PM Roosevelt Skerrit revealed that consultants from the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) will be helping with the reclassification of the public service, and they will be paid $346,500 for 12 months of service. Skerrit said that starting from November 1, the CARICAD experts will commence work on restructuring the public service with a view to making it better.
The prime minister explained that the decision to contract CARICAD consultants for the task was jointly taken by Cabinet members. He said the team will “undertake the organizational review and reclassification of the public service” so that public servants can be more productive and also enjoy better compensation plans.
We have taken a decision at the Cabinet to engage CARICAD to undertake the organizational review and reclassification of the public service and so the main objective is to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the organizational structure of ministries and departments and undertake an evaluation of salaries and compensation structure in the public service of the Commonwealth of Dominica.
Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit: Prime Minister of Dominica
The DLP leader said the CARICAD consultants will clinically review the composition and operations of government ministries and departments; and also do a complete overhaul of the structures, staffing, job outputs, professional competence, workflows, ICT systems, target achievements, and overall service delivery in line with corporate objectives.
He went on to state that it becomes necessary to review or revisit existing legislation with a view to aligning them with performance outcomes. He added that with new recommendations, the legal framework regarding job and grade classification as well as pay structures can be strengthened or modified to portray “proposed changes to job functions and descriptions”.
According to Skerrit, the CARICAD consultants will operate under an executive director, Devon Rowe. He equally revealed that the entire team of consultants is composed of CARICOM nationals with extensive corporate skills acquired within the Caribbean region. “All members have first-hand knowledge of the unique circumstances of the public sector of the Commonwealth of Dominica and have executed similar assignments in several Caribbean countries,” he said.
PM Skerrit noted that the team will function for 12 months starting from November 1, and emphasized the view that overhauling the entire public service structure is more rewarding on the long term than momentary salary increases.
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