Core Competencies define the skills, behaviors, and attributes expected of all public sector personnel, providing a consistent foundation for development and performance evaluation across Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). These competencies evolve as employees progress through their careers, ensuring they meet current role standards while continuously growing and acquiring new skills within their Professional Pathway.

The Competency Framework positions all public officers as leaders whose capacities can be developed through leadership education and leadership development, regardless of job function, expertise, qualification, age, gender, status or any other orientation.

This leadership statement must guide the day-to-day operations, career planning and performance conversations of every public servant.

“I am a Public Sector Employee. I am a Leader, responsible for using my strengths and creating and sustaining positive relationships to provide services that consistently meet the needs of Jamaicans.”