Transversal Human resource Development Services
Vision
The Transversal Human Resource policies and guidelines strive towards ensuring efficient and effective Human Resource Management (HRM) functions and practices for good governance within the Mpumalanga Provincial Administration.
Mission statement of the unit
Ensure good governance and quality service delivery in the provincial administration through:
- Development of human resource policies and guidelines adapted to the Provincial needs and priorities.
- Effective and efficient implementation of human resource functions and processes and programmes aligned to prescripts, policies.
- Monitor Compliance to the legislative prescripts and frameworks with reference to Performance Management for SMS and levels 1-12.
- Sharing (encouraging implementation of) good human resource practices and information on policy and process initiatives by Department of Public Service Administration (DPSA) discussed during DPSA steering committees.
- Provision of advice and recommendation on HRM issues to enable informed decision making by top management for purposes of.
Objectives
- Draft, develop and seek approval for constitutionally sound transversal HR policies, frameworks and guidelines.
- Strengthen Provincial HR capacity on Transversal Human Resource policies and guidelines to ensure good governance.
- Co-ordinate, monitor and evaluate the impact of Transversal HR policies and guidelines, processes and legally aligned HRM practice implementation; and
- Strengthen Provincial Health and Wellness Programme implementation in compliance with frameworks and DPSA guidelines across the Province.
Operational activities
1. Draft, develop and ensure availability of constitutionally aligned transversal HRM policies, frameworks and guidelines within the provincial administration and Office of the Premier.
2. Strengthen Provincial HR capacity on Transversal Human Resource policies and guidelines by:
- Identifying training needs on Transversal Human Resource policies and guidelines.
- Developing training material and awareness programmes.
- Conducting workshops in the Office of the Premier and other departments on PMDS and moderation of summative individual performance.
- Conducting awareness campaigns on approved policies.
- Developing monitoring and evaluation tools to assess progress and legal compliance rate.
- Monitoring all HRM Prescripts compliance with reference to HR Management functions and practices.
- Co-ordinate and provide leadership for Human Resource Forum meetings, and PMDS co-ordinators’ Forum meetings.
- Compile and present quarterly reports on the implementation of PMDS to the management and Cluster committees.
- Attend and participate in the Steering committees focusing on improving efficiency and effectiveness on HR Development, HR Planning, SMS, Employment Practices and Career Management, Employee Health and Wellness and Employment Equity Transformation and disseminate information to all departments.
3. Co-ordinate, monitor and evaluate the impact of the implementation of Transversal HR Policies and Guidelines by:
- Design tools to assess implementation (e.g. Interviews; questionnaires; observations; feedbacks; meetings; report reviews, etc.)
- Visit departments to check compliance.
- Visit departments to obtain information regarding progress made.
- Analyse information and compile reports.
- Compile and provide reports to the relevant authorities.
- Facilitate workshops on recommendations.
4. Strengthen Provincial Health and Wellness function through:
- Co-ordinate Transversal Health and Wellness programmes.
- Co-ordinate and provide strategic leadership for the IDC: Employee Health and Wellness Programme Co-ordinators' meetings.
- Planning, co-ordinating and facilitating workshops on health and wellness issues; development of policies on each of the four pillars to guide their implementations.
- effective and efficient implementation of the policies and frameworks as approved.
- alignment of EH&WP events to the departmental implementation plan.
- monitoring and evaluating the progress of implementation and the impact of the programme.
Values
To complement the core values expressed in the Mpumalanga Government’s Provincial Growth and Development Corporate Delivery Plan, it has been important to identify the values that will guide us as co-ordinators, in decision making and actions, as well as the way we shall interact with one another and with those we seek to serve. These values are:
- respect
- inte
- accountability
- diversity
- ethics and professionalism
- excellence
- knowledge and research
- recognition
- transp
- teamwork
Batho Pele Principles
The performance of the unit to fulfill its core mandates as outlined in the “Implementation plan” is founded on the following principles of Batho Pele to ensure improved service delivery:
- Consultation : All customers shall be consulted on HR policies to ensure relevance, acceptability and reliability to enhance performance;
- Service standards: The policies should comply with the minimum standards and the human resource legal prescripts. The developed policies should be allowed for critiquing and be subjected to bench marking with those addressing similar issues in other Provinces to ensure that they are of high standards;
- Access: All employees should have access to approved HR policies, frameworks and guidelines and be made aware and understand them clearly;
- Courtesy: All employees should be treated with courtesy and consideration particularly when they are to give inputs on the draft HR policies. All inputs and contributions received should be seen in the light of ensuring quality of HR policies;
- Information: All customers shall get accurate information on HR Policies, Frameworks and Guidelines & Health and wellness programmes.
- Openness and Transparency: All customers shall be subjected to know whatever standards that this unit must achieve. Approved documents shall be made available anytime;
- Redress: Customers' complaints shall be dealt with immediately in the most efficient way; and
- Value for money: The policies developed should facilitate effectiveness, efficient and just human resource management to ensure value for money human resource management.
Staff establishment
The staff establishment of this unit looks as follows:
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Senior Manager |
Mrs Mapule Maelane |
+27 13 766 2451 |
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Secretary |
Vacant |
+27 13 766 2144 |
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Manager |
Mr Job Dlamini |
+27 13 766 2094 |
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Manager |
Mrs Nsiki Hayward |
+27 13 7662252 |
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Assistant Manager |
Vacant |
+27 13 766 2011 |
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Assistant Manager |
vacant |
+27 13 766 2351 |
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