DPM CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL SPA TRAININGS

The Department of Personnel Management’s Strategic and Policy Development Division under the leadership of Executive Manager Ms Ida Yuki recently conducted a one-week Staff Performance Appraisal (SPA) training with staff of the Department of Community Development.

HR Policy Research & Development Officer Miriam Virobo told participants that SPA’s are conducted bi-annually to ensure that KRA’s are implemented while also recognizing individual contributions, identifies work responsibilities, recognizes good and poor performances.

Mrs Virobo told community Development participants that SPA’s are vital because it helped the government agency to plan, monitor, review, assess and make decisions surrounding staff performances.

Participants thanked the team from DPM saying that while it’s a first of its kind, they were intrigued with the information session.

Community Development and Religion Director for Human Resources and  Advisory and Compliance John Limbao said for many years the department had not completed SPA’s for staff but with this information session, a clear and concise path forward was marked for Community Development.

Mr Limbao thanked DPM for carrying out this awareness sessions because too many times HR personnel, managers, and supervisors did not know how to fill out SPA’s for staff thus hindering their advancement or allowing them to move on to the next step in their salary range.

 He said that many times officers were left stagnant on the same pay range leading to lack of morale in the office. With this new information in hand Community Development will ensure that staff SPA’s are conducted and better working conditions promoted.

Mrs Virobo said DPM would be carrying out further awareness sessions with other government agencies during the year and thanked Community Development staff for their eagerness to listen and learn.

“Funding has seen DPM scale down its awareness sessions but we are committed to ensuring the public service is well versed with the information needed to propel us into the years to come,” she said.