The Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF), under the Department of Finance (DOF), has opened up 197 career positions as part of the department’s reform and modernization program, especially among local government units (LGUs) throughout the Philippines.
“We are reenergizing the BLGF by hiring more young and competent individuals committed to public service so we can improve the quality of our supervision of the revenue operations of all LGUs. As a percentage of gross domestic product, LGU revenues have fallen from 0.9 percent in 2009 to 0.8 percent in 2012.
The BLGF has much to do to help LGUs improve their fiscal performance,” Finance Secretary Cesar V. Purisima said.
The filling up of 197 positions was authorized by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) last December as part of the BLGF’s approved rationalization, organization and staffing plans.
The BLGF, with 15 regional offices, is the technical and administrative arm of the DOF in supervising local Treasury and assessment operations of the country’s 81 provinces, 144 cities and 1,490 municipalities.
The BLGF is now receiving applications for the initial 153 vacant first- and second-level positions.
Other key positions that will be filled in the BLGF Central Office are five Division Chiefs (Salary Grade [SG] 24-25), and six SG 22 positions, namely, Financial Analyst IV, Local Assessment Operations Officer IV, Local Treasury Operations Officer IV, Supervising Administrative Officer, Supervising Administrative Officer, and Supervising Tax Specialist. These SG 22 positions are also available in 22 vacancies in various regional offices.
“The secretary has set his agenda for us, so we want to recruit the best possible personnel to be part of the BLGF,” OIC Executive Director Salvador M. del Castilllo said.
Applicants must submit personally or by mail the following documents to the BLGF, with office address at 8F EDPC Building, BSP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Manila: application letter addressed to Atty. Salvador M. del Castillo, OIC Executive Director; Personal Data Sheet (PDS) per CSC Form 212 (Revised 2005); NSO birth certificate; Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Civil Service Commission, Professional Regulation Commission, or Supreme Court, as appropriate; transcript of Records and diploma; relevant certificates of trainings and seminars attended, if any; and Performance Rating Report for the last two (2) rating periods for those who are already working in government offices. The deadline for the submission of application for first- and second-level positions is on February 16, 2015.