Politics
Civil Service Commission Announces New Performance-Based Promotion and Salary System
TIKVAH Ethiopia · 9 hours ago · Read the Full Story on TIKVAH Ethiopia
AI SUMMARY
The Ethiopian Civil Service Commission has introduced 18 new directives linking employee retention, promotions, and salary increments to competency and behavioral assessments.
- The Ethiopian Civil Service Commission prepared 18 new directives to implement Federal Civil Service Proclamation No. 1353/2017.
- Civil servants must pass technical and behavioral competency exams to retain positions, get promoted, transfer, or be newly hired.
- Employees are required to score at least 70 percent in each of the three evaluation categories: behavioral, technical, and practical.
- Behavioral assessments will use scientific criteria such as teamwork, professional conduct, obedience, and document verification skills rather than subjective opinions.
- Competency certificates awarded after passing assessments will be valid for five years.
- Institutions must prepare and re-examine employees who fail their first assessment within six months.
- Civil Service Commissioner Dr. Mekuria Haile stated that the system is designed to ensure staff capability rather than downsize the workforce, noting that Ethiopia's 2.5 million civil servants are insufficient for a population of 120 million.
- Employees scoring above 90 percent in all three criteria will receive a two-step salary increment, while those scoring between 75 percent and 90 percent will receive a one-step increment.
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