DENR bags bronze award for excellence in HR management

 

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) here bagged the Bronze Award Maturity Level II for upholding excellence in its human resource management programs and successfully meeting the standards on the implementation of the Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME-HRM).

 

The Civil Service Commission (CSC), led by Regional Director Rosalinda Tanaliga-Oliva, conferred the award to Regional Executive Director Paquito Moreno, Jr. in a ceremonial program held this morning at the DENR Regional Office in City of San Fernando, Pampanga.

 

Moreno said attaining the second level maturity in PRIME-HRM confirmed that the DENR office in Central Luzon has managed and implemented its HRM systems according to documented process and has established a process-defined HRM in the four core HRM systems, which include recruitment, selection and placement, performance management, learning and development, and rewards and recognition.

 

“This recognition will serve as our daily motivation to bring out only the best in our HRM practices. This will inspire, and challenge us at the same time, to reach our full potential as a government organization,” Moreno said, adding that the DENR would continue to prime its HR processes to champion efficient and effective personnel administration in the office.

 

As a PRIME-HRM Bronze Awardee, the DENR is granted with the following privileges: authority to approve appointments, subject to post audit; 20% discount for the HRM officer or agency representative on trainings and conferences conducted by the Civil Service Institute; endorsement or recommendation for scholarship grant offered by other institutions; and nomination to CSC’s Certification Program for HRMOs subject to the guidelines to be issued by the Commission.

 

The DENR regional office may also enjoy exclusive membership to community of learners who shall have access to digital learning resources and other developmental opportunities subject to the guidelines to be issued by the Commission; announcement of the agency’s programs/projects bureaucracy-wide through the CSC website; and other benefits that the Commission may approve in the future.

 

Since 2015 the DENR has issued a total of 1,179 appointments, as part of their efficient and intensified recruitment and selection process to bring better service to the people and uplift socio-economic condition.

 

For her part, Oliva congratulated and lauded the DENR for their support in the human resources management programs and assured that the CSC will continue to provide assistance until the DENR reach the highest HRM maturity level, which is level 4 or the gold award,” she said.

 

The CSC also recognized Perla Collado, chief of the administrative division, and the HR team for their invaluable contribution and hardwork in the conferment of PRIME HRM Bronze Award to the DENR Region 3, and for their efforts in promoting human resource excellence.

 

Arturo Fadriquela, DENR deputy director for management services, assured CSC that the DENR would continuously strengthen its administrative governance to make its HRM programs more systematic, innovative and strategic.

“We will not just maintain the status under Level 2, but we shall continue to improve our HRM systems to meet the indicators of the next higher level,” he said.