ABSTRACT : This study aims to determine the effects of Competence on Civil Servant Performance at the
ABC Office of the NTT Provincial Government as mediated by Achievement Motivation. The population of this
study were Civil Servants at the ABC Office of the East Nusa Tenggara Provincial Government. The sampling
method is a nonprobability sampling by taking all members of the population into the research sample
(Saturated Sample) so that the number of samples in this study is 54 civil servants. The data analysis method
used is Structural Equation Model-Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS) with the help of SmartPLS 4.0.9.2. The
results showed that directly Competence and Achievement Motivation have a positive and significant effect on
Employee Performance; indirectly Competence has a positive and significant effect on Employee Performance
through Achievement Motivation. To improve and optimize the performance of civil servants at the ABC Office
of the NTT Provincial Government, the ABC Office of the NTT Provincial Government can improve the social
Competence of employees and determine the value standards to be achieved so that employee achievement
motivation is high and the performance of civil servants becomes better and becomes more optimal.
KEYWORDS – Employee Performance, Competence, Achievement Motivation