The Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Dr. the Hon. Rufus W. Ewing was pleased to hear of the recent appointments to the Civil Service, as announced by the Deputy Governor’s Office on Tuesday June 17, 2014, in which some twelve, deserving Turks and Caicos Islanders were successfully awarded placement in middle to senior management roles within the Government.
“I would like to congratulate the persons who have successfully received job placement with the Civil Service most recently and throughout the past year and half of elected Government under the Progressive National Party Administration. It has always been my Government’s vision to not only strengthen the Civil Service with hard-working, capable employees, but also to create job opportunities and ensure that our young people are recognized as valuable contributors, and given the opportunity to advance to management roles within the service through proper, fair, transparent and strategic succession planning.
“I expect that as a community, that we will support our young people in their new roles and encourage others to continue to strive for advancement in their careers, whether within the public service, as employees of the private sector, or as entrepreneurs, because it is through their success that we as a country will also be successful. We will continue to work with the Office of the Deputy Governor, who is responsible for the public service, to ensure that Turks and Caicos Islanders are afforded the opportunity for professional development, employment and promotion to senior levels within the service, ” said Premier Ewing at the time of announcement.
Resource availability was the source of cry for many Government Departments in recent years especially during the period under the Interim Administration and time of global economic downturn, but despite financial constraints, and with continual improvement in the economy, the current Government has facilitated some sixty-some job placements in critical areas, since coming to office in November 2012, and will be facilitating even more employment in critical areas as the financial position of the government improves, thereby ensuring the advancement of an effective and efficient Civil Service.
