Trends in NGO Recruitment

Rob Hayter

Director, TPP Recruitment

Key trends affecting recruitment

1. Changes in funding

2. More NGOs moving towards unified salary structure

3. Shift in focus from North to South

Digital Skills

• Digital now vital for fundraising, comms, M&E

• Digital now being brought in-house

• Huge skills shortage in sector especially at leadership level

Communications

• Increased focus on local operations and funding

• Potential rise in opportunities for Communications managers

• Particularly important to increase social media communication in local languages

Younger Demographics

• NGOs increasingly interested in hiring people who are:

– More digitally literate

– Able to engage younger supporters

Changing role of the Programmes Director

• Less focussed purely on output

• Much closer to fundraising & finance depts

• More interaction with corporate sector

• Project management, less programme delivery

Monitoring & Evaluation

• Huge growth area

• Funding is more dependent on outcomes

• Everyone needs evaluation skills!

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TPP Recruitment @TPPNotforProfit

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