Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Announces Personnel Appointments for 948 General Civil Servants

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education conducted a regular personnel reshuffle effective January 1 next year for 948 general public officials on the 22nd.

In this reshuffle, 206 were promoted: ▲Grade 3 - 1 person ▲Grade 4 - 4 persons ▲Grade 5 - 12 persons ▲Grade 6 - 53 persons ▲Grade 7 - 131 persons ▲Grade 8 - 5 persons. Transfers numbered 381, retirement due to service completion or retirement (honorary) was 290, and new appointments were 71, totaling 948 personnel assigned.

For Grade 3, Hwang Seong-gyu, currently acting director of Mokpo Public Library, was promoted and appointed as director of Mokpo Public Library.

Grade 4 promotions included Kim Jong-hoon, Budget Team Leader of the Budget Division, appointed as Education Cooperation Officer of the Policy Planning Division, and Lee Jae-shin, acting director of the Audit Department, appointed as branch director of Jeonnam Safety Experience Learning Center. Additionally, Kim Jae-gi, Audit Officer and Head of Audit Team 1, and Oh Jun-heon, Head of Rural Education Support Team in the Innovation Education Division, were promoted to Grade 4 and dispatched to the Central Education Training Institute of the Ministry of Education.

Grade 4 transfers included Byun Yoon-seop, Education Cooperation Officer of the Policy Planning Division, appointed as head of the Green Smart Future School Promotion Team, and Lee Seon-guk and Jin Hyun-joo, who returned from dispatch at the Central Education Training Institute of the Ministry of Education, assigned as General Affairs Department Heads of the Education Training Institute and the Creative Convergence Education Institute, respectively.

For Grade 5, 12 were promoted, and 46 were transferred, including Noh Byung-soo, Head of Administrative Support Division at Yeosu Education Support Office, moving to Head of Administrative Support Division at Mokpo Education Support Office. To boost morale among lower ranks below Grade 6, the authorized ranks were raised to expand general promotion opportunities, resulting in 88 career promotions.

For Grade 4 promotions, both the ranking on the promotion candidate list and seniority were considered to ensure organizational stability.

In particular, anticipating the quantitative expansion of projects that had burdened education support offices and schools, a preemptive 5% personnel reduction was reflected in each division and section of the headquarters to integrate and adjust national policy sunset projects and overlapping tasks between ministries and departments.

An official from the Provincial Office of Education stated, “This personnel reshuffle focused on continuing innovative personnel management by selecting and placing administrative talents who demonstrated outstanding capabilities based on dedication and professionalism under difficult educational conditions, with integrity as the fundamental public service value.”

They added, “Due to COVID-19, infectious disease response personnel were selected and deployed to education support offices to strengthen school support functions, and technical public officials were assigned to school sites to enhance expertise through diverse administrative experiences. Going forward, we plan to expand flexibility in personnel management to allow other minority occupational groups to work at school sites.”

Superintendent Jang Seok-woong said, “To prepare for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the post-COVID era, we will continuously select talented individuals with both dynamism and creativity who uphold integrity, to establish and further develop innovative Jeonnam education in the latter half of my term.”

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