There are created under the Commission two coordinate divisions, the South Carolina State Employment Service Division created pursuant to Section 41-5-10, and a division to be known as the Unemployment Compensation Division. Each division shall be administered by a full-time salaried director, who shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the Commission. The Commission may appoint, fix the compensation of and prescribe the duties of the directors of said divisions. Such appointments shall be made on a nonpartisan merit basis in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-29-90. The director of each division shall be responsible to the Commission for the administration of his particular division and shall have such powers and authority as may be vested in him by the Commission.