Organisational structure and job design review
Roles have grown organically and nobody is quite sure who is responsible for what — there is duplication, blind spots, and constant confusion about accountability.
What you'll achieve
A clear, purposeful organisational structure with well-defined roles that support collaboration, accountability, and sustainable workloads.
How a Nonprofit Builder consultant helps
- Map your current structure, facilitate a leadership discussion on design principles, and produce revised role profiles and an updated organogram.
Key deliverables
- Current state analysis, proposed organisational structure, revised job descriptions, accountability matrix, change communication guide.
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Human Resources (HR) Toolkit for Small and Medium Nonprofit Actors
A 32-page toolkit for small and medium nonprofit, humanitarian and development organisations that want a formal system for managing people. It offers guidance, tips and checklists for writing or strengthening HR policies, plus a set of questions to review an existing HR framework, find gaps and set priority actions. It is written for HR staff, programme and operations teams, and finance and admin managers who handle basic HR.
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Awake to Woke to Work
A publication from Equity in the Center, developed with more than 120 DEI and race equity practitioners, on building a race equity culture inside an organisation. It sets out the Race Equity Cycle, a set of stages from awake to woke to work, and the organisational levers that move an organisation through them. It gives tactics and practices for shifting culture. Free companion tools include an action plan form, a glossary and a pulse check.
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