Perline Scatliffe-Leonard named new Director of W&SD
According to the same NDP source, who has always been accurate, the confirmation to the top post at the department took effect from December 2013.
It was Virgin Islands News Online that firstly and accurately broke the story that Mrs. Scatliff-Leonard was headed to the Water and Sewerage Department in 2012 to act replacing then Acting Director Monoherlad Kerof.
The NDP source said Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool supported the confirmation as he was reportedly impressed with Mrs. Scatliffe-Leonard’s management of the department and her determination to raise revenue.
She makes history-first woman
Mrs. Scatliffe-Leonard who hails from the eastern side of Tortola makes history becoming the first woman to be confirmed to head the Department. The last confirmed Director was the esteemed Julian Willock who later went on to become the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Communications and Works. Mr. Willock was also the first to be named Director of the Water and Sewerage Department under the new title.
Prior to that the post was called Chief Engineer which was last held by Gary Penn who also went on to act as Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Communications and Works, the Ministry under which the Department falls.
Scatliffe-Leonard's Qualifications
With some 24 plus years of service in government Mrs. Perline Scatliffe-Leonard worked her way up through the ranks and also served as a Human Resources Manager in the Ministry of Communications and Works.
She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management from the University of the West Indies.
Many persons welcomed this move of Mrs. Scatliffe-Leonard’s confirmation. The morale in the civil service is at an all-time low because of political victimization, unfair treatment of civil servants, lack of tools to work with and blatant violation of their rights following the 2011 elections, jobs based on politics not merit and officers not receiving their increments. Many cite the long years of acting in posts as a contributor to the low morale.
The post of Water and Sewerage Director is a government job with a salary range of $62,900-$92,150 in Grade 17.
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