Introduction:

The Human Resource Management Department is one of the common services Departments of the Ministry and also the administrative nerve Centre of the Ministry that manages the Human Resource activities in order to ensure optimal performance, alignment of strategic goals and achievements of the broader mandate of the Ministry in line with the extant rules and regulations.

The Department is headed by a substantive Director, Administration, GL. 17. The mandate of the Department is carried out under its two (2) Divisions, namely; Appointment, Promotion, and Discipline (APD) headed by a Deputy Director and Training and Staff Welfare (TSW) division headed by a Deputy Director. The Department has five (5) branches which are headed by Assistant Directors and they are: Appointment, Promotion, Discipline, Training and Staff welfare.

There are six (6) units under APD Division and they are:

• IPPIS HR Unit
• Registry
• Records
• Appointment
• Discipline
• Nominal Roll

There are four (4) units under Training and Staff Welfare and they are as follows:

• Training
• Welfare
• Pension
• Claims

DEPARTMENTAL ORGANOGRAM

FUNCTIONS OF THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

• To ensure that qualified Staff due for promotion are presented for the exercise as and when due, thereby ensuring institutionalization of adequate succession planning mechanism in the Ministry.
• To ensure that qualified Personnel are sourced and deployed accordingly to man appropriate offices;
• To maintain general Discipline of staff in line with PSR, FR, Extant Circulars and Civil Service norms
• To ensure that Staff are exposed to all relevant training programs;
• To ensure that welfare provisions are made available to staff.
• To ensure that staff participate in sporting activities to maintain good health;
• To ensure that every staff are provided with a staff identification card;
• To ensure that newly recruited officers’ appointments are authenticated and processed for capture into the IPPIS platform;
• Coordination of Performance Management System (PMS) activities;
• Custody and Management of staff Nominal Roll;
• Employment of Junior Staff SGL 03 – 06;
• Documentation of newly posted/employed staff
• Registry and Records Management
• Processing of NHF & NHIS
• Processing of Burial entitlements for dead officers
• Secretariat of Top Management, Senior Management and Town Hall Meetings and
• Pension Matters.