People, HR and employment

This section contains practical information and resources to support voluntary and community organisations to become better employers.

Our HR and employment practice resources include:

• HRBank: A collection of free sample policies and job descriptions, donated by voluntary and community organisations. These are available for you to download and tailor to your own needs.
• HR 'How to' Guides on a variety of topics, including conducting a 360 degree appraisal and avoiding redundancies in a recession.
• Case studies from a wide range of voluntary and community organisations, discussing a variety of employment practice issues so you can learn from the experiences of others.
• Training Needs Analysis: a complete step by step guide to understanding the training needs of your organisation.
• Good Guide to Employment templates and factsheets to help you with the development of policies, job descriptions and good diversity practice. Based on our popular publication the Good Guide to Employment.
• Workforce Wheel: This is an outcomes tool which aims to help organisations understand where they want to get to as they grow into their into their full potential.
• Voluntary sector workforce: facts and figures.

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NCVO sends a range of tailored email newsletters including one dedicated to keeping you up to date on the latest developments around HR, employment practice and working in the voluntary sector.

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Are you starting out in the voluntary sector or know someone who is interested in transferring their skills to the voluntary sector from elsewhere?

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Our research on the voluntary sector workforce

At NCVO one of our key research areas is measuring the size and scope of the voluntary sector's paid workforce, and how skills levels vary.

Find out more about our research on the voluntary sector workforce.

NCVO member benefits

NCVO has teamed up with LawWorks to provide our members with an exclusive package of legal services and information. Including

• Legal quick-query surgery - Submit a general legal question about employment, data protection, intellectual property or company law and get an email response from a volunteer lawyer.
• Legal assistance for small organisations with an annual turnover of under £500,000 - Get advice from a network of volunteer lawyers on a wide range of legal issues.
• Apply for help from a volunteer lawyer - Request assistance from a lawyer on a short, fixed project or a specific piece of legal advice.
• Free NCVO Members Quick Guide to Getting Legal Support.

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