Departments of Planning and Investment: In special cases, more than 3 deputy directors may be arranged.
This is a proposal in the draft Circular guiding professional job positions and civil servant staffing in the Planning, Investment and Statistics sector, which is being consulted for public opinion.
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Resolving administrative procedures for businesses at the Department of Planning and Investment of Nghe An province. Photo courtesy |
The draft clearly states the civil servant payroll standards for the Department of Planning and Investment as follows: Department Director 1 civil servant payroll.
Deputy Director: From 1 to 3 civil servant positions; in special cases, more than 3 deputy civil servant positions can be arranged to ensure that each department has an average of 3 deputy civil servants as decided by the competent authority;
For departments under the Department: Department Head under the Department 01 civil servant position.
Deputy Head of Department: Departments of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City with less than 10 civil servant positions, departments of provincial level I with less than 09 civil servant positions and departments of provincial level II and III with less than 08 civil servant positions are assigned 1 deputy head of department;
Departments under the departments of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have from 10 to 14 civil servant positions; departments under the departments of type I provinces have from 9 to 14 civil servant positions and departments under the departments of type II and type III provinces have from 8 to 14 civil servant positions and are arranged with no more than 2 deputy heads of department;
Departments with 15 or more civil servants are assigned no more than 3 deputy department heads.
For staff and support civil servants (corresponding to job positions: specialized planning, investment, shared expertise, support, service) the staffing must ensure the following criteria: Number of civil servant staff of the department's department (including the number of department heads and deputy department heads):
Departments of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City: Arrange at least 07 civil servant positions.
Departments under provincial level agencies of type I: Arrange at least 06 civil servant positions; departments under provincial level agencies of type II and type III: arrange at least 05 civil servant positions.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment is soliciting public comments on this draft at the Ministry's Electronic Information Portal.