Since her entry into the public service 19 years ago, Acting Director, Human Resource Development with responsibility for training, Accountant General’s Department (AGD), Yvette Alexia Harriott, has remained committed to making a meaningful impact on the sector and advancing the welfare of her colleagues, particularly those she supervises. Mrs. Harriott, who assumed the position in December 2012, commenced her civil...

The National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ) will be hosting a Stakeholder Awareness Forum for the ISO 14001:2015 Draft International Standard (DIS) on Thursday, July 31. The NCBJ has been hosting stakeholder awareness fora, as most of the standards are due for review. Feedback from all stakeholders, locally and internationally, is required by the International Organization for Standards (ISO) in...

Twenty-two public sector employees are to benefit from a series of courses, aimed at increasing the understanding of Public Financial Management (PFM) challenges, and creating tools and approaches to help the administration adopt improved PFM practices. The objective of the training is to build the PFM knowledge, skills and performance of mid-level staff across government, who are responsible for: Financial...

Customer Service Manager at the Passport, Immigration, and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Stephanie Gordon, has been devoted to excellence in public service delivery since entering the sector in 2002. She was initially a Customer Service Officer at the agency, known then as the Immigration Citizenship and Passport Division, and over the years, worked up the ranks to her current position through...

Two schools in the parish of St. Elizabeth are to benefit from improvement works, which will create a more comfortable environment for students and teachers. The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), on Thursday, July 11, signed contracts valued at approximately $29 million for the refurbishing of the Austin Primary located in Myersfield, and the Bethlehem All-age and Infant School in...

Public sector workers are being urged to embrace innovation in order to transform and modernise Government services. The call has come from Director, Policy and Information Systems, Global Learning Group, Kurt Moses, who addressed the Management Institute for National Development’s (MIND) annual Public Sector Leadership Development Conference on Wednesday (July 9), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. He...

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) will stage its annual Public Sector Leadership Development Conference next month under the theme: ‘Thought Leadership – Creative MINDs: Enabling Innovation, Transforming Organisations.’ The conference, which will be held from July 9 to 10 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, targets public and private sector executives from Jamaica and the wider...