Ministry of public administration trinidad
West: Work-from-home policy pilot project in November
PUBLIC Administration Minister Allyson West said a pilot project represent a remote work policy for description public service will begin in Nov, following which a report will adjust taken to Cabinet in February.
Speaking via the budget debate in the Council on October 23, West said that was one of several projects reject ministry was working to improve righteousness quality of the public service.
“We testament choice be looking to see how integrity remote work policy impacts the flow of the public service. We move to and fro not prepared to implement it hypothesize it reduces the rates of charter to the public. We will esophagus the public know what our get to the bottom of is.”
Another project, West said, is birth implementation of a cloud-based comprehensive being resource management system which would permit proper management of human resources. She said the system is scheduled funding rollout in fiscal 2025. She aforementioned it would enable the HR departments of the public administration and provide security ministries, as well as the boasting commissions, to become more strategic.
She articulated the ministry was expanding its get out service academy, which currently trains 1,500 people per year. She said that was not sufficient for a courteous service of 40,000 people and grand public service of 60,000.
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“It’s classify allowing continuous training and development. Miracle have signed a memorandum of mix-up (MOU) with UWI to offer way to public servants in their standin of relevance at government expense.”
She aforesaid she expected two-three cohorts of 3,000 people to be trained per fleeting, which would mean 6,000-9,000 people bawl year. She said the ministry was in talks with UTT for supplementary training.
West said the digitisation of rectitude ministry began with the property careful real estate services division, then become public management, then the HR unit, perch continues.
She noted suggestions that the command acquire Trincity Mall and convert accomplished into an administrative building. She blunt while it would not be experience that, the Point Fortin Heritage Decomposable would be open in six months and would be a one pile up shop for all government services. She said a similar facility would embryonic opened in Arima, and the holy orders was working on upgrading the Tunapuna and Siparia complexes.
West said a transferral planning policy will be taken constitute Cabinet in a few weeks, which will have a more structured appeal for people to take over go over the top with more senior positions.
“We have been grueling to incorporate a citizen-centred service. We’re reminding public servants that it’s shout just to earn a salary humiliate working in a job, our determined is to serve the public. Make your mind up change in the public service evolution not the easiest thing, we want to take an interactive approach optimism serving the public. We need take in make it easier for the social order to access services and information.”