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Municipal Human Resource Management and Staff Establishment Planning

This course equips local government HR practitioners to build and maintain a realistic, affordable staff establishment aligned to the Integrated Development Plan and the organisational structure approved by council. Participants learn to size posts against service delivery mandates, control the wage bill, and manage recruitment, placement and job evaluation within municipal staff regulations. The programme draws on common African municipal realities such as bloated structures, acting appointments and vacancy backlogs.

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What you will be able to do

  • Align the staff establishment with the organisational structure, IDP priorities and the approved budget.
  • Calculate the personnel budget and monitor the wage bill against affordability benchmarks.
  • Apply job evaluation and grading to place posts consistently and defensibly.
  • Manage recruitment, selection and placement in line with municipal staff regulations.
  • Control acting appointments, secondments and vacancy backlogs that distort the establishment.
  • Design workforce plans that anticipate retirements, scarce skills and succession needs.

Course outline

  1. 01Legislative Framework for Municipal Staffing
  2. 02Organisational Structure and the Staff Establishment
  3. 03Personnel Budgeting and Wage Bill Control
  4. 04Job Evaluation and Grading Systems
  5. 05Recruitment, Selection and Placement
  6. 06Managing Acting Appointments and Secondments
  7. 07Workforce and Succession Planning
  8. 08Monitoring, Reporting and Establishment Reviews

Who should attend

Municipal HR managers, corporate services officials, organisational design practitioners and line managers responsible for staffing decisions in local government.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 30 Sep 2026Accra3US$1,500Closed
29 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
30 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
5 to 7 Oct 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
6 to 8 Oct 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Oct 2026Online3US$900Register
3 to 5 Nov 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
4 to 6 Nov 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Durban3R13,000Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
1 to 3 Dec 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Dec 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Dec 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
8 to 10 Dec 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Dec 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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Next session
5 to 9 Oct 2026
Venue
Lagos
5 day programme
FromR18,000
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