Making it easier for applicants, the Public Service and Police Service Commissions have gone paperless, creating a new easily-reachable website for online application and job vacancy posting.
Heralding a new era, the website can be easily found online at ppsc.gov.gy, where job vacancies are shown and applications can be submitted. Launching the website at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Manniram Prashad, alongside Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Minister Gail Teixeira and Secretary Jaigobin Jaisingh, not only promoted the website but promoted the significant fact that the website is set to contribute to transforming the image of the Public Service and boost the public’s confidence in the Commissions’ transparent performance of their constitutional duties. According to Rampersad, it was also their belief that the move to paperless applications will promote the use of technology in the delivery of public services as Guyana acclimatises advancements in the Information Communications Technology (ICT) sector.
Left to right: Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC), Manniram Prashad; Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Minister Gail Teixeira, and PSC Secretary Jaigobin Jaisingh (DPI photo)
Speaking at the event, Teixeira said that since the liberalisation of the telecommunications sector, there have been notable improvements to digitise Government agencies.
“As you know, in the Public Service right now, sometimes the public services have a long reputation of taking a long time”, adding that persons generally would take months to have their applications sent and processed. The new site, she said, will help to improve time management by the Public Service Commission in relation to applicants.
This requires answering questions and reporting on the function of the service commissions, the system, recruitments, appointments and promotions among other things. She emphasised that the launch of the website was a significant step for the Commissions.
Teixeira stated that the system would ensure fairness and transparency, but she also urged the Commissions to advise individuals who do not qualify for the positions they apply for to pursue further studies to enhance their qualifications.
“I think that this is an important contribution to ensuring that we have a responsive and accountable Public Service/Police Service Commission in our country, [and] that we are dedicated to improving [it and] the quality of staff in the Public Service so that the Permanent Secretary, REOs [Regional Executive Officers] can do better, perform better, [and] the sectors can perform better,” Teixeira stated.
Meanwhile, Chairman Prashad noted that this was a pivotal moment in the journey toward modernising and enhancing the efficiency of our Public Service.
“This is a momentous occasion and it marks a significant milestone in our commitment to delivering Government services with greater effectiveness,” he added.
Prashad also stated, “With the help of this website and its online application process, you will have an opportunity to observe how this process has been streamlined and made transparent, and even at a later stage, we will have you – the PSs and REOs – viewing and tracking the number of persons applying for jobs in your agency, we might even consider you assisting in the shortlisting of applicants to your agency.”
The mandate of the Public Service Commission is to make appointments to the Public Service, and remove and exercise discipline and control over persons holding such offices. The Commission oversees 36 agencies and manages the staffing requirements for those agencies, with approximately more than 13,000 persons employed.
Members of the Public Service who gathered for the launch were also given a demonstration of the use of the website.
