and the Annual Report. 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. 3.4 Responsibilities and Functions of the Directors and the Secretary 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, systems, infrastructure and ways of working to manage the organization, meeting the responsibility to be a “good employer” of the staff; o Manage the organizational finances, human and other resource allocation; These responsibilities and functions are part of the job description of the Secretary who is responsible for: • Providing strategic advice; • Internal and external relationship management; • Resource management. PART FOUR: MANAGEMENT SUPPORT OF COMMISSIONERS’ ENGAGEMENT IN ACTIVITIES 4.1 Strategic Engagement In support of a Commissioner’s responsibility to provide advice, leadership and high level guidance or input into substantive activities, the appropriate Director will hold a briefing meeting with the Commissioner and assigned staff at the beginning of an activity or project to: • Agree and define the task with the Commissioner, including consideration of the substantive issues and of strategic approaches; • Allocate adequate resources and redefine the task if resources are not available; • Ensure that the purpose, content, standards, points of communication and deadlines are clear and that assigned staff fully understand what is required of them. The Director will communicate a written 65 JAMAKON