CSC Aepubli ofthe Pipes GMILSERVCECOHSSION mc no.:0.7, s. 2018 MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR To 3 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: Qualifications Standards for Disability Affairs Officer Positions in the Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) in the Local Government Units Pursuant to CSC Resolution No. 1600684 dated June 28, 2016, the Commission approved the following minimum qualification standards for the Head of the Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) and staff in the Local Government Units (LGUs): Position Title | Salary Education — Training Eligibility | Grade |PovacalGowamant [28 Deparient Head Cy Goverment Fy Deparmet Heb Cy Goverment * 5 years in postions Depart en iritgaapent | 228088 | can sain sndsipevsen, | "8008 | rte Cty Goverment 25 | Botorsdeaee | Trerarwnctis | MAUETEN ME Seong oe Department Hes | ieerocetiy | Seem | cy Muncpal Goverment | 25 Departnet Hes City Government Assistant 5 Departnert Hea I ‘Municipal Government a Departnen Heo eet pees roincelownmet | 24 iting meragement | 247 carer Serve onc ovement ’s ‘and supervision, aoa Professional! ston Department Head Bucbre cage | Sstmnesn, | ranean ans | Coe ! relevant to disability es Eligibility city Goverment Assistant | 24 ‘te diay tars Departnent Hes Bawat Kawani, Lingkod Bayani ‘CSC Building, IBP Road, Constitution Hil, 1126 Quezon City Tr 931-7935/931-7939/931-8082 Scscphilecscgovph @ www.cscgov.phPosition Title Salary | Education | Experience Training Eligibility Grade Gity Government Assistant | 23 | Department Head | 3years ofrelevant | 18 hours of Career Service Municipal Government Bachelors degree | experience on relevant training | Professional’ Assistant Department 2 disability atairs on disabilty Second Level Head I! atfars Elsibitty Municipal Government Assistant Department 2 Head | Disabilly Afi OffcerIV | 22 | Bachelors degree | 3years ofrelevant | 1Shours of Career Service experience on relevant taining | Professional! disability afars on disability Second Level ats Etigiilty Disabilly Airs Officer’ | 18 | Bachelors degree | 2years ofvelevant | 8hours of Career Service experience on relevant raining | Professional! disability afars on disability Second Level ——— ars Elgibilty Disabiity fais Offceril | 15 | Bachelors degree | Tyearofrelevant | 4 hours of Career Service | experience on relevant taining | Professional! isabilty afars con disability ‘Second Level a ators Eligibility Disabity Afairs Officer TT | Bachelors degree | None required None required | Career Service | Professional! ‘Second Level Eligibility Disabil Affairs Assistant | Completion of 2 | t year ofrelevant | 4hours of Career Service years in College | experience on felevant training | Sub-Professionall clisabity affairs First Level Eligibility The approved qualification standards are also included in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 10070" (An Act Establishing an Institutional Mechanism to Ensure the Implementation of Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities in Every Province, City and Municipality, Amending Republic Act No. 7277 Otherwise Known as the "Magna Carta for Disabled Persons,” As Amended, And For Other Purposes) under Section 15, Rule VI The LGUs need not secure the approval of the CSC should the foregoing minimum qualification standards be adopted. However, LGUs may set specific or higher standards, in which case, they shall submit to the CSC, for approval, the specific and higher standards, and once approved, they shall be adopted by the CSC as qualification standards in the attestation of their appointments. ALICIA dela ROSA-BALA Chairperson 18 MAY 2018 ‘The IRR of RA, No, 10070 dated August 25, 2016 was published on September 9, 2016 in Malaya and The Manila TimesCIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION QUALIFICATION STANDARDS Number: 16 0068 4 Re: Disability Affairs Officer Positions in the Persons with Disability Affairs 2 BUN 2016 Offices (PDAO), Local Government Units Promulgated: x RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Section 3, Article IX (B) of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that “The Civil Service Commission, as the central personnel agency of the Government, shall establish a career service and adopt measures to promote morale, efficiency, integrity, responsiveness, progressiveness, and courtesy in the civil service. It shall strengthen the merit and rewards system, integrate all human resources development programs for all levels and ranks, and institutionalize a management climate conducive to public accountability. x x x" WHEREAS, Section 2 (2) Article IX (B) of the 1987 Philippine Constitution states that appointments in the civil service shall be made only according to merit and fitness to be determined, as far as practicable, and, except to positions which are policy determining, primarily confidential, or highly technical, by competitive examination; WHEREAS, Section 12 (1), Chapter 3, Title |, Book V of the Administrative Code of 1987, states that the Civil Service Commission (CSC) shall administer and enforce the constitutional and statutory provisions on the merit system for all levels and ranks in the Civil Service; WHEREAS, under Section 22(1), Chapter 5 Title |, Book V of the Administrative Code of 1987, qualification standards shall be used, among others, as guides in appointment and other personnel actions to be administered in such manner as to continually provide incentives to officers and employees towards professional growth and foster the career system in the government; WHEREAS, Section 1 of Republic Act (RA) No. 10070 (An Act Establishing an Institutional Mechanism to Ensure the Implementation of Programs and Services for Persons With Disabilities in Every Province, City and Municipality, Amending Republic Act No. 7277 Otherwise Known as the ‘Magna Carta for Disabled Persons’, As Amended, And For Other Purposes), mandates the establishment of Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) in every province, city and municipality, and designation of a Focal Person in the fourth (4), fith (5") and sixth (6) class municipalities who shall perform the functions of the PDAO; WHEREAS, a Technical Working Group was formed consisting of representatives from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), Civil Service Commission (CSC), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Department of Justice (DOv), National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), Alyansa ng May Kapansanang Pinoy, Inc., League of Provinces of the Philippines, League of Cities of the Philippines, League of Municipalities of the Philippines, Liga ng mga Barangay ng Pilipinas, and Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines to draft the implementing rules and regulations for the establishment of PDAQ in local government units; Vv Tra RACE, to Serve: Responsive, Accessible, Courteous and Ejctive Public Service 1BP Road, Constitution Hills, 1126 Quezon City + $B931-7435/931-793993|-802 « 9 esephilawebmailese goviph -@ wwH-eseox.ph“Qualification Standards for Positions in the Persons with Disability Affairs Offices in the Local Government Units WHEREAS, paragraph 2, Section 7, Rule V of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA No. 10070 provides that enforcement of Sections 325(a) and 331(b) of R.A. 7160 shall be waived to enable local government units to fund the initial year requirements for newly created mandatory positions in the LGUs, as confirmed by the DBM based on the general provision of the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA) on the enforcement of the Personnel Services limitations, for the WHEREAS paragraph 3, Section 7, Rule V of the same IRR of RA No. 10070 provides that appointment to the position of Head of PDAO and the Focal Person shall be subject to the p2ofs | year of creation of mandatory offices; qualification requirements as approved by the CSC; WHEREAS, Section 15, Rule VI of the same IRR provides that the Disability Affairs Officer who shall head the PDAO shall have the following position titles and corresponding minimum qualification standards, as appropriate: Local Position Title Government and Education | Experience Training Eligibility Unit Salary Grade Disebily Affars | Bachelors | Syearsof Tehous of | Career Service ry Officer degree relevant televant training Professional! (AO) Vv experience on | on disability ‘Second Level (8622) isabiltyafers | afars Elgbilty DAO V ‘Master's 4 years in +24 hours of Career Service (8624) degree posttonis taining in Professional! involving ‘management and | Second Level =o ram Ent | supenison, sabi afars Quezon City) 1 year of which is relevant to sabi afars DAOW Bachelors | 3years of TBhours of | Career Service Highly Urbanized | (86-22) degree relevant relevant raining | Profesional! Cities* ‘experience on ‘on disability ‘Second Level L dsabily afars | afers Elgbilty DAO IV Bachelor's ‘3 years of 16 hours of Career Service component | (86 22) degiee relevant relevant taining | Profesional! Cities? experience on | on disability ‘Second Level disability affairs affairs Eligibility DAO IIL Bachelor's 2 years of ‘Shours of Career Service 4 to 3rd Class: (SG 18) degree relevant relevant training —__Professionall Municipalities experience on | on disability | Second Level _ disability affairs | affairs Eligibility Foval Person. | DAOT Bachelors | year ofrelevant | 4hours of Career Service weds | (501) degree experience on | relevant taining | Professional! WN iscreseeanen disability affairs | on disability ‘Second Level [Municip affairs Eligibility “Refer tothe Local Government Code forthe definition WHEREAS, Section 15, Rule VI of the same IRR also provides that the Head of the PDAO shall have as his/her staff, lower level positions, as appropriate, using the following series of DAO positions with the corresponding qualification standards: Vv“Qualification Standards for Positions in the Persons with Disability Affairs Offices in the Local Government Units Postontite | S87] cauaton | eapeience | Tromp | Elgbiny Disabily Aare Z| Bachelors | 3yeareofrlevant | TS howe of | Career Senice Officer IV degeee expenence on | relevant taining | Professional | Aisabiliy afars | ondsabiiy | Second Level : afars Eicity Disabiy Aas 18 | Bachelors | Zyears of relevant |B hours of Career Service Offer I degree frperence on | relevant ining | Protessonal cisabilty afars | ondisabity | Second Level : | afar Eilty Disability Aare 1 | Backers | Tyearofreievant [thous of Career Senee Office i degree experience on | relevant ining | Professional dlsabilty afars | on disability | Second Level afar Eigbity Diabiliy Afars | —17 Bachelors [None equred None equred | Career Service Office | degree Professional! Seoond Level | | Egy Diaby Aare | Completion of | ¥year ofrelevent/@ hours of Career Serves Sub- Assistant Zyearsin | experenceon relevant ining _| Profesional Fst Calege disabity afers Love Eibity WHEREAS, Section 15, Rule VI of the same IRR also provides that if an LG le and has not exceeded the personnel services (PS) limitation, the Local elevate the organization and staffing of the PDAO. The LGUs shall be lowing standards on position titles and salary grades of Department Heads }epartment Head (ADH), and the highest position below the ADH: financially capabl Sanggunian may guided by the fol (DH), Assistant De U is Local Government Department Head Asst. Department Head Highest Position Unit (oH) (ADH) Below the ADH Provincial Government Provincial Government | Disability fais Oficer IV Provinces Department Head (SG 26) | Assistant Department Head | (SG 22) (S624) ‘Special Cites ily Government iy Government Assistant | Disabily Afars Oficer V (Manila and Quezon | Department Head il Department Head I (8624) City) | (8627) (8G 25) ‘ity Government City Government Assistant | Disability fairs Oficer IV {fahly Uranzed | Deparment Head I Department Head I (86.22) (86 26) (S624) Gity Government Gify Government Assistant | Disabiliy Afars Oficer1V Component Cities Department Head Department Head | (86.22) (86.25) SG 23) ‘Municipal Goverment ‘Municipal Goverment Disability Affars Offcer Ii wenn MN Deparment Head I ‘Assistant Department (SG 18) (86.25) Head Il (SG 23) | Municipaliies outside | Municipal Government Municipal Government Disability Aas Officer il Metro Manila ‘to | Department Head | Assistant Department (86 18) 3rd Class (8624) Head | (SG 22) Municigliies Municipals outside Metso Manila - 4 to 8 Class Muricipaltes™* Disabilty Affairs Officer Il (SG 15)~ Focal Person After three (3) years of implementation, the DSWD, in consutation withthe NCDA and relevant NGOs and POs, shall review the need fo establish a PDAO pursuant to Section 3 of RA 10070. Y‘Qualification Standards for Positions in the Persons with Disability Affairs Offices in the Local Government Units pA ofS WHEREAS, the following minimum qualification standards shall be required for the Head of the PDAO with the rank of DH or ADH: evelof | Position Tide | ~~ Education] — Experience Training Eligibility Organization Department Provincial (862527) | Government Department Head (8628) City Government an Deparment Heed Hil feng 32 hours of Career Service (SG 25-27) training in Bacher donee | MaeGEDENnd |S men nd | Pfs Municipal sear ofwrich is | Superson on | Br ity Government eri | disability affairs | EMG" | peemtes 25 disabity efars City Government Assistant Department Head Il (SG 25), Department | Municipal (6624) Government Department Head |(S6 24) ee Prova pestons | aos ot | cae sane feisar | Bectelors dees | MEINE | etadment ang | Pessina Department Head "Ore | supervision, supenssion ‘on | Second Level (9624) {year of whichis | cisanity afars | Eiatilty relevant to ss désobityafars Assistant Department Head I! SG 24) Department ity Government (86 22-23) Assistant Department Head | (SG 23) 3 yeas of whousot | Career Senice relevant relevant raining | Professional! Municipal Bachelors degree | esoerience on | on disability ‘Second Level Government isabiityafairs | affairs E’gibilty Assistant Department Head ll (SG 22-23)‘Qualification Standards for Positions in the Persons with Disability Affairs Offices in the Local Government Units pS of S WHEREFORE, the Commission RESOLVES to APPROVE the herein qualification standards for the PDAO positions in the LGUs; The Commission FURTHER RESOLVES that the LGUs need not secure the approval of the CSC should the foregoing minimum qualification standards be adopted. However, LGUs may set specific or higher standards, in which case, they shall submit to the CSC, for approval, the specific and higher standards, and once approved, they shall be adopted by the CSC as qualification standards in the attestation of their appointments. This Resolution shall be circularized through DSWD, NCDA, DILG, CSC and DBM Joint Memorandum Circular. Copies of this resolution shall be disseminated to all Civil Service Commission Regional and Field Offices. Quezon City. aha mieten Chairperson VACANT Commissioner Attested By: ine &. Tec usw. V Pre B. BONIFACIO h Director IV ‘Commission Secretariat and Liaison Office snesoare.riscin See econcetaresnste