Circular 08/2019 Revised Arrangements for Starting Pay, sets out the arrangements applying to starting pay on promotion and appointment in the Civil Service for existing civil and public servants. As set out in the Circular, Government policy continues to be that starting pay on recruitment from open competition for all posts within the public service should be at the minimum of the relevant salary scale. All competition notices, advertisements and information booklets must specify that starting pay will be at the minimum of the scale. Such notices and booklets must also specify that the rate of remuneration may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government pay policy.
Where a Secretary General/Head of Department or Office is of the View that there are exceptional circumstances justifying the offer of starting pay above the minimum, the specific sanction of the Department of Finance (now this Department) should be sought in advance of any offer being made.
For appointees who were serving elsewhere in the public service, in an analogous grade and payscale, the appointment may be made at the appointee's current salary. It is solely a matter for the employing Department/office to be satisfied that the grades are analogous.
The Circular provides for the granting of incremental credit for starting pay purposes in respect of persons who have previously been employed in the public service at the grade of Clerical Officer or Executive Officer or at an equivalent grade.
