Performance agreements for Ondangwa
In order for Ondangwa Town Council to become an engine of industrialisation and sustainable development by 2021, council employees are required to perform to the best of their abilities.
All 72 employees from four departments signed their performance agreements yesterday to enable the council to measure its performance and also to measure how individuals are performing towards the realisation of the strategic plan.
According to Ondangwa Town Council's CEO Ismael Namgongo - who was the first to sign the performance agreement - the performance agreement is part of the council's 2016 to 2021 strategic plan to become an engine of industrialisation and sustainable development.
Namgongo said the strategic plan is built on the views of different stakeholders who were widely consulted to help the council to formulate it. Therefore, for the town to know whether it is moving in the right direction, council's and the individuals' performances need to be monitored and evaluated, he said.
“We have to execute a mandate given to us as a council by an Act of parliament. For us to fulfil that mandate all of the council employees are expected to go the extra mile in whatever we do. Remember that we are surrounded by other towns also rendering the same services and it is our collective duty to make sure that we attract investors to our town and we also make them stay happily,” Namgongo said.
The signing of the performance agreements was witnessed by the town councillors. Ondangwa mayor Paavo Amwele urged employees not to be scared of signing the performance agreements and also encouraged them to deliver as per the council's expectations.
“It is a commitment you are making and you are expected to give your best. However if you are not performing as per expectation, you will be accountable for what you have signed for,” Amwele said.
He is always on the ground monitoring council employees as they execute their duties, saying he has observed that some employees do not perform their duties with consistency and he urged them to always to make sure that they have completed all the tasks they started.
Employees' performance will be monitored and evaluated based on their signed performance scorecards. Namgongo said this will also make it easier for the CEO, managers and supervisors to execute their duties easily. Evaluations will start in June next year.
The CEO signed his performance agreement before the mayor and chairperson of management committee. The managers signed their agreements before the CEO while employees signed before their managers and supervisors.
“It will be your performance that will determine the kind of training you may require. We are no longer training people for the sake of training them as we used to in the past,” the mayor said.
ILENI NANDJATO
All 72 employees from four departments signed their performance agreements yesterday to enable the council to measure its performance and also to measure how individuals are performing towards the realisation of the strategic plan.
According to Ondangwa Town Council's CEO Ismael Namgongo - who was the first to sign the performance agreement - the performance agreement is part of the council's 2016 to 2021 strategic plan to become an engine of industrialisation and sustainable development.
Namgongo said the strategic plan is built on the views of different stakeholders who were widely consulted to help the council to formulate it. Therefore, for the town to know whether it is moving in the right direction, council's and the individuals' performances need to be monitored and evaluated, he said.
“We have to execute a mandate given to us as a council by an Act of parliament. For us to fulfil that mandate all of the council employees are expected to go the extra mile in whatever we do. Remember that we are surrounded by other towns also rendering the same services and it is our collective duty to make sure that we attract investors to our town and we also make them stay happily,” Namgongo said.
The signing of the performance agreements was witnessed by the town councillors. Ondangwa mayor Paavo Amwele urged employees not to be scared of signing the performance agreements and also encouraged them to deliver as per the council's expectations.
“It is a commitment you are making and you are expected to give your best. However if you are not performing as per expectation, you will be accountable for what you have signed for,” Amwele said.
He is always on the ground monitoring council employees as they execute their duties, saying he has observed that some employees do not perform their duties with consistency and he urged them to always to make sure that they have completed all the tasks they started.
Employees' performance will be monitored and evaluated based on their signed performance scorecards. Namgongo said this will also make it easier for the CEO, managers and supervisors to execute their duties easily. Evaluations will start in June next year.
The CEO signed his performance agreement before the mayor and chairperson of management committee. The managers signed their agreements before the CEO while employees signed before their managers and supervisors.
“It will be your performance that will determine the kind of training you may require. We are no longer training people for the sake of training them as we used to in the past,” the mayor said.
ILENI NANDJATO
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