These project summaries will give you a feel for how we have helped agencies resolve complex issues in order to deliver initiatives and enable organisational change.
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Strategic
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partners
Projects
Commissioning consultancy projects
Successful consultancy projects and new initiatives rely on specific and realistic outcomes being clearly specified in Terms of Reference or other commissioning documents. Where the nature of some assignments mean outcomes cannot be clearly specified at the outset, a different approach is needed. Time pressure and capability gaps can mean a lack of focus at the beginning of external consultancy assignments can lead to sub-optimal outcomes or project failure. Read More
Establishing a framework for negotiating CEAs
Collective Employment Agreements (CEAs) are the single biggest determinant of costs in most departments or government agencies. It is therefore critical that the executive leadership team participates in the decision-making process around pay rates, terms and conditions. Read More
Managing the impact of pay equity claims
Pay equity issues will take a number of years to resolve. Often the challenge in working through claims by female workers seeking pay equity is finding rates for males and females doing the same role that enable a like-for-like comparison. This was the case for our client, and we provided analysis and advice to support the assessment process. Read More
Organisational design
A new Water Services Regulator (Taumata Arowai) was being established to administer and enforce the new drinking water regulatory system, while contributing to improved environmental outcomes from wastewater and stormwater networks. Read More