People, HR and Employment

NCVO’s Workforce Development team provides advice and support to voluntary and community organisations to enable them to recruit, retain and develop their workforce.

Our work covers the following areas:

• HR and Employment Practice - Advice and support
• Working For A Charity – promoting the sector as a career

We also provide information and signposting to information about research into the voluntary sector workforce, learning and skills development and equality and diversity in the workplace.

If you would like to receive our monthly Workforce Development e-briefing, which contains the latest news and developments around all of the above, please email Kelly Ventress.

NCVO Workforce Development was previously known as the UK Workforce Hub. Many of the useful resources and guides produced by the hub are available within these pages. To find out more about these resources, you can download People and Skills - Workforce development in the third sector (.pdf, 1.23Mb).

HR and Employment Practice resources available include:

• Information about our upcoming training and events, including our HR Masterclass, running again in March due to popular demand.
• Everything you need to know to conduct a Training Needs Analysis using our step-by-step guide and templates
• Free sample HR policies and job descriptions via ‘HR Bank’
• ‘How To’ Guides on a variety of topics, including conducting a 360 degree appraisal and avoiding redundancies in a recession
• Case studies from voluntary and community organisations, discussing a variety of employment practice issues. Find out how to share your experiences by donating a case study of your own.
• Join our Employment Practice Network, and share your queries and knowledge and network with over 1200 other HR and learning & skills professionals from across the sector

Employment Practice Network

Our network is an excellent way to share queries, advice and knowledge with other members.

To join the Employment Practice Network, email the Network with ‘join’ in the subject field together with your organisation name and job title.

Access the Employment Practice Network’s online group and discussions here.

To view our free network events, visit the HR training and events pages.

Working For A Charity

Are you new to the voluntary sector, or do you know someone who is?

Do you know someone who is interested in transferring their skills to the voluntary sector from elsewhere?

Working For A Charity run a series of training courses aimed at those who are either new to the sector or considering a move into it.

The website also contains a wealth of information about the sector and where to look for work, alongside an online skills profile tool to enable users to match the skills they have to real jobs in the voluntary sector.

Find out more about Working For A Charity.