New assessment policy for federal civil servants begins January

The Federal Government through the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation has noted that the implementation of a new employee performance management system which has been approved by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will commence in January 2023.

This was disclosed in a memo signed by the HCSF, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan.

The memo marked, ‘HCSF/CMO/PMD/035/1/18’ was addressed to ministers, heads of agencies, departments and parastatals.

The memo partly reads, “As part of efforts to reposition the Service for efficient and effective service delivery, Mr President has instructed that the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation should commence employees

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Performance Management System in the Federal Public Service in place of the Annual Performance Evaluation Report with effect from 1st January, 2023.

“To this end, the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation has developed the following tools to guide implementation of the new appraisal system across Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies

“Policy on Performance Management System for Federal Public Service;

Guidelines on Performance Management System for Federal Public Service;

Federal Public Service Comprehensive Competency Framework; and Template for the development of Job Description for Posts in MDAs.

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