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Sharon Carney June 15, 2002 African SOTA, Nairobi`

Sharon Carney June 15, 2002 African SOTA, Nairobi`. NEW ENTRY PROFESSIONALS. New Entry Professionals ( NEPS). Class #1 - 8 persons recruited 3 left Agency 5 assigned and posted Class #4 - 8 persons recruited 8 assigned 2 at post Class #5 - 8 persons recruited 2 assigned

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Sharon Carney June 15, 2002 African SOTA, Nairobi`

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  1. Sharon Carney June 15, 2002 African SOTA, Nairobi`

  2. NEWENTRYPROFESSIONALS

  3. New Entry Professionals (NEPS) Class #1 - 8 persons recruited 3 left Agency 5 assigned and posted Class #4 - 8 persons recruited 8 assigned 2 at post Class #5 - 8 persons recruited 2 assigned 0 at post

  4. New Entry Professionals (NEPS) Class #7 - Currently recruiting for 11 Will come on board in September • We need your help….. • Need Mission Health Officers provide NEPs a TDY experience. • NEPs have $5000 which quite often will cover airfare and MI&E if Mission provides lodging arrangements • NEPs are not available to do summer coverage

  5. BS-50 Health Population & NutritionForeign Service Officers

  6. Current BS-50 Employees* * As of 9/2000

  7. The Greying of the BS-50 Workforce Potential Attrition

  8. BS-50Projected Attrition FY 2001- FY 2005

  9. Recruitment Recommendations *Not counting new 14 HIV/AIDS positions

  10. BIDDING CYCLE Special Announcement expected in June 14 New HIV/AIDS positions – all overseas Next Bid List/Cycle planned for September (need your help in determining open positions) NEPS will be bidding o/a November

  11. GDO TRENDS Definite trend to change PHN (technical) to GDO positions. Due to cut in OE funding Over the last few years has occurred in Uganda, Madagascar and Benin In the future the trend will most likely continue

  12. FOREIGN SERVICE PROMOTIONS The Black Box

  13. FOREIGN SERVICE PROMOTIONS # Agency-wide reviewed for Promotions FY1998 - Fy2001

  14. A CLOSER LOOK AT PROMOTIONS BY: • By Promotion Boards/Clusters • By Time in Class • By Backstop within POM • Promotion Board

  15. FS-02 to FS-01 By Promotion Boards/Clusters FS-03 to FS-02 FS-04 to FS-03

  16. AVERAGE TIME IN CLASS of PEOPLE PROMOTED VS/ BS 50 Average Time in Class *Data for Clusters 3/31/2000 ……Data for BS-50 9/30/2000

  17. Foreign Service Nationals (FSNs) POINT OF NOTE: The Department of State’s Bureau of Human Resources’ Office of Overseas Employment (HR/OE) has responsibility for the entire system for managing FSNs worldwide- including managemnet of the entire range of legal, classification, compensation, employee relations and diplomatic issues. Which means that while HR staff in Washington are available as resources, interpretations and liaison with HR/OE is handled by the policy branch of M/HR.

  18. Foreign Service Nationals (FSNs) Salaries Since 1999 use 3 data sources to determine salaries: 1. Watson Wyatt Worldwide salary scales 2. UN Development Program salary scales 3. FSN Compensation Questionnaire HR/OE’s annual questionnaire is a critical element also. This questionnaire can help deal with the rapid inflation or devaluation that occurs in many countries.

  19. Foreign Service Nationals (FSNs) Computer Aided Job Evaluation (CAJE) • New computer job evaluation tool designed to replace • the narrative based FSN position classification standards contained in the current ‘Local Employee Position Classification Handbook’ (LEPCH). • Benefits: • Objectively evaluate content of job on • factors found in every job • Reduce workload & time • Increase consistency of job rating world-wide • Will be found on Intranet or PC

  20. Foreign Service Nationals (FSNs) Pension Plan A. Only instituted in countries where USG lacks confidence in host-country social security system. B. Department of Treasury recently agreed to plan. C. U.S. commercial bank will hold the funds deposited by employers agencies for FSNs. D. HR/OE is determining list of eligible countries E. Plan to be piloted this summer in 1 or 2 posts F. Remaining countries added in few months G. Also exploring an FSN savings plan.

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