Job Competencies of Employees: Basis for a Capability Building Plan
Keywords:
Job competencies, self-management, professionalism and ethics, result focus, teamwork, service orientation, innovationAbstract
Competence is needed to deal with rapid environmental changes. The sustainability of an organization can be maintained depending on the organization’s ability to adapt to change. Thus, this study aimed to determine the job competencies of employees in a government agency during the fiscal year 2023 as basis for a capability-building plan. Descriptive research design was employed in determining the level of job competencies of 46 employee-respondents. A valid and reliability-tested researcher-made questionnaire and the standardized Individual Performance Commitment and Review Form (IPCRF) were used to gather data in this study. The first part of the questionnaire dealt with the respondents’ profile while second part focused on their job competencies in self-management, professionalism and ethics, result focus, teamwork, service orientation, and innovation. Profiles of the respondents are mostly older, male, longer in service, and in the lower positions. Data revealed that most employees have high level of competencies in the areas of self-management, result focus, teamwork, service orientation, and innovation. A deviation in the area of professionalism and ethics was noticeable, wherein from a high level to very high level of competence, emerged. Furthermore, a significant difference showed in the employees’ level of competencies in the areas of self-management, professionalism and ethics, result focus, and teamwork based on groupings by plantilla position. These findings call for the Department heads to provide explicit standards that will guide the employees in their work to improve their competency levels.
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