(VIL SERVICE COMMISSION
Republic ofthe Philippines
MC No. 04 » $. 2019
MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR
To : ALL HEADS OF CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES; DEPARTMENTS,
BUREAUS AND AGENCIES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT;
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS; GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR
CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS WITH ORIGINAL CHARTERS;
AND STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
SUBJECT: Clarification on the Education Requirement for Division Chief
Positions with Salary Grade (SG) 23 and Below
In CSC Memorandum Circular No. 5, s. 2016' dated 24 February 2016, the
Commission approved the amended qualification standards for division chief positions,
as follows:
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Education Masters degree OR Certificate of
Leadership and Management from the
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Experience 4° years of supervisory/management
experience
Training 40 hours of supervisory/management
learning and development intervention
|_undertaken within the last 5 years
Eligibility Career Service Professional/Second
| Level eligibility
The required Master's degree is in accordance with the prescribed educational
requirement for appointment to division chief positions with the following criteria”:
14. Career positions;
2. Salary Grade 24; and
3. The highest positions in the division/department or in the hierarchy
as reflected in the Index of Occupational Services (IOS) carrying a
Salary Grade 24.
+ CSC Resolution No. 1501478 dated 11 December 2015 (Revised Qualification Standards for Division
Chief and Executive/Managerial Positions in the Second Level),
® CSC Resolution No. 95-6057 dated 06 October 1995 re: Masteral Degree Requirement for Appointment
to Division Chief or Equivalent Rank Positions (disseminated in CSC MC No. 29, s. 1995 dated October
9, 1995) and CSC Resolution No. 97-0404 dated 24 January 1997 (disseminated in CSC MC No. 1, s.
1997 dated January 24, 1997.
Bawat Kawani, Lingkod Bayani
"9 CSC Building, |BP Road, Batasan Hills, 1126 Quezon City (02) 931-7935/(02) 931-7939/(02) 931-8092 @
[email protected] @ wwwesc.gov.ph However, the salary grade of the division chief positions with the education requirement
of Master's degree have not been specified in CSC MC No. 5, s. 2016 which resulted
in different interpretations of the policy.
Thus, pursuant to CSC Resolution No. 1801053 promulgated on 25 September 2018,
the Commission clarifies that the qualification standards for division chief positions
prescribed in CSC MC No. 05, s. 2016 apply only to division chief positions with salary
grade 24 or higher. Accordingly, division chief positions with salary grade 23 or below
or comparable positions with same salary grade 23 or below, shall not require Master's
degree.
Please be guided accordingly.
Chairperson
4,8 MAR 2019 IVILSERVICE COMMISSION
Republic of the Philippines
ENCAJONADO, Rodolfo B. Number: 1801053
Re: Clarification on the Education Requirement
for Division Chief Positions with Salary
Grade (SG) 23 and Below Promulgation: _25 SEP 2018
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RESOLUTION
Director IV Rodolfo B. Encajonado, Civil Service Commission Regional
Office No. VI, lloilo City, requests clarification whether a Master's degree is
required for a Division Chief Il position with salary grade 23 in a government-owned
or controlled corporation (GOCC).
_. _ Director Encajonado represented that the request is in view of the reply of
Director IV Azucena Perez-Esleta, Human Resource Policies and Standards Office
(HRPSO) to the query of Elmer B. Figuracion, Officer-in-Charge, Philippine
Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA), lloilo Port Complex, Tanza, lloilo City.
Pertinent portion of the letter of Director Perez-Esleta reads:
“Please be informed that the division chief positions covered
by CSC MC No. 05, s. 2016 are division chief positions with salary
grade 24. In the case of some agencies with heads of division
occupying positions that are lower than salary grade 24, such as the
Division Chief Il (SG-23) position in the Iloilo Fish Port Complex
(IFPC), itis our view that this position is not covered by CSC MC No.
05, s. 2016.”
Director Encajonado is requesting confirmation on the opinion rendered by
Director Perez-Esleta.
Relevant to the instant request are the following provisions:
[1] Section 2 of Republic Act No. 6758" dated 21 August 1989
"Sec. 2. Statement of Policy. — It is hereby declared the policy
of the State to provide equal pay for substantially equal work and to
* An Act Prescribing a Revised Compensation and Position Classification System in the
Government and for Other Purposes.
Bawat Kawani, Lingkod Bayani
"Y CSC Building, IBP Road, Batasan Hill, 1126 Quezon City @ (02) 931-7935/(02) 931-7939/(02) 931-8092 Gacscphilocscgovph @ wwwesegoviph
