DOF wants 197 vacant positions in LGU bureau filled up ASAP

The Department of Finance (DOF) has ordered the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) to speed up its hiring to fill up 197 vacant positions as part of its revenue agency reform and modernization program.

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.

“We are re-energizing 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 local government units (LGUs),"  Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said in a statement Friday.

"As a percentage of GDP, 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,” he added.

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) authorized the filling up of positions in December 2014 to implement the BLGF’s approved Rationalization Plan and Notice of Organization, Staffing, and Compensation Action.

“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 emphasized.

A complete list of job vacancies is available at www.blgf.gov.ph/downloads/listofvacantpositions.pdf and www.blgf.gov.ph/downloads/vacant3rdlvl.pdf.

The deadline for the submission of application for first and second level positions is on February 16, 2015. —Danessa O. Rivera/KBK, GMA News