ANNUAL REVIEWS AND APPRAISALS
(i) The
appointments and promotions committee (Junior Staff)shall review and appraise
annually the work and conduct of all Junior staff employee.
(ii) For
this purpose, a head of department/unit shall be required to review and
appraise every junior staff employee in his department/unit and to submit these
reviews and appraisals in the manner and form required by the committee.
(iii) Staff
reviews and appraisals shall have the effect of positive incentives such as
promotion, regarding, rectification and also the negative effect ranging from
warning and reprimands to termination of appointment or dismissal.
TEMPORARY
STAFF
No
temporary employee shall be considered for promotion
ELIGIBILITY
FOR PROMOTION
(i) Any employee
recommended for promotion to higher post must possess the qualifications and
experience required for that post as shown in the scheme of service as may from
time to time be determined by the appointments and promotions committee (Junior
staff)
(ii) Staff
may be promoted to the next higher post in the career, if:
(a) The various committee approve the recommendations made
on his behalf based on the appraisal exercise
(b) He has been in his present post for at least 3 years.
(iii) The
effective date of promotion in every year is 1st October of that
year.
(iv) Promotions
may be made to an established post or to an unestablished post provided that
any promotion to an unestablished post shall have been cleared with A & PC
(Junior Staff). Such post shall be established at the next budget of every
year.
(v) the
possession of a higher relevant qualification does not necessary qualify an
employee for promotion.
(vi) The
registrar shall publish the promotions on or before 1st October of
every year.
POINT OF
ENTRY ON SCALE ON PROMOTION
Any employee promoted from one grade level to another level should
enter the higher scale at a point, which would give him/her a salary increase
that is at least equal to the incremental stop in his old scale.
RIGHT OF
APPEAL
An
employee who feels that his claims to promotion have not been adequately
considered shall have the right of appeal to the council. The appeal shall be
submitted through the Head of Department/unit who shall forward the appeal with
his detailed comments to the registrar who will refer the appeal with his
comment to council.
EFFECT DATE
OF PROMOTION
Except
in exceptional circumstances, promotion will not take effect earlier than 1st
October following the date which the promotion is made.
SALARY
ADVANCE
a.
A salary advance
not exceeding one month’s salary may be authorized by the provost to an
employee, on first appointment, provided the employee is at least on one year’s
appointment.
b.
The advance shall
be refunded in not more than six consecutive installments commencing in the
month immediately, following the one in which the advance was taken.
c.
No other advance on
account of salary shall normally be granted to the same staff number except on
the recommendation of a head of department/unit on the approval of the provost.
TOURING ADVANCE
A
touring advance may be granted to an employee for official journey outside the
college on the recommendation by the Head of department/unit concerned, and
approved by the provost.
RENT ADVANCE
The
provost may approve an application for the payment of a staff member rent
subsidy up-front to enable him pay house rent in advance on the recommendation
of the head of department/unit.