Seoul City Council Chairman Kim Hyun-gi Conducts Large-Scale Innovation Personnel Changes in Secretariat... Geum Mi-kyung Appointed as Legislative Officer

A Turning Point for Change and Leap Toward a "Working Assembly" and a "Citizen-Serving Assembly"

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Kim Hyun-gi, Chairman of the Seoul Metropolitan Council, has carried out a large-scale innovative personnel reshuffle for the senior officials of the Council Secretariat.

Chairman Kim Hyun-ki

The Seoul Metropolitan Council (Chairman Kim Hyun-gi) announced that it implemented personnel transfers for general service public officials at grade 5 and above in the Council Secretariat as of August 1, marking one month since the opening of the 11th Council.

This personnel reshuffle focused on placing senior Secretariat personnel in the right positions to lead a new start for the Seoul Metropolitan Council, enhancing the efficiency of Council operations, and strengthening communication and cooperation through interdepartmental personnel reallocation, thereby creating an opportunity for change and leap toward a "working Council" and a "Council serving the citizens."

For grade 4 executives who will lead each department of the Council Secretariat, they were reassigned as department heads who can maximize the performance of Council operations based on their individual capabilities and career experience.

Personnel transfers for grade 4 general service public officials: a total of 4 people

▲ Legislative Affairs Officer Geum Mi-kyung ▲ Citizen Rights Officer Oh Hee-seon ▲ Policy Planning Officer Han Kwang-mo ▲ Senior Specialist of the Health and Welfare Expert Committee Office Park Ji-hyang

For grade 5 team leaders, who play a mid-level role in the Council Secretariat, a large-scale rotation between team leaders belonging to standing committees and those in support departments of the Secretariat was conducted to dismantle the previously criticized compartmentalization (factionalism) between the two areas, aiming to promote flexibility and efficiency in work based on mutual understanding and communication.

In particular, with the establishment of the new Standing Committee on Urban Planning and Space, a decisive transfer of team leaders was promoted to ensure smooth legislative support.

The personnel transfers for grade 5 general service public officials involved 19 people, accounting for 70% of the total 27 grade 5 general administrative staff in the Secretariat. In the case of the 12 standing committee expert offices, all 12 members were reassigned, marking the largest scale of personnel reshuffle in the history of the Seoul Metropolitan Council.

Chairman Kim Hyun-gi stated, "This personnel reshuffle is the first since the launch of the 11th Council and demands a renewal of the Council’s senior public officials," adding, "The Council Secretariat is not merely a support organization for the Council but an essential organization that determines the success or failure of Council operations. The Secretariat must create an opportunity for a new leap forward."

He also said, "With this reshuffle as a turning point, I expect the senior officials of the Secretariat to set an example for lower-ranking staff and take the lead, so that the Seoul Metropolitan Council will have the characteristics of a 'Council that works well.'"

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