Here are some vital sources of information for anyone with charity HR responsibilities:
Charity BackRoom
Charity BackRoom offers a wide range of affordable back office services including unlimited access to HR and employment law advice by phone and email. The service is provided by a charity working in partnership with a leading law firm.
HR Bank
HRBank is an online resource of job descriptions and HR policies which have been
donated by voluntary and community organisations. They are available to request
and tailor to your own requirements.
Good Guide to Employment Factsheets
NCVO have a number of factsheets
which highlight good employment practice. These
can be a useful guide for those who have HR/personnel roles within small and medium
sized
voluntary organisations and also for organisations who may not have
dedicated HR staff.
HR Case Studies
NCVO have a series of case studies
from voluntary and community organisations, covering
topics such as recruitment and retention, managing redundancies and equality and
diversity.
The Charities HR Network
The Charities HR Network aims to promote improved standards of HR services within national organisations
in the voluntary, charitable and not for profit sector.
It forwards its aims by providing meetings and networking that enables its members
to increase their own knowledge and aid their own development whilst sharing information
with other members.
Voluntary Sector Salaries
Median voluntary sector total earnings by job role, 2009/10
|
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£
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Chief executive
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71,070
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Director
|
67,500
|
|
Senior function head
|
52,839
|
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Function head
|
44,792
|
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Department or section manager
|
37,479
|
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Senior specialist/ professional/ technical staff; administration manager
|
30,900
|
|
Specialist/ professional/ technical staff; administration supervisor
|
23,172
|
|
Junior professional/ technical staff; senior care staff
|
18,871
|
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Trainee professional/ technical staff; administrative assistant
|
15,291
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Trainee non-professional staff; office services
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13,661
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Source: XpertHR, 2009
This is taken from The UK Civil Society Almanac 2010: Workforce . You can
download a full copy of the report
here .