:: HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

Key Role of the Division

The Human Resource Department is responsible for ensuring that the Bank is, at all times, supplied with employees who share the Bank's vision, and are competent, versatile, and innovative with commitment to delivering quality service to the Bank and other stakeholders.

The Department is also responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies and procedures aimed at creating and sustaining a work environment, which attracts, develops and retains a motivated and committed workforce.

In line with the new developments in the management of human capital, the Department has over the years, evolved from one that was primarily associated with the traditional practices of hiring and firing to the one whose activities are eligible to the strategic core business of the Bank. To this end, the Department has facilitated the Bank's adoption of a learning culture by supporting continuous professional development through in-house and external training and personal development programmes. In addition, the Department has introduced innovative policies and operational procedures in order to keep abreast with current and future market-best practices by embracing good corporate governance principles in most areas of human resources management, including the issues of HIV/AIDS and gender.

In the area of HIV/AIDS, the Bank has introduced one of the most advanced and cost effective workplace HIV/AIDS intervention programmes, which has become a model, both locally and in the region. Furthermore, the Department is actively working on new policies, which will consolidate the paradigm shift from the traditional human resources stance to a strategic one in line with the changing objectives and needs of the Bank.