SP Staff Undergoes PMS-OPES Calibration

Kalibo, Aklan- The performance indicators and the numerical targets earlier designed for the office of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Secretariat Staff has undergone calibration conducted by the calibration and expert teams of the provincial government of Aklan.
The calibration exercises was held on January 10, 2011 at the SP Session Hall spearheaded by the Provincial Human Resources Management Office under department head Ellen I. Tolentino.
The SP Staff performance indicators and numerical targets are embodied in the Performance Management System-Office Performance Evaluation System (PMS-OPES) prescribed by the Civil Service Commission for implementation by the Local Government Unit concerned.
The PMS-OPES expert team of the provincial government is composed of Mr. Rey Villaruel, Supervising Administrative Officer of the Provincial Treasurer’s Office and Ms. Methuselah T. Santamaria, Administratvie Officer V of the Economic Enterprise Development Department while the calibration team is composed of Ms. Lilian Rey of Provincial Cooperative Office, Ms. Ellen Tolentino of PHRMO, Ms. Grace Macahilas of the Provincial Budget Office, Ms. Zuzette Pioquid Provincial Treasurer, Mr. Felix Jizmundo, Supervising Administrative Officer of the Provincial Engineer’s Office, Ms. Elma Malbas, Provincial Social Welfare Development Officer.
PMS-OPES is a new way of managing performance in the civil service that serves as an evaluation strategy for assessing office performance of individuals within the smallest operating unit of an organization.
The civil service commission designated agency facilitators of the provincial government which has conducted a one day seminar-workshop on the new performance evaluation system of the government agencies’ employees last August 5, 2010 and were attended by all employees in the SP occupying plantilla positions. The said seminar-workshop was conducted by: Mr. Rey Villaruel, Supervising Administrative Officer of the Provincial Treasurer’s Office, Mr. Felix A. Jizmundo Supervising Administrative Officer of the Provincial Engineers Office and Ms. Methuselah T. Santamaria, Administrative Officer V of the Economic Enterprise Development Department.
The PMS-OPES serves as a standard-setting mechanism for better alignment of individual objectives to that of the agency and enhances objectivity of individual performance evaluation.
The different government agencies of the province of Aklan had also undergone the said calibrations last week.
The province of Aklan has also come up with the common output indicators for the entire provincial government bureaucracy.