Personnel Department Government of Trinidad & Tobago

PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE 

The Personnel Department is that Department of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago charged with the responsibility for determining and/or advising on pay and other terms and conditions of service for a wide spectrum of employees within the public sector.  The Department provides support to Government in the strategic management of the compensation regime for the Public Service as well as the public sector and in the maintenance of a harmonious industrial relations climate.  In this regard, the Department is responsible for consulting and negotiating with some twelve Unions and Associations representing employees in the Public Service and Central Government.  The Department is responsible as well, for the development of policies pertaining to those matters within its statutory mandate and for the implementation and maintenance of a select number of human resource management systems, including the Performance Management and Appraisal System and the Employee Assistance Programme.  Its Vision and Mission are as follows:   

Vision:

To be the model provider of contemporary human resource management and industrial relations solutions in the public sector 

Mission: 

To excel in the development of quality human resource management policies, systems and solutions and in the application of industrial relations best practices for the well-being of the Public Service and the nation