Our Aim

To help individuals working and volunteering within the non-profit sector build their skills and competencies. Non-reliant on the more ‘traditional funding sources’, our aim is to continue to be self-funding and sustainable in the long-term.

We are

A non-profit, registered charitable Trust which was developed to provide educational programmes, valuable resources, connections and products to other non-profit organisations. We touch on most aspects of non-profit issues that reflect the day-to-day experiences of our subscribers.

Subscribers

Are individuals working in charities and associations who are looking for information and assistance. Our subscribers range in size from a purely volunteer-driven entity, to those employing many staff - and in location from the Far North to The Bluff. It doesn’t cost anything to subscribe to our service (more).

Together

We regularly communicate and work with government and non-government organizations as well as private-sector business to meet our aims and objectives. We also regularly talk with international agencies and non-profit experts, bringing their expertise to you.

Conference Updates

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US non-profit human resources expert to keynote at June 2012 Human Resources non-profit Conference. Minority Business Leader Award-winner Lisa Brown Morton’s 20 years of experience and expertise working with non-profits include, organizational culture, staffing and recruitment strategies

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Reserve the 19 June 2012 now as a day not to be missed! Click here for more information. 
 

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Right people, right time, right fit

How do you go about making sure that you are getting the right people with the right fit to join your organization when you need them most? By getting a better connection with your organisation’s potential staff and volunteers:

  • Utilise technology to recruit the right talent for the organisation
  • Use the most effective and cost efficient recruitment methods possible
  • Be pro-active about recruiting, instead of reactive

Connect with John Bellamy, HR recruitment specialist for non-profit associations and charities. Attend John’s Masterclass and walk away with valuable tools and insights that you can use straight away:

  • A tested and measured advertising template with an effective structure
  • Uncover the REAL cost of recruitment with a tested and proven Recruitment Cost Calculator
  • Gain clarity around implementing a recruitment strategy for your organisation

Align your organisation’s objectives and values with those staff and volunteers you want to work with.

Listen below to an interview with John Bellamy around how you can make recruitment work for you:


Register here to join John at our upcoming MasterClass workshop series at our non-profit Human Resources conference.


What HR benefits are non-profits really offering?

Some of you may have heard of the Strategic Pay ‘Not for Profit Remuneration Survey’. We recently attended a presentation which overviewed key findings from the 2011 survey that Strategic Pay conducted. It made for very interesting reading – for example some key trends include.

  • there are 97,000 organisations that class themselves as ‘non-profits’ (just over 25,000 are registered charities). 
  • Of these organisations employing staff, the average number of employees is 11
  • Of these organisations they have on average 4 times the number of volunteers for every one employee

STOP PRESS - The 2012 Strategic Pay Not for Profit Remuneration Survey was launched on Friday, 13 April. A total of 277 participants in 2011 made the Strategic Pay Not for Profit Remuneration Survey by far the most authoritative source of information on remuneration for this sector. There is no cost to participating in this survey, and all participants receive a complimentary executive summary, giving key highlights from this year’s Not for Profit Sector Report. If you wish to participate in the survey, but do not currently receive an invitation, please notify Strategic Pay at surveys@strategicpay.co.nz or contact Lauren Papayannes on 09 303 4045 and she will arrange for an email invitation to be sent to you.

  • Substantially more people working flexi-hours
  • Working from home opportunities 
  • Part-time work opportunities

With regards to benefits and pay parity:

  • Remuneration for those employees within for-profit organisations is on average 17.9% more than those working in non-profit organisations
  • Indications are that a large part of this sector are both underpaid and underemployed
  • The majority of those in paid employment received no increase in salary or received less
  • Senior staff received more benefits such as tool of trade vehicle, vehicle allowance etc.
  • A good percentage of senior managers and staff received a car park, phone and laptop – general tools of doing business

As a quote directly from the report:

Budgets are almost universally more constrained, and relationships with governing boards of trustees or directors are often less clearly defined, leading to more complex remuneration-setting processes. In addition, relationships with funders and contractors exert greater influence on the remuneration setting process for these organisations than in any other sector

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Our Partners

Supporting non-profits with unique products and services.

As our Trust does not apply for funding, nor do we charge our subscribers a fee to belong to the Trust, we are totally dependent upon support from our partners. Each of our partners has contributed financially or ‘in-kind’ to making sure we can meet our aims. Each of our partners also has a vested interest in the non-profit sectors , ensuring their products or services meet the unique needs of charities and associations.

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