About the Department
Success in the Public Service happens through people.
HRMD provides the advice and services that enable every ministry and department to get things done through people — from the first application to appointment, pay, training and retirement.
Who We Are
The role of HR in the Public Service
GSKN’s HRMD executes centralized HR functions for all government Ministries. HRMD.gov.kn is a digital platform for sharing information to all employees of the government and to citizens seeking information. This improves the transparency of and accessibility to the government’s Human Resource Management Department and the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis.
HRMD is the link in the Civil Service through which everything concerning personnel gets done — a strategic and coherent approach to managing the organisation’s most valued asset: its people.
Our Charter
Our Mission
To provide leadership in building an exemplary workforce through the recruitment, selection, deployment, training and development of public employees who consistently deliver quality services to all stakeholders.
The Chief Personnel Officer heads the Department and promotes the highest possible standards of HR practice across the Public Service.
Our Vision
To be a dynamic, customer-oriented Human Resource Management Department, committed to motivating and empowering the workforce to deliver innovative, efficient and effective services.
Our vision sets the standard we hold ourselves to as an employer, and the experience every public officer should have when they deal with us.
Our Values
- Professionalism
- The highest level of discipline and good work ethics in everything we do.
- Confidentiality
- We respect the individual’s right to privacy.
- Accountability
- We take responsibility for our own actions and those of our team.
- Integrity
- Fair, honest and objective in dealing with our customers and others.
- Teamwork
- We work with each other to achieve the Department’s goals.
- Mutual Respect
- We treat others as we would like to be treated.
Our Charter
National Vision
To transform Saint Kitts and Nevis into the world’s first Sustainable Island State, promoting inclusive development, environmental sustainability, economic resilience, good governance, and an improved quality of life for all citizens.
Who Leads the Department
The Head of the Civil Service
Ms. Thelma Richards
Ms. Richards provides leadership and promotes the development and observance of the highest possible standards of human resource management practice within the Public Service.
Our Services
Eight Services, One Department
The Department is organized into eight service areas.
Payroll ManagementWe are responsible to all employees for correct and on time payment of weekly wages, monthly salaries and allowances.Learn more
OnboardingWe manage the new hire process.Learn more
Training & DevelopmentWe manage the government’s scholarship program and financial aid access.Learn more
Our People
Meet the HR Team
The officers who lead HR recruitment, compensation, training and public service standards across the Federation.
Ms. Thelma Richards
Head of the Civil Service
Head of the Department, responsible for standards of HR practice across the entire Public Service.
Read profileMs. Kimara Pemberton-Daniel
Deputy Chief Personnel Officer (Ag.)
Strategic management and development of the public service workforce, supporting efforts to strengthen human resource management practices.
Read profileMrs. Joyan Mills
Senior Human Resource Manager
Prime Minister’s Office, Human Resource Management Department, Printery, SKNIS, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Social Development and Gender Affairs, Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of National Security
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