By: Lansana Bayoh Sesay
The Directorate of Performance Management in the Human Resource Management Office (HRMO) has commenced the quarterly tracking of progress, implementation and challenges on target settings in the civil service in accordance to the Individual Performance Appraisal System, nationwide.
According to the Director, Performance Management, Mr. Usman Cherry Conteh, every civil servant must set a target or performance tracking table (PTT) in agreement with his or her supervisor annually.
He said every target must be SMART; meaning that they must be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound.
The Director said the PTT documents are to be completed and submitted not later than 15 January whilst HRMO conducts the mid-year review and the annual review on those documents in December based on the targets set annually.
Mr. Conteh said as part of the reform in the HRMO, the Annual Confidential Reports which civil servants used to fill has been replaced with the Individual Performance Appraisal System, to access the performance of civil servants, with a view to reward or sanction every worker.
He noted that under the new system, civil servants will be promoted on the basis of competence; not on long years in service or on the achievement of higher academic credentials, to ensure effective and efficient service delivery.
The monitoring exercise will continue in the province.