Department Details

Personnel and Social Services


Core Functions 

  • Human Resources Management
  • Provision of Health and Education Services
  • Provision of Social Amenities 
  • Provision of Sound Corporate Governance
  • Provision of Staff Development 
  • Provision of Charity Grants
  • Formulation and Enforcement of Council Bylaws

Receiving clients/ Responding to Queries (Public relations service)

  • To attend to clients who turn up at the Reception within 5 minutes of arrival
  • To respond to clients’ written enquiries, communication and / complaints within ten (10) working days of receiving such inquiry, communication or complaint

Recruitment and selection of staff

  • To fill key vacant posts within 6 months from date of them falling vacant.

Health Care

  • To attend to clients who turn up at Council Rural Health Centres within 5 minutes of arrival at a health facility

Public health inspection and  service

  • To carry out health inspections of new trading premises within one (1) week of client booking the inspection.
  • To carry out routine health inspections of approved trading premises at least once every month

Facilitate establishment of educational facilities

  • To process applications/ motions for new educational facilities within the district within 3 months of receiving the motion/ application

Facilitate establishment of recreational facilities

  • To process applications/ motions for new recreational facilities within the district within 3 months of receiving the motion/ application

Enforcing national laws and by-laws

  • To enforce Council by-laws and national laws without fear or favour.


Department Staff

Mr Samuel Myambo

Head of Department

Masters in Public Sector Management(Africa University)

Bsc Hons Politics and Administration(UZ)


Ms Irene Boozai

Adminisrattion Officer

Bsc Hons in Administration (UZ)


Mr Christopher Munyau

Environmental Health Officer

Masters in Strategic Management(Chinhoyi University of Science Technology)

Bsc Geography and Environmental Studies(ZOU)

HND Environmental Health(Bulawayo Polytechnic