Workforce Strategies for the Nonprofit Sector
Overview
This project is designed to:
- Transfer evidence-based knowledge about the key characteristics of the nonprofit sector’s workforce and its HR challenges, by region and province
- Convene and engage umbrella organizations and other stakeholders to work collaboratively on HR issues at the provincial and regional levels
- Create and disseminate a practical guide for the development of place-based workforce strategies
Key activities
Convening of provincial forums
The project aimed to raise awareness about labour force issues in the nonprofit sector through the co-hosting of five provincial forums. The forums were designed to share national labour force information drawn from the HR Council’s Labour Force Study; to identify key issues particular to a province and to build on work currently underway in each jurisdiction. The forums were held in Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John’s), New Brunswick (Moncton), Manitoba (Winnipeg), Alberta (Edmonton) and British Columbia (Vancouver).
Each provincial forum generated its own proceedings report:
| Newfoundland & Labrador forum |
| New Brunswick forum |
| Manitoba forum |
| Alberta forum |
| British Columbia forum |
In addition, the HR Council has prepared a Synthesis Report that brings together findings and key themes from the five provincial forums:
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The publication of Developing a Non-profit Workforce Strategy: The Alberta Story
This publication captures and reflects on the process and outcomes that led to the creation of A Workforce Strategy for Alberta’s Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector. It documents the evolution of the workforce strategy development process and identifies what worked well, what could have been done differently and highlights essential components of a successful outcome.
A case study methodology was used to document Alberta’s experience. The intent was to build a guide to assist other provinces and territories that are developing their own workforce strategies. Information contained in the report was generated primarily through interviews with 15 key sector and government stakeholders who participated in and/or were otherwise instrumental in developing the workforce strategy.
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A Labour Force Strategy Guide
This guide has been designed to help nonprofit networks and umbrella organizations build their capacity to develop and implement their own labour force strategies by describing what labour force strategies look like, how they are developed, what they can include and how they can be developed. The primary audience for the guide includes networks and umbrella organizations engaged in a collaborative process of exploration, planning and action; however, single organizations engaged in their own workforce planning will find helpful resources in the guide.
The Labour Force Strategy Guide can be used in a number of different ways — it can be used to inform and educate board members, guide staff or a collaborative group through a planning process, review best practices, find tools and resources and increase our collective understanding of the elements of a successful labour force strategy. Most of the case studies and tools are Canadian, although the consultants also drew from the United States and international best practices.
The guide will be available on hrcouncil.ca in early 2010.
For more information
For more information about this project please contact:
Michelle Jondreau
Communications Coordinator
613.244.8332 (extension 227)
mjondreau@hrcouncil.ca
