Finally, the recruitment exam of Tehran municipality/ the story of changing the managers and deputies of the municipality

Fars News Agency, Shahri Group: The elections of the 6th city and village council were held on June 28 last year. This election coincided with the presidential election and the people of Tehran voted decisively for the list of the Islamic Revolution Coalition Council and the activities of 21 people in the list. The activities of the 6th city council in the capital city started almost from the middle of August last year, and their most important priority, which was the election of the mayor, was also carried out.

In their second session, the members of the 6th council elected “Alireza Zakani” as the mayor of Tehran with 18 votes out of 21 votes. After a month, Alireza Zakani’s sentence was announced by the Minister of Interior Dolat Raisi and he officially started his work in Tehran Municipality on 11th of Shahrivar. Now one year has passed since the activity of urban management and during this period urban management has entered in different areas and changes have been formed in the municipality in the form of administrative transformation.

About various issues in the city of Tehran, including recruitment and employment test in the municipality, appointments, budget, finally the status of assistant managers, demands of firefighters and… With Lotfollah Faruzandeh, deputy of planning, human capital development and affairs of Tehran Municipal Council bWe sat down to discuss.

Annual reduction of 6% of the municipal manpower/ good news about the change of the contract status of the volunteers

What is the recruitment situation in Tehran municipality and how many people are working in the municipality?

According to the law and the municipal plan, we are required to reduce the manpower by 6% every year. This year, about 3,500 people have retired or left the group. At present, recruitment is carried out minimally and as needed. On the other hand, based on the resolution announced by the parliament, the conversion of the status of martyrs was considered, and about 4,000 people were converted, and we have plans for another 2,000 people in this direction, and their documents have been received and the investigations are underway. done

Organization of the number of human forces in the municipality

The general policy in Tehran Municipality is now to organize the number of human resources and provide the grounds for people to leave the organization in the form of retired people or people with low performance. In this regard, the plan of organizing human forces has been taken into consideration using the scientific method and investigations have been carried out. For example, if an organization or department needs a city planner or IT experts, or if we need a bus driver, service and fire brigade, we will do it, and priority is given to the existing forces within the municipality. Based on this, 250 people were recruited as drivers in the bus sector.

Therefore, we currently have a shortage of manpower in some areas and a surplus of manpower in some areas. Get a job that suits them more. For example, people who have education related to accounting are employed in the financial sector, and those who are active in the metro sector, are transferred to the transportation sector or so called, their workplaces are moved in order to compensate for the shortages in the field of human resources.

Currently, we have 56,000 official, direct contract, conductors and administrative services, and 3,500 people have retired, and there is no structure for recruitment.

The story of the change of municipal managers and deputies/ changes are minimal and stabilizations in the decisions of managers are maximal

Due to the one-year term of many managers and deputies of Tehran municipality, there have been rumors in the media that a large number of managers and deputies in the municipality are going to change. What is going on?

look! Alireza Zakani, the mayor of Tehran, presented a one-year order for the appointment of these people, and now this one-year period has ended and performance evaluation is underway. Those who perform well will be stabilized and we will have minimal changes, and the mayor of Tehran is more interested in stabilizing managers and deputies, so changes are minimal and stabilizations in managers’ orders are maximal.

Major and big projects in Tehran have been identified, plans have been made and many works have been started. This issue indicates the good performance of the municipal management team and this issue also shows that we will have minimal changes. On the other hand, a transformational approach has been considered in organizations and companies, and now the municipality has become a workshop that works both in infrastructure development and service delivery, and the plans and horizons of the city of Tehran have been determined. The approach of the mayor of Tehran is to make people smarter, participate and create sustainable income for the city, and in all these cases there are examples of the good activities of managers in the past year, so the changes will be minor and the basis is more on the principle of stabilization.

The largest number of recruits in Tehran Municipality is in bus and firefighting, and new replacements must be made for those who retire so that there is no interruption in service delivery.

Good news for housing and firefighter salaries

Firefighters in the capital have had concerns in the field of housing and their rights, where have their demands reached?

Definitely, in the field of housing, these people are a priority. Land identification operations and preparations for construction have been made and, God willing, good news will come true in this direction. In the field of salaries, repairs were made even as much as possible, but because these people are official forces, the increase of a base salary and extraordinary payment was not increased as it should and maybe not increased, and the friends of the employment organization have promised to solve this problem. In the previous government, extraordinary recruitment was given to all municipalities except Tehran, and 12,000 people in Tehran municipality were not paid the accrued rights, and the salaries of these people are low according to their judgment, which is not in our hands to increase, and we have the necessary follow-up from the Employment Affairs Organization. And the government has done it, and God willing, good things will happen in this field as well.

The response of the municipality to all the notices of the municipal council/ approval of 36 municipal bills

Since the beginning of activity of the 6th Council, some members of the council have given notices to city managers, how was the follow-up of these notices?

Let them see! The plans in the municipality are to answer the notices, now whether the municipal council is satisfied with the answer or not is another matter. During this period, 67% of the notices were written and 33% were verbal, and 217 of the council’s approvals were communicated to us, which were about gardens and were carried out by the municipality. Also, 62 bills have been sent from the municipality to the council, 36 of which have been approved so far.

The story of 40 assistant managers who were attracted by a relationship

Finally, where did the status of the assistant managers who were recruited in the former city administration of Tehran Municipality reach?

In the past period, the managers of Tehran municipality had obtained a special permit to recruit assistant managers, and 230 people were recruited to the municipality as part of this issue. We have reviewed the files of all of them, about 40 of whom had entered the municipality through communication, so we normalized the contracts of these people according to their working capacities. The entry of assistant managers was in terms of rank 17 and 18, and we only allowed elites and scientific people to work as assistant managers, and we changed the rest.

Finally, the employment test for recruitment in the municipality

Where did the recruitment test in the municipality go?

If the contract forces in Tehran municipality want to become official, according to the permission of the employment affairs organization, an exam must be held for them, which this organization had given permission to hold an exam for 2100 people, of course, some applicants to enter the municipality as a force from outside the municipality complex and some from the same They were contract forces, and since the exam was supposed to be public, some were worried that contract forces could not become official, so it was suggested that people with 15 years of experience should be considered for them, which a bill is currently under consideration in the parliament. is that the contracted forces in the municipality can have more points in this test.

Improving the state of the transparency/service system in the smart municipality

How far has the smartening and updating of the transparency system gone and what new measures have been taken in this regard?

When we got the transparency system from the former city administration, about 35 items were considered and all of them were closed, so we formed the administrative health committee immediately and it was decided to update the site and the number of items will reach 60 items. 13 processes were also identified to make detailed corrections. Issues such as the issuance of permits, the completion of work, have the most referrals of citizens to the municipality, therefore, Fava organization is looking for people to be able to receive all services in absentia with the least number of referrals. Based on this, the municipal information technology organization has announced to all departments, companies and organizations to strengthen the subject of intelligence. For example, the; Smart transportation, smart irrigation, etc. should be considered and implemented as carefully as possible. Currently, investigations are being carried out by the team of Alireza Zakani, the mayor of Tehran, and God willing, good things will happen in the field of smart building by the end of the year.

Prediction of realization of 96% of the municipal budget

How much of the Tehran municipality budget has been realized this year?

We tried to achieve at least 15% of the budget in the first quarter and 15% for the second quarter in order to achieve 30% of the budget in the first six months of this year, although we are trying to increase this percentage to 40% in the first six months In the second half of the year, we should witness a good horizon, because with the effort and seriousness of the construction in worn-out areas, and the issue of the completion of the work, the Article 100 commission and the use of non-cash capacities have also been taken into consideration, and based on this, God willing, until the end This year, more than 96% of the budget amounting to 50 thousand billion tomans will be realized.

There is no problem in paying salaries/ 57% increase in employee salaries

How is the salary payment situation in Tehran municipality?

Fortunately, there is no problem in paying salaries. With the timely actions of the Economic and Financial Vice-Chancellor of Tehran Municipality and the formation of a single treasury, salaries are currently being paid, and this year, except for the 12,000 official employees of the municipality, their salaries have increased by 57%. The salary payment situation is good and urban projects have also started, and God willing, we will have very positive events in the field of project realization by the end of the year.

Increasing service delivery in Tehran municipality

How do you evaluate the state of providing services to citizens in the city and what plans do you have in this regard?

Our effort is to be able to increase service delivery in Tehran Municipality. From cleaning to issuance of building permit and completion of work, major developments are underway and with the cooperation of Administrative Transformation Center and Fawa organization, quick and easy service is done to the people. 13 important bottlenecks have been identified in the municipality, and the complete electronicization of services will be 100% effective in solving these bottlenecks, and we plan to inform the municipality about their rights in addition to these issues. On the other hand, the 137 system has changed and people’s trust in the municipality has increased. Their criticisms, suggestions and problems will be solved in the least time, and we hope that with the formation of a smart city, people will be able to receive more and more convenient services and the level of supervision of the city’s services will increase.

The city of Tehran with this size should definitely be smart and the people should have a role in its management and a stable income should be created for the municipality. The preservation and maintenance of the city requires about 25 thousand billion tomans annually, and the stable income of the municipality is effective in realizing this issue.

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