It has been made official – all City of Johannesburg officials are urged to take part in a Skills Audit programme. This is due to poor professional public service from city officials.
“Professionalism in public service will be a pipe-dream if there is no focus on skills development, up-skilling and placement of employees in jobs for which they are qualified and suited,” said the MMC for Corporate and Shared Services, councillor Ntombi Khumalo.
According to Khumalo, the Skills Audit was rolled out to 639 employees on Levels 3 and 4 in March, but only 552 participated in various psychometric assessment batteries in order to gauge their talent levels.
The exercise was undertaken in a phased approach to ensure that employees in the Core Administration and Municipal Entities (MEs) are fit for purpose.
City Employees on Levels 2, 3 and 4 are expected to be on Level 3, 4 and 5 of the Cognitive Process Profile (CPP ) scale, but the outcome of the audit found them operating below Level 3, which means they are more operational than strategic.
“While I am pleased to announce that despite initial anxiety and cynicism experienced by employees and a late start due to operational issues, the City achieved an 86 per cent participation rate. I however wish to raise concerns that the 100 per cent target we set for ourselves was not achieved and to emphasise that the Skills Audit is compulsory for all employees.
“The way forward is that gaps identified in the audit are going to be put into Employees’ Developmental Plans and training will be provided accordingly,” Khumalo said.
“I urge all managers to take action against any employee who refused to take part in the Skills Audit. Consequence management must be applied to those officials. I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to all employees who participated in the success of this project, as well as all the committed officials who are working tirelessly behind the scenes,” she added.
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