Gwangju City Completes Mid-Year Regular Personnel Changes... Accelerates Progress on Current Projects

Personnel reshuffle involving 796 employees at grade 5 and below on the 18th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 15th that it has carried out the first half of 2021 personnel transfers for positions below grade 5, totaling 796 people, including 154 at grade 5 and 642 below grade 6, effective from the 18th.

This personnel transfer saw an increase in promotions due to organizational restructuring reflecting regional issues such as the launch of the Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority on January 1, the Gwangju-type 3 Major New Deal policies, decentralization, and the establishment of a smart city ecosystem, which led to an increase in the number of positions and staff. Additionally, the transfer scale significantly increased compared to before due to the transfer of capable district employees and the early appointment of newly recruited grade 9 public officials.

In particular, emphasis was placed on enhancing capabilities for responding to COVID-19 and various disasters to protect citizens' health and safety, while driving the strengthening of regional industrial competitiveness and a vibrant future Gwangju city administration.

To this end, the basic personnel principles of the 7th local government administration were observed, such as restricting transfers for employees with less than one year of service and assigning departments based on the hope personnel system, focusing on appropriate personnel placement considering expertise and individual capabilities, and balanced personnel allocation across departments.

Following the personnel innovation in the Waterworks Headquarters in the second half of 2020, to strengthen expertise in the Waterworks Headquarters, senior officials from corporate administration, who are waterworks specialists, were assigned, and to ensure stable progress of ongoing projects, some promotees were retained in their current departments (49 out of 170 promotees below grade 6, 29%).

Furthermore, organizational vitality was enhanced through rotational transfers of long-term employees, and some rotational placements were made for staff in dedicated departments with high fatigue due to prolonged COVID-19 response.

Kim Jong-hwa, the city’s Personnel Policy Officer, said, “With the personnel transfers below grade 5 completed, the first half regular personnel appointments have concluded. All employees will strive to ensure that core policies such as early stabilization of the Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority, investment attraction, job creation, and ushering in the AI era in Gwangju proceed smoothly and swiftly.”

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