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- Job posted on: 14th Oct 2020
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The objective of this assignment is to identify areas placing pressure on the Tonga Wage Bill (Remuneration framework) and where fiscal and HR policy reform options may be provided.
As part of the Government of Tonga’s commitment to more efficient and effective service delivery, maintaining wage bill affordability, and continuous quality improvement as part of its medium to long term public sector reform, the purpose of the review is to further assess the drivers or the sources of the pressure on aggregate wage bill and behind the gradual wage bill growth.
Improving the efficiency of civil service expenditure is a critical area to strengthening fiduciary controls in the public sector and streamlining the public finance management for the Government. Initial assessment point to escalating and high overtime costs whilst at the same time, headcounts continue to grow. The situation is not being sustainably managed with the total wage bill now exceeds the target threshold of 53% of domestic revenues, with an estimate of 61% in FY2020/21 and 62% in FY2021/22. The increase in total wage bill as a percent of domestic revenues is attributed to the decline in the latter due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
You will be accountable to, and managed by the Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of the Public Service Commission and the Ministry of Finance (MoF), Tonga.
This role is expected to commence in November for 40 input days over a period of 3 months.
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The Pacific Technical Assistance Mechanism Phase 2 (PACTAM2) is an Australian Government initiative, funded through the Australian aid program and managed by Scope Global. It places highly skilled Advisers with Partner Governments in participating Pacific Island countries to build capacity and to meet identified human resource needs.
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