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- Working for CERA: Qualities and experience required
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- This case study outlines the personal qualities needed to work in a disaster recovery organisation. It also includes important skills and experience that the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority looked for when recruiting its staff.
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- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Human Resources, Setting Up a Recovery Agency
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- Community resilience
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Ch.3: Understanding Social Recovery report
This chapter discusses CERA's Community Resilience Programme which led and coordinated the psychosocial system of services and supports across a number of partner agencies. The programme enabled communities to continue to lead their own recovery and promoted effective community engagement. This chapter outlines these activities. The key lessons discussed will help you strategize and implement similar activities in your recovery context.
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- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Social Recovery Environment, Communication and Community Engagement, Collaboration and Partnership, Community Resilience, Psychosocial Recovery, Social Recovery
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- CERA's organisational structure
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- This report outlines the evolution of CERA's organisational structure from its establishment in April 2011 to its end in April 2016. It identifies key lessons from its lifespan.
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- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Leadership and Governance, Human Resources, Setting Up a Recovery Agency
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- Employment relationships
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- This guide provides an outline of the employment arrangements used to meet CERA's staffing requirements. It presents an analysis of the types of employment relationships and identified lessons.
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- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Human Resources, Setting Up a Recovery Agency
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- Structure and human resources in a recovery agency: Lessons identified
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- This summary provides key lessons identified from CERA's structure and human resources function. It includes lessons for setting up a recovery agency including key appointments, organisational structure and processes, recruitment and retention, finding facilities, and health and safety.
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- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Human Resources, Setting Up a Recovery Agency
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- Offsite health and safety
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- This case study looks at CERA's offsite health and safety responsibilities. It discusses the risks of working inside and around earthquake-damaged buildings and demolishing residential red zone properties. It also identifies key lessons from CERA's health and safety programme.
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- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Built Environment, Demolitions and Operations, Human Resources
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- Staff induction at CERA
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- This case study outlines the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority staff induction process and identifies lessons for future organisations operating in recovery.
- Creator(s)
- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
- Tags
- Human Resources, Setting Up a Recovery Agency
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- Social and cultural outcomes
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Ch.2: Understanding Social Recovery report
This chapter discusses the social recovery monitoring work undertaken by CERA, including the Canterbury Wellbeing Index which it developed to monitor social recovery indicators across 28 agencies. It also describes the development of new survey methods such as the CERA Wellbeing Survey and the Youth Wellbeing Survey to collect self-reported wellbeing data from residents over time.
- Creator(s)
- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Social Recovery Environment, Understanding the Recovery Context, Collaboration and Partnership, Community Engagement, Psychosocial Recovery, Social Recovery
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- Organisation wellbeing programme
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- This guide outlines the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's wellbeing programme and key wellbeing initiatives it provided to staff.
- Creator(s)
- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
- Tags
- Human Resources, Setting Up a Recovery Agency
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- Residential red zone insured properties Agreement for Sale and Purchase, option 1
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In response to the extensive land and infrastructure damage caused by the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes, the Crown made a voluntary offer to owners of insured residential properties in the residential red zone.
Property owners had two options to choose from if they wanted to sell their property to the Crown. Option 1 was an offer to purchase the property. This document is a sample copy of the Agreement for Sale and Purchase of Real Estate, option 1.
- Creator(s)
- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Understanding the Recovery Context, Recovery Policy, Residential Red Zone
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- The social recovery portfolio
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Ch.1: Understanding Social Recovery report
This chapter discusses social recovery leadership from within a central government agency based in the disaster affected region. It gives an overview of the psychosocial recovery framework, key leadership skills, and core values. This chapter will help you understand recovery leadership as a challenge and opportunity, and consider the skills and value necessary to lead your recovery.
- Creator(s)
- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Social Recovery Environment, Leadership and Governance, Community Engagement, Psychosocial Recovery, Social Recovery
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- Coordinating other recovery work
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CERAs 'support programmes' function monitored, supported and coordinated the development of recovery programmes led by other organisations. Several groups within CERA were given responsibility for these programmes.
This report discusses CERAs approach, outlines lessons identified, and gives advice for another disaster recovery effort in the future. This report sits alongside a brief overview of the key lessons identified in this area.
- Creator(s)
- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Leadership and Governance, Collaboration and Partnership, Recovery Policy, Recovery Strategy for Greater Christchurch
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- Contracting during disaster recovery
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- Contracting was essential during recovery from the Canterbury earthquakes. Thousands of contracts were drawn up and signed throughout the life of CERA - for employment, purchasing services and organising demolition and construction. Lessons have been identified for future disaster recovery including the challenges of government procurement rules when timeliness is crucial, having appropriate contract management software and ensuring there are specialist staff for specialist contracts.
- Creator(s)
- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Human Resources, Legal
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- Legal work during disaster recovery
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- CERA's Legal team worked on a variety of matters that went far beyond government business as usual. Knowing the CER Act, having solid processes and systems in place and ensuring staff had full training on any delegated powers were crucial. Training on managing contracts and any relevant legislation was also important.
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- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Legal, Setting Up a Recovery Agency
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- Lessons identified from coordinating other recovery work
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- This resource outlines key lessons from CERA's experience of supporting and coordinating recovery work led by external agencies and organisations.
- Creator(s)
- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Leadership and Governance, Collaboration and Partnership, Recovery Policy, Recovery Strategy for Greater Christchurch
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- Adapting legislation to meet recovery needs
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- This report looks at the use of Orders in Council during earthquake recovery. It outlines the process used under the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011 to allow immediate removal of rubble left by the earthquakes and added to by the demolition of damaged buildings, the relaxation of time limits in tax legislation, and the exemption of road user charges for sucker trucks working in Christchurch.
- Creator(s)
- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Legal
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- List of Orders in Council
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- This list documents all Orders in Council from September 2010 to October 2015.
- Creator(s)
- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Legal
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- CERA's Horizontal Infrastructure Programme: Financial management and guidelines for future recovery practitioners
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- The horizontal infrastructure rebuild was one of the most risk-prone recovery programmes in the Christchurch recovery effort. The following guidelines, which can be read alongside Disaster recovery: Guidelines for finance managers, are based on the reflections of CERA's horizontal infrastructure staff and may apply to future high-cost, high-risk recovery programmes.
- Creator(s)
- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Built Environment, Resource Allocation, Finance, Horizontal Infrastructure
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- Contracting in disaster recovery checklist
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- This checklist should assist in the effective set up and tracking of contracts for both individuals and companies. When formatted correctly, contracts managed in a spreadsheet can be directly transferred into a contract management system.
- Creator(s)
- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
- Tags
- Human Resources, Legal, Setting Up a Recovery Agency
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- CERA's horizontal infrastructure programme: An introductory overview
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Greater Christchurch's horizontal infrastructure (freshwater, stormwater and wastewater pipes, and roading assets) suffered significant damage after the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.
This document provides an overview of the horizontal infrastructure rebuild in Christchurch and the role of CERA therein.
- Creator(s)
- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
- Tags
- Built Environment, Collaboration and Partnership, Horizontal Infrastructure