The Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia is a ministry in the Indonesian government in charge of transportation affairs. As a ministry, of course, there is a lot of work that must be completed such as formulating and determining policies, managing goods, supervising the implementation of tasks to technical activities on a national scale. This is certainly not easy and requires a leader with certain competencies to ensure all the functions and duties of the ministry run as they should. 

In addition to ministers who are leaders of the ministry, the Position of Associate High Leader (JPT Madya) is also known which includes the positions of secretary-general, director general, inspector general, to the agency, expert staff of ministers, and other positions equivalent to the first echelon. The main function of jpt madya is to lead and motivate each State Civil Apparatus (ASN) to carry out its duties and functions as well as possible in order to achieve the goals of the Ministry. 

The filling or selection of JPT Madya is carried out openly and competitively among ASNs, of course, by considering eligibility related to the requirements for competence, rank, education, training, professional track record, as well as integrity and other requirements that have been predetermined in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations. This selection process usually involves other parties to conduct testing or evaluation. As done by the Ministry of Transportation in 2021. The Ministry of Transportation collaborated with ACI "Assessment Center Indonesia" to map the potential and competence of prospective JPT Madya stakeholders. 

ACI or Assessment Center Indonesia is an independent unit owned by Telkom Indonesia which since 1990 has implemented an Assessment Center which is one of the methods to evaluate personnel with attributes or abilities relevant to organizational effectiveness. Assessment Center is still considered the most precise and objective method today. 

Competencies that Must Be Possessed by Prospective Intermediate JPT Stakeholders

In the process of evaluating an employee to occupy a certain position, competence can be said to be the main benchmark. Competence itself, can be interpreted as the ability needed to do or carry out work based on knowledge, skills and work attitudes. When evaluating with the Assessment Center method, the first thing to do is to determine what competencies are needed for the position or become a success criterion. This is important because the competencies required for each position are different because they are adjusted to their duties and functions. 

The task of ACI is to conduct an evaluation to ensure that each candidate has these competencies or not through a series of simulations and tests that are part of the Assessment Center. 

How ACI Helps the Mapping Process and Competence of JPT Associate Ministry of Transportation

After analyzing what competencies an Associate JPT should have, ACI prepared the most suitable evaluation method to be used in the implementation of the Assessment Center process. There are four simulations prepared by ACI that must be passed by every intermediate JPT candidate, namely: 

• LGD Assigned

This simulation is a group simulation where each group will get the same problem but each group member is given a different role. It is expected that in the discussion process carried out each member of the group will perform according to their role and get solutions to the problems given. Of course, there is a time limit for this simulation. 

• Subordinate Interaction

In this simulation, everyone will get different problems or problems related to subordinates and are asked to provide solutions within the predetermined time limits. This simulation is private or one participant for each session without involving other participants. 

• Problem Analysis

As the name suggests, in this simulation participants will be given problems and asked to review them and then provide recommendations related to the problem. Just like the previous simulation, this simulation is also carried out within a time limit and without involving other participants. 

• Behavior-Based Interview

This time the participants will be interviewed by the assessor within a time limit. These interviews were conducted to find out more about the candidates. The goal, of course, is to profiling each participant to assess the candidate's suitability with the intended position.

After conducting the Assessment Center, the ACI task is not completed just like that. As a service provider, ACI will map the results of the assessment and personality traits that have been carried out. To provide more precise and objective results, each process is not only carried out by one assessor but several assessors simultaneously. 

ACI will also provide feedback to each jpt candidate of the Ministry of Transportation. This feedback is a competency development program carried out by conveying and discussing the results of the assessment that has been carried out. It aims for candidates to improve their competence and encourage optimal personal growth.

At the end of the program, the Ministry of Transportation received a comprehensive report in the form of complete data on the results of the Assessment Center from each candidate with recommendations based on predetermined competencies. The report provided by ACI is used by the Ministry of Transportation as a consideration for choosing an Intermediate JPT in 2021.