Subject to the authority of the Minister, the department of Administration is responsible to carry out the following duties:

• administer the Ministry’s financial management system, including budgeting, petty cash management, financial accounting and reporting, and internal and external audits, ensuring that they are consistent with the Public Financial Management law and regulations;
• administer the Ministry’s human resource management system, including recruiting, selecting, training and retention, ensuring that they are consistent with the Civil Service law, policies and regulations;
• administer the Ministry’s procurement of goods, supplies, work and consulting services, ensuring that they are consistent with the law and regulation of Public Procurement and Concessions and Commission;
• manage the Ministry’s general services, such as warehousing and accessing of goods and supplies; transportation and communication; power and water systems; and security and maintenance, ensuring that they are consistent with policies and regulations of General Service Agency;
• perform such other duties that are incidental to being the Deputy Minister for Administration of the Ministry; and
• perform duties that the Minister may from time to time, assign to the Office of  Deputy Minister for Administration.