TSC new pay structure for staff. TSC Commissioners and top management staff took time last week to review and validate the draft copy of the Career Progression Guidelines for the Secretariat Staff which was developed in 2018.
According to the draft document, the guidelines have established four grades of Clerical Officers cadre who are Clerical Officer III TSC Scale 3, CO II TSC Scale 4, CO I TSC Scale 5, and Senior Clerical Officer TSC Scale 6.
There are six grades of drivers’ cadre recognized Driver III TSC Scale 1, for holders of KCSE D, Driver II TSC Scale 2 for holders of KCSE D+, Driver I TSC Scale 3 for holders of KCSE C-, Senior Driver TSC Scale 4, Chief Driver TSC Scale 5 and Principal Driver TSC Scale 6.
On human resource functions the guidelines have established twelve grades which are Human Resource Assistant, Human Resource Officer II, Human Resource Officer I, Senior Human Resource Officer and Chief Human Resource Officer.
Others include Principal Human Resource Officer, Assistant Deputy Director, Deputy Director, Senior Deputy Director, Director (Human Resource Management and Development) and Deputy Commission Secretary (HRM&D).
Legal Services Section has two sections for court clerk, legal officer, and labour and Industrial Relations Officers. On Court Clerk 2 grades have been established i.e Court Clerk and Senior Court Clerk.
For Legal Officers, the guidelines have established 7 grades of Personnel who are assigned to Section. They include Senior Legal Officer TSC Scale 8, Chief Legal Officer TSC Scale 9, Principal Legal Officer TSC Scale 10, Assistant Deputy Director (Legal) TSC Scale 11, Deputy Director (Legal) TSC Scale 12, Senior Deputy Director (Legal) TSC Scale 13 and Director TSC Scale 14.
The Posts of Legal Officer, Senior, Chief Legal Officer will form common establishment for this cadre.
For Labour and Industrial Relations Officers, the guidelines establishes three grades of Personnel assigned to it that is Assistant Deputy Director, Deputy Director and Senior Deputy Director.
The guidelines have also established a position of Facility Management which has established eight grades which are Facility Management Assistant at TSC Scale 5, Facility Management Officer II at TSC Scale 6, Facility Management Officer I at TSC Scale 7, Senior Facility Management Officer at TSC Scale 8.
Others include Chief Facility Management Officer, Principal Facility Management Officer, Assistant Deputy Director Facility Management and Deputy Director Facility Management.
The guidelines provide that the posts of Facility Management Officer I, Senior Facility Management Officer and Chief Facility Management Officer will form common establishment for this cadre. This forms the TSC new pay structure for staff.