Streamlinng the Position Strucutres of Municipalities

The Directorate General for Management Development (GDMD) at the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has taken several initiatives to strengthen municipal management, build capacity and improve human resources systems. One of those key initiatives of GDMD was to streamline the organization and position structures of various functions of municipal work.

The objective of the study of Streamlining the Position Structure of Municipal Work was to update and modernize the framework for designing, classifying and specifying jobs for various municipal functions, in order to have a better fit with work load, new technologies, management tools and emerging future directions. Specific objectives include:

• Review current position structures by function of municipal work and develop appropriate position structures for each category of amanat and municipalities, defining job titles, grades, appropriate number of employees for technical and administrative positions within a balanced structure in accordance with functional analysis of municipal activities.
• Prepare job planning / classification guides to help improve efficiency of the work force as to qualifications, experience, and training needed to perform each municipal job.
• Prepare a work plan to develop human resources to optimize performance.
• Design the tools and controls that streamline applications for changing, upgrading, modification and transfer of jobs to support balancing the position structures.