Catalogue description Department of the Environment and predecessors: Directorate of Personnel, Manpower and Training: Registered Files (PMT Series)

In 1970 when the Department of the Environment (DOE) was established it inherited establishments, management and organisation divisions and directorates and their functions from each of its three predecessor departments (the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, the Ministry of Public Building and Works, and the Ministry of Transport).

By 1971, these were amalgamated into a unified structure, and the Directorate of Personnel Management was created. This continued until 1973 when the Directorate of Personnel, Manpower and Training was established, taking responsibility for duties previously undertaken by the Directorate of Manpower Resources and the Directorate of Personnel Management.

This Directorate of Personnel, Manpower and Training was responsible for personnel management, staff complementing, office services and training. It was organised on the basis of five divisions, a structure which was largely retained for the following decade.

• The Personnel Management (Administration Group) Division, previously Establishments Personnel Division 1, was responsible for the management of administrative, executive and clerical grades, their recruitment, superannuation and conditions of service, staff appraisal and career development.
• The Professional Group had similar duties but with regard to professional, technology and scientific grades.
• The Training Division dealt with issues such as technical studies, recruitment and training.
• The Manpower Division dealt with staff complementing, inspection and manpower forecasts.
• The Office Services and General Division had responsibility for issues such as security, departmental records and accommodation services.

In 1974 the Welfare Division was also included within the Directorate.

In 1976, following the creation of a new and separate Department of Transport, the Directorate of Personnel, Management and Training was one of the groups which provided a common service to both Departments, being replaced by the Directorate of Personnel, Management and Training. This was very similar in structure to its predecessor except that the Manpower Division was transferred to the newly established Directorate of Manpower and Management Services.

In 1982 a Personnel Management (Privatisation) Division was incorporated into the new Directorate. This Division dealt with staff in areas to be hived-off or privatised, the implications of privatisation and also inward and outward secondments.

In 1984 there was extensive reorganisation due to the need to provide the common service to both the DOE and the Department of Transport. The Welfare and Office Services Divisions remained as they had done previously; the Personnel Management Divisions, however, were replaced by Environment, Transport, Central Policy (dealing with issues such as recruitment, pay and subsistence) and Staff Training Divisions.

In 1989 the system of common services was abolished and separate directorates for each department were established. As a result, the Directorate of Personnel, Management and Training was replaced by a simplified Directorate of Personnel Management, and the office services function became part of the Directorate of Administrative Resources.