• make strategic connections between issues and between activities across the Commission; Directors facilitate contact between Commissioners and staff so that work flows smoothly. At times, Commissioners will undertake these functions or activities through acting alone or with external partners. On other occasions, Commissioners will work alongside Directors and staff on the implementation of activities agreed by the Commission. 3.3 Commissioners’ Responsibilities 3.4 Responsibilities and Functions in Activities of the Directors and the Secretary The governance responsibilities of Commissioners are set out in Part I. However, often it will be necessary for Commissioners to become involved in non-governance activities, such as considering whether to uphold complaints of human rights violations. The involvement of Commissioners in this way adds value to the work of the Commission in bringing the experience and expertise of Commissioners as well as their strategic and tactical thinking and the profile they can bring to an issue or activity. This involvement can be at a strategic level or at an operational level. At the strategic level: • Providing external profile through giving speeches, media interviews and giving presentations/undertaking training of senior target groups; • Steering, writing or contributing to high level reports, policy submissions and documents that are for external consumption; • Leading keynote external events on behalf of the Commission; • Strategic relationship building; • Advising on programme development. At the operational level: • Delivering projects and activities; • Writing or contributing to media releases; • Contributing to the Strategic Plan and the Annual Report. The responsibility of the staff of the Commission and the Directors to whom they are accountable is to implement the decisions of the Commission through carrying out its strategic direction. In this, the Secretary is responsible to the Commission and reports to the Commission on a regular basis. Broadly the responsibilities and functions of the Management Team (Secretary and Directors) are set out below: • The responsibility of the Management Team is to lead and develop staff, manage resources, provide advice to the Commission on the development of the Operational and/or Annual Work Plans and to ensure the strategic implementation of plans; • The functions of the Management Team are to: o Propose strategy and plans to the Commission; o Develop, monitor and manage the delivery of agreed plans, including strategic implementation through agreed approaches; o Lead, motivate and develop the Commission’s staff; o Set and maintain standards o Support Commissioners in the delivery of activities through quality engagement in the substance of the issue and in the management of the task o Develop and implement processes, National Human Rights Commission (JAMAKON) Annual Report 2014 59