Office Of The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
This office is responsible for providing for policy advise on all matters of national human resource development, coordinating and promoting the implementation of the national human resource development strategy, preparing the national human resource development plans. It is also responsible for planning and advising on tertiary education financing and work-place learning.
Moreover, it is responsible for overall stewardship of the organisation, driving organisational and cultural change & ensure all policies, regulation & codes of ethics are cascaded down and adhered to throughout the organisation, Implementation of the vision, goals and policies.
The office of the Chief Executive Officer has the following Units;
- Strategy Office
- Board Secretary
- Quality Management Systems
- Procurement Oversight
- Risk and Compliance
The Strategy Office
The Strategy Office is responsible for driving the HRDC’s organisational strategy. This function entails development, review, update and implementation of the corporate strategic plan for HRDC, direct the development and implementation of an integrated project management plan, ensuring that HRDC projects are smoothly intergrated and implemented by cross – project teams. The Unit also leads the collection, collation, analysis, reporting and dissemination of market research. Furthermore, the unit oversees the implementation of the National Human Development Strategy (NHRDS).
The Board Secretary Office
The Board Secretary’s Office is responsible for supporting the Chairperson of the HRDC Council regarding the organisation and conduct of Board meetings, has overall responsibility for formal compliance with relevant legislations and regulations governing HRDC. The office also serves as a liaison between the Board of HRDC and its key Stakeholders, ensures that all matters are handled and working proactively with the CEO, COO and senior staff to carry out the policies, goals and initiatives of the Council.
Quality Management Systems Office
The Quality Management Systems (QMS) Office is responsible for managing the organisation’s processes and activities in order to ensure that services rendered meet the HRDC's objectives. These include; satisfying the stakeholder's quality requirements, complying to regulations, improving efficiency and effectiveness and ensuring that staff of HRDC discharge duties systematically. The unit is in the process of developing the HRDC QMS Manual and readying itself for Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) certification.
Risk and Compliance Office
Risk Management is management function that aims at enhancing decision making within the organisation at strategic and operational levels by developing Risk Governance structures to enable risk based decision making, driving risk based strategy development and effective execution of the same, building a risk-aware culture within the organisation, including providing appropriate capacity building and ensuring that the Council adheres to Corporate Governance Management best practices. Effectively, the unit has a responsibility to ensure operational resilience and business continuity to safeguard the assets, reputation and people within the council. Furthermore, the unit encompasses compliance management that involves proactive identification and mapping of all relevant Regulatory and/or legislative obligations to our processes, effective implementation of the regulations, policies, processes and accompanying internal controls and driving operational excellence across the organisation.