel Management has been established as a central government agency under an act of parliament called the “Public Service Management Act 1986″, and its subsequent amendments of 1995.The Public Service, through its institutions, play a vital role in the Government’s macro-economic, social, political, and development management goals.”

Roles & Responsibilities of the DPM

• Advise the Minister & Government on
  all matters of Public Employment Policy in the Public Sector, and secure policy
  direction to facilitate effective management
• Administer the PS(M) Act and
  promulgate regulations, General Orders and instructions to facilitate
  organisation, manpower, terms & conditions, employment, training &
  industrial relations and payment of public employees
• Facilitate
  and regulate the employment of non-citizens through the administration of the Public
  Employment (Non-Citizens ) Act.
• Regulate
  terms and conditions of employment and conduct of industrial relations across
  the public sector through administration of the Salaries & Conditions
  Monitoring Committee (SCMC) Act.

Functions of the DPM

• Regulation of all forms of employment in the State Services
• Regulation of organisation and staffing in the State Services
• Regulation of terms and conditions in the Public Sector.
• Regulation of management and work performance in the Public Service
• Regulation of industrial relations in the Public Sector
• Regulation of payment mechanisms in the State Service
• Regulation of training & Staff development in the Public Service