동문이 뛴다 | 조현진 해경 국장(Pukyong people are running | Jo hyeon-jin, the Director General of the Korean Coast Guard) | |||
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동문이 뛴다 | 조현진 해경 국장(Pukyong people are running | Jo hyeon-jin, the Director General of the Korean Coast Guard) | |||||
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△ 조현진 국장. 부경대학교 조현진 동문이 해양경찰청 창설 이후 최초로 여성 고위공무원으로 발탁됐다.
조 동문은 부경대 해양학과 90학번으로 2004년 환경사무관으로 해양경찰에 첫발을 내디딘 공무원이다.
해양경찰청(청장 김홍희)에 따르면 조현진 부이사관(49세)이 15일 자로 해양오염방제국장에 고위공무원으로 승진 임용됐다.
해양오염방제국장은 우리나라 해양오염방제 정책을 총괄하는 자리다.
조현진 부이사관의 고위공무원 승진에 대해 해양경찰청은 “53년 창설 이후, 최초로 첫 여성 고위공무원 배출.”이라고 의미를 부여했다.
조 신임 국장은 1971년 부산 출신으로 부경대 해양학과를 졸업하고 2004년 해양경찰 환경사무관으로 공직을 시작했다.
이후 2012년 서기관으로 승진, 제주지방해양경찰청과 남해지방해양경찰청 해양오염방제과장을 거쳐 2019년 4월 부이사관으로 승진해 첫 여성 해양경찰청 방제기획과장으로 근무해왔다.
해양경찰청은 “(조 신임 국장은) 일본 나가사키대학교(해양과학박사) 유학, 국제해사기구(IMO) 근무 등 해양오염방제 분야 전반에 대한 전문성과 실무경험을 보유하고 대내외적으로 ‘해양오염방제 전문가’ 및 미래 핵심 인재로 평가받고 있다.”고 밝혔다.
조 신임 국장은 이날 “해양오염사고의 경우, 역동적인 바다로 인해 다양한 변수가 상존하여 시기적절한 대응에 어려움이 있다.”고 말하고, “사고예방에 집중하면서, 변화하는 사고유형에 따라 오염피해를 최소화하기 위한 대응능력 향상을 위해 노력하겠다.”고 말했다.
한편 해양경찰청은 “조직 내 여성대표성 제고를 위해 지속적인 여성 충원으로 여성 비율을 확대하고 있다.”면서, “차별 없는 균형인사 조직문화 실현을 위해 조직 구성원의 다양성 확보와 의사결정 영역에서 성별의 균형 있는 참여를 유도하고 있다.”고 강조했다.
해양경찰청 여성공무원 비율(일반직·경찰직 포함)은 2018년 9.5 % → ‘19년 10.3 % → ’20년 10.9 %로 차차 높아지고 있는 추세라고 해양경찰청은 덧붙였다. <부경투데이>
The first female Director General of the Maritime Pollution Response Bureau, since the foundation of the Coast Guard in Korea Jo Hyeon-jin, PKNU Alumna who enrolled Oceanography in 90’, is evaluated as ’a key person of future’ Jo Hyeon-jin, Pukyong National University’s alumni, has been appointed as the first female Senior Executive in general service since the foundation of the Korean Coast Guard. Ms. Jo is a graduate of the Oceanography (Class of 90’) at Pukyong National University, and is a public official who entered the Korean Coast Guard as an environmental officer in 2004. According to the Korea Coast Guard (Commissioner General Kim Hong-hee), Director General Jo Hyeon-jin (age 49) was promoted as a senior executive as the Director General of the Maritime Pollution Response Bureau on the 15th of this month. The head of the Marine Pollution Response Bureau is responsible for overseeing all marine pollution preventive policies in Korea. Regarding Ms. Jo’s promotion to the Director General, the Korea Coast Guard gave the meaning of the ’first female high-ranking officials since its founding in 1953’. Ms. Jo was born in Busan in 1971, graduated from the Department of Oceanography at Pukyong National University, and went into public service in 2004 as an environmental officer of the Korea Coast Guard.
Afterwards, she was promoted to a secretary in 2012, and after serving as the head of the Marine Pollution Response Division of the Jeju Regional Korea Coast Guard and the South Regional Headquarters Korea Coast Guard, she was promoted to a Superintendent General in April 2019 and worked as the first female Director General in Korea Coast Guard’s Response Division.
The Korea Coast Guard said, "Ms. Jo has expertise and practical experience in the overall marine pollution response field, including studying abroad at Nagasaki University (Doctor of Marine Science) in Japan and working at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), she is evaluated as ’marine pollution response expert’ and key person of future internally and externally"
Ms. Jo said, "When it comes to marine pollution accidents, there are constant variables, making it difficult to respond in golden time due to the dynamic sea," she added, "Therefore, while focusing on accident prevention, we will do our best to improve response capabilities to minimize pollution damage according to changing accident types."
Meanwhile, the Korea Coast Guard emphasized, "We are expanding the proportion of women by continuously recruiting women to enhance the female representation within the organization. By doing so, we are encouraging gender equality in the area of decision making and securing diversity of members to realize a balanced human resources’ organization culture without sexual distinction."
The Korea Coast Guard added that the proportion of female public servants (including general and police positions) is increasing gradually to 9.5% in 2018, 10.3% in 2019, and 10.9% in 2020. <Pukyong Today>
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