The People Resourcing and Compliance Directorate, within the People and Standards Division (P&SD), is responsible for establishing regulations, policies, guidelines and procedures in the fields of recruitment, selection, appointment, transfer, promotion and progression within the Public Administration. This role is carried out on behalf of the Principal Permanent Secretary and, where applicable, in consultation with the Public Service Commission and in line with pertinent legislation.
The Directorate played a central role in the formulation of more streamlined and delegated processes as contemplated in the Public Administration Act, leading to the issue of Directive 7, which came into force on 27 January 2014, and Directives 10 and 9, which both came into force on 1st February 2016. Directive 7 delegated the recruitment process within entities of the Public Sector. Directives 10 and 9 delegated to line Ministries the process of HR Planning and of Public Service selection and appointment following competition, so that Ministries are no longer obliged to seek the approval of the central authorities before each and every stage of the process.
As from 1st April 2016, the Directorate delegated other Public Service processes, hitherto carried out centrally, concerning progressions, promotions arising from the provisions of Sectoral Agreements (both of General Service as well as Departmental Grades), award of indefinite status in terms of pertinent legislation, appointment through a direct recommendation and renewals thereof. Furthermore, as from 10th March 2021, authority was delegated to Permanent Secretaries to make promotion and assimilation in terms of the respective Agreement, withhold increments/progression/promotion arising from such Agreement where justified, extend/renew appointments (up to scale 6) initially made through a direct recommendation to PSC and hence not involving competition, discretion to approve postponement of such appointments and discretion to approve requests for reversion to the former indefinite appointment after the expiry of the probationary/trial period. On 12th November 2024, the Directorate delegated authority to Permanent Secretary responsible for the Central Administration of Human Resources and People Management requests for the re-employment of former public officers who had resigned from the Public Service and the re-instatement of public officers who had retired on medical grounds or on grounds of public interest, in both instances, subject to no suspended disciplinary proceedings against them.
Compliance
The Directorate supports, in terms of Directives 10/10.2 and 7.3, the Coordinating Committee on strategic HR Planning in the Public Service and across public entities and liaises between ministries/departments/public entities and the Budget Office within the ministry responsible for Finance.
A compliance function is exercised through regular checks effected within the Public Service and public entities on the adherence of standing rules and regulations and delegated processes in accordance with Directives 9/9.2 and 7.3 respectively, on the monitoring of additional headcount vis-à-vis actual staff in place and approved two-year HR Plans, on the payment of salary packages in accordance with Sectoral/Collective Agreements and IRU Grading and Salary Structures in force and on established time-frames on HR processes as per Directive 8.1. These exercises are performed through the DAKAR payroll system within the Public Service and on the actual payroll requested by this Office from the public entity.
The monitoring and compliance role extends to assessment on the basis of the provisions of the Manual on the Selection and Appointment Process under Delegated Authority (annexed to Directive 9/9.2), the Manual for Public Sector Entities – Delegation of Recruitment Approval (annexed to Directive 7.3) and the Manual on Resourcing Policies and Procedures.
A compliance role is also exercised randomly on the content of calls for applications/expressions of interest to be issued within the Public Service and guidance is given on this parallel role in the case of public entities.
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