The Forum is governed through a structure, set out in its Constitution and Rules, that ensures every County Public Service Board has a voice while allowing efficient day-to-day management.
| Organ | Composition | Role |
|---|---|---|
| General Meetings | The entire membership of the Boards | The Annual General Meeting is held not later than 31 March each year. It confirms minutes, receives the Chairperson's report, adopts the accounts, holds elections in an election year and appoints auditors. Special General Meetings may be called for a specific purpose. |
| Steering Committee | One representative nominated by each of the 47 County Public Service Boards, striving for gender balance, diversity of professions and representation of chairpersons, vice-chairpersons, board secretaries and ordinary members | Meets once a quarter to receive reports from the Executive Committee on the plans and activities of the Forum. Members serve two years and are eligible for re-election once. |
| Executive Committee | The Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer and six committee members, including a representative of persons with disability | Responsible for the management of the Forum. Meets once every month, runs the Forum's affairs through its committees, and may co-opt any person or institution that would contribute to the Forum's objects. |
| Office Bearers | Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer | The Chairperson is the spokesperson of the Forum; the Secretary handles correspondence, notices, minutes and the members' register; the Treasurer keeps the books of account. Two-year term, eligible for re-election once. |
| Secretariat | Administrative staff of the Forum | Day-to-day administration, communications, records, programme coordination and stakeholder liaison. |
Committees of the Executive Committee
The Executive Committee runs the affairs of the Forum through the following committees, each chaired by a member of the Executive Committee, with members drawn from the Steering Committee:
- Human Resource, Planning and Succession Management Committee
- County Public Service Delivery and Innovation Committee
- Norms and Standards for Management of Human Resources in the Public Service Committee
- County Public Service Transformation Committee
- Competences for the Public Service Committee
- Legal and Welfare Committee
- Audit Committee
Regions
In electing office bearers, the Forum considers regional representation, gender balance, persons with disability, and the Chairpersons' and Secretaries' Caucuses. The nine regions are: Nairobi, Central, Coast, Eastern, North Eastern, Nyanza, North Rift Valley, South Rift Valley and Western.
Elections
All elective positions fall vacant together at the end of the two-year term, and members may serve a maximum of two terms. Board Chairs contest for the Forum Chairperson's position and Board Secretaries/CEOs contest for the Forum Secretary's position; the Vice-Chairperson and Treasurer positions are open to the general membership. Where the Chairperson's position is contested by a man, the Vice-Chairperson's position may only be contested by a woman, and vice versa.