FAQs
About the Ghana Public Service
- What is the Ghana Public Service (GPS)?
- What are the GPS employment classifications?
- How do I find out more about the Ghana Public Service and its departments and client organisations?
- Is there any Principal Act governing the establishment and operation of,and employment in, the Ghana Public Service?
- Does the Ghana Public Service have well defined classification rules and public service regulations?
- What are the Ghana Public Service Values and Code of Conduct?
- Are there any employment policies and guidelines?
Employment Agencies
- An employment agency has forwarded an application for an advertised vacancy - is the GPS agency bound to consider it?
- Can an employment agency seek placement fees from the GPS?
Non-Ongoing (temporary) Staffing
- Do opportunities to perform duties temporarily at a higher classification level (higher duties) need to be advertised?
- What is the basis for selecting a person for temporary higher duties?
- What is the best selection process for a non-ongoing employment opportunity that may become ongoing?
- Must a person be released to take up other duties?
- What kinds of secondment arrangements are possible to, from or within the GPS?
Ongoing (permanent) Staffing
- I am a non-ongoing (temporary) employee. How can I become an ongoing (permanent) employee?
- What is a promotion?
- I have been acting in my job for a long time - can I be automatically promoted to it?
- Must a person be released to take up other duties?
- What is the practice when an agency decides that work performed by a non-ongoing employee should be performed by an ongoing employee?
Selection of Staff
- What guidelines must be followed in a staff selection exercise?
- Must a selection decision be based on advertising and competitive processes?
- What are the administrative law principles relevant to recruitment and selection?
- Does an excess employee have any special status in a selection process?
- Are there any special legislative provisions relevant to selection of staff on, or anticipating, maternity leave?
- Can an employment decision be cancelled?
- What are the rules about providing feedback and releasing selection documentation?
- What happens when the government implements administrative re-arrangements?
- Employee referral schemes-what are they and are they consistent with GPS Values?
- Can a work area use one selection exercise to select for employment opportunities at different classifications?
- Can an agency use generic selection criteria for individual selection exercises or for bulk recruitment exercises across different work areas?
- Are there any limitations on who can be included on a selection committee?
- How long does an agency need to keep selection records?
- What limitations are there on assigning different duties to an employee?
- If an applicant declines an offer of employment do they stay on the order of merit?
Resignation
- Must I give notice of my intention to resign?
- Can I withdraw my resignation?
Review of Employment Matters (appeals)
- What rights of review are there in relation to selection exercises?
- What is a protective appeal?
Getting a Job in the GPS
- How do I find out what employment opportunities are available in the Ghana Public Service?
- How do I apply for a job in the Ghana Public Service?
- Do I need to sit the Public Service Board test to gain employment in the GPS?
- Why is there a Ghana citizenship requirement for GPS jobs?
- What are conditions of engagement?
- Can I get a job in the Ghana Public Service if I have a criminal record or have been declared bankrupt?
- Can I be employed in the Ghana Public Service within 12 months after accepting a redundancy benefit?
- How do I apply for graduate positions in the GPS?
- Can a person have dual employment in the GPS?
- Does an unsuccessful election candidate have a right of return to the GPS?
Conditions of Engagement
- When can a condition be imposed?
- Can I impose a condition after someone has been engaged?
- How long can a condition of engagement last for?
- What happens when a condition is met?
- What happens if a condition is not or cannot be met?
- How do I engage someone who is not an Ghana citizen?
- What is meant by a condition of engagement relating to formal qualifications?
- Do new employees need a health, character and/or security clearance?
- How do I impose a health, character and/or security clearance as a condition of engagement?
- What about if I use a recruitment company?
JE FAQ 1.2 - Developed by Extension