Competencies every state apparatus should have include managerial competency, technical competency, and social-cultural competency
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Ministry of Law and Human Rights has outlined a number of competencies that civil servants (ASN) employed in the ministry must have, a top government official said. "Competencies every civil servant should have include managerial competency, technical competency, and social-cultural competency," Head of the Ministry's Human Resource Development Agency Asep Kurnia said here Thursday.

The eight managerial competencies that a civil servant is required to have are integrity, teamwork, communication, result-oriented mindset, public service, self and others development, change management, and decision making, he said elaborating.

To come to an accurate evaluation of the state apparatus' competencies, the assessment center method is required to evaluate their skills, and predict their success in a given position, he continued.

Evaluating the competencies of the law and human rights' civil servants can be done through various measurement devices or simulations such as an e-psychological test, situational judgement test, and a computer-based test.

Kurnia expected the evaluation of the state apparatus' competencies to capture an employee's profile so that development and placement can be done based on the potential and skill of each employee.

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To recruit talented civil servants, the ministry's competencies evaluation center has conducted evaluation partnerships with external institutions, such as Indonesia's Judicial Commission, Nuclear Power Observer Agency, Pandeglang District, and Mojokerto City, he added.

In addition to these institutions, several other agencies are also involved, such as North Maluku Social Service, Statistics Indonesian, General Election Observer Agency, National Archive, Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency, State Cyber and Code Agency, and Agrarian Ministry.

Member of Commission II of the House of Representatives Guspardi Gaus opined that a change in mindset and serving culture must be the main foundation for state apparatus in conducting their duties.

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