SL Public Sector Pay & Performance

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The objective of the Pay and Performance Project are to improve competitiveness in pay, performance management and accountability of, and increase staffing of middle and senior staff in, the civil service in Sierra Leone. There are two components to the project. The first component of the project is support to the Government of Sierra Leone's (GoSL's) Reform Program. This component supports the three reform areas (pay reform, recruitment and staffing and performance management) identified in the GoSL's flagship Public Sector Reform Program 'improving productivity through management and pay reforms' (the GoSL Program) which was approved by the President on May 1, 2012. The GoSL's pay strategy approved by Cabinet in February 2011 sets out a comprehensive approach to reforming public sector pay over a five year period. It recognizes that remuneration should be commensurate with the responsibilities of the job, which will require that a comprehensive job evaluation and grading exercise is completed before enhanced pay is introduced in a new pay structure. In addition, the strategy envisages significant decompression of the pay structure which will allow professionals and managers to be remunerated more competitively, while maintaining an affordable and sustainable public service wage bill in relation to GoSL's recurrent revenues. The second component of the project is technical assistance (TA). The TA component will complement the first component by financing selected inputs for which the GoSL has requested more intensive supervision by the Association or for which resources may not be readily available in the GoSL budget. This component will finance goods, consultancy services, non-consulting services, monitoring and evaluation, training, study tours and workshops. Given the importance of effective and continuous information sharing on the reform activities within and outside the government the GoSL proposes to develop and implement a strategic communication program.