Project: Separation of MCR and form two Respective Ministries.

Title: Human Resource Consultancy Services to provide Technical Analysis and Evaluation in Facilitating the Proposal separation of the Ministry of Customs and Revenue as endorsed by Cabinet (FK(22)03).

• The newly planned Government reform to separate the current Ministry of Customs & Revenue to establish two separate government bodies, is an initiative to increase efficiency in service delivery as well as creating effective measures to foster innovative methods to increase economic benefits.
• The consulting service will provide technical assistance and support on the development and implementation of proposed organisational structures for the new entities including provisions of providing support for Human Resource Management assessment and planning. This includes the conducting of needed research, desktop reviews, stakeholder and staff consultations, analysis and report writing.
• The terms of reference for the Human Resource Specialist / Consultant will be:
  • To conduct an assessment of the current shared human resources between Customs & Revenue.
  • To assess the core functions of the two separate entities and identify the support services requirements for each of the separate entities.
  • To develop proposed organisational structures for the two separate entities considering the following human resource aspects:
    • Job and skill changes to meet labour demands of each entity.
    • Human Resources needs required to accomplish each entity’s vision, mission and objectives as well as to improve performances.
    • The workforce for each entity to have optimal technical and soft skills to achieve productivity
    • Career paths for employees to increase job satisfaction and value
  • To identify key human resource policies and processes that are required for building, strengthening and maintaining effective human resource management while ensuring compliance with Public Service legislations and policies.
  • To develop functional and job descriptions are required under the proposed organisational structures.
  • To provide support on the preparation of submission documentation in line with Public Service legislations and policies – as to manage the required recommendation process with Public Service Commission (PSC), Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Cabinet sub – committee members, in order to gain central approval for the proposed organisational structures.
• The key deliverables/outputs of this concultancy will be:
  • Inception Report on how the above consultancy will be performed – outlining the methodology and work plan including the number of consultations, those will be consulted, information to be collected and proposed outline of the main report.
  • Draft Report – addressing all the requirements of the TOR outlined under the Section C above. The Consultant is required to make presentations on the draft report to the client and key stakeholders.
  •  Final Report – a finalised version of the draft report after incorporating all the comments and feedback from the MCR, Canbinet sub-committee members and other key stakeholders (eg. PSC and Ministry of Finance).
  • Draft Cabinet – presenting the proposed organisational structures for Cabinet consideration and approval.
• Work packages for key deliverables are depicted in Table below: