Section 49Part 8 — Performance Management Arrangements for Staff
Annual performance agreements with staff
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Within sixty days of the annual budget approved by the Legislative Assembly, a chief officer shall enter into a performance agreement with each head of department and any other staff member reporting directly to the chief officer, and that agreement shall reflect the relevant aspects of the chief officer's performance agreement.
Within sixty days of the annual budget approved by the Legislative Assembly, a head of department or other manager in the civil service entity shall enter into a performance agreement with each staff member for whom he is responsible, and that agreement shall reflect the relevant aspects of the head of department's or other manager's performance agreement.
A performance agreement for a head of department or other staff member shall contain —
the name of the staff member;
the name of the person to whom the staff member reports;
the period to be covered by the performance agreement;
the external and internal outputs (or parts thereof) that the staff member is to produce during the performance period;
the ownership performance (or aspects thereof) that the staff member is to be responsible for during the performance period;
the personal behaviours expected of the staff member during the performance period;
any training, skills or personal development that the staff member is expected to undertake during the performance period;
any other performance expectations as may be specified and agreed between the parties;
such other matters as may be required by personnel regulations to be included in the performance agreement;
the procedures for changing the performance agreement during the year; and
an acknowledgement by both parties to the agreement that they have discussed and agreed the performance agreement, together with the date on which that discussion and agreement occurred.
The performance agreement shall be signed by the two parties concerned.
The performance agreement may, with the agreement of the parties to it, be modified during the financial year to which it relates.