REDACTED 2 - IC Petrojam Investigation - Recruitment and Parties October 18, 2019 final

Page 119 of 486 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 The DI notes that by way of letter dated February 1, 2017, Mr. Floyd Grindley sought the approval of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service to hire a Human Resource Development and Administration Manager at Petrojam Limited. In its response to Mr. Grindley, the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, by way of letter dated February 27, 2017, stated inter alia , as follows: “… No. of posts Post/Classification Post Number Comments 1 Manager, Human Resource Development & Administration 277518 Approved w.e.f February 13, 2017 Arising from telephone conversations with your office, note is taken that the post of Manager, Human Resource Development & Administration was operated with effect from February 13, 2017, prior to receipt of approval from this Ministry . For future reference, your attention is drawn to Circular No.15 dated July 1, 2016, paragraph (5), which states that submissions to the Post Operations Committee should be made at least two (2) months prior to the intended effective date of operation of the posts . It is to be further noted that the Post Operations Committee, under the chairmanship of the Deputy Financial Secretary of the Strategic Human Resource Management Division of this Ministry, has sole authority for adjudicating on and granting approvals for the operation of posts in Ministries, Departments, Agencies and Public Bodies.