Secretary General of the Department of Rural and Community Development

The Secretary General of the Department has the following responsibilities:

• managing the business generally of the Department;
• implementing Government policies appropriate to the Department;
• monitoring Government policies that affect the Department;
• delivering outputs as determined by the Minister;
• providing policy advice to the Minister on all matters within the remit of the Department;
• preparing Statements of Strategy for submission to the Minister;
• providing progress reports to the Minister on the implementation of the Statement of Strategy;
• ensuring proper use of resources and the provision of cost-effective public services;
• preparing an outline of how specific responsibilities are to be assigned to other officers down through the Department;
• managing matters relating to appointments, performance, discipline and dismissal of civil servants below the grade of Principal or its equivalent.