CSC to confer SBMA with HRM award

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is set to confer the Bronze Level Award to the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) for the Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME-HRM). 

CSC Director IV Fernando Mendoza said in a letter to SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma that the Subic agency merited the award for exemplifying “a process-defined human resource management in all the four core HRM systems under the Enhance Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management.”

“This award is a manifestation that you all worked hard together to adopt the tools on improving HRM systems. We hope that this award will continue to inspire your agency to embrace PRIME-HRM and take the challenges on reinforcing HR functions,” he added.

The CSC also recognized the role of the agency’s Human Resource Management Office (HRMO) in facilitating the achievement of the award. Fernando also assured the SBMA of continued support and assistance until it reaches the level of strategic HR.

The PRIME-HRM is the CSC’s mechanism to cope up with the current pandemic situation. It said that agencies and human resource management practitioners should look into the post-pandemic role of the HR and prepare for the challenges of recovery.

CSC Chairperson Alicia dela Rosa-Bala said the country’s transition to a post-pandemic world brings to fore the compelling role of HR in preparing government agencies and civil servants for changes in the workplace.

“We should now start planning for a recovery strategy. How will the workplace look like after the pandemic? What will public service delivery look like? What policies and programs do we need to review or to introduce to better adapt to a better normal?” Bala said.

Chairman Eisma, meanwhile, expressed her gratitude to the CSC on behalf of the SBMA and pointed out that the award was the result of the hard work and “malasakit” that the SBMA Human Resource Management Department has shown for all personnel.

She added that the role of the HRMD is vital for the growth of the agency and that providing trainings, rewards, flexible work schedules and other incentives have been instrumental for the SBMA in providing better public service.

CSC will conduct the awarding virtually through the Zoom platform on September 10. The ceremony will be streamed live on the facebook page of CSC Regional Office 3. (MPD-SBMA)