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ALNAP2 December 2004
Jonathan Potter
Executive Director
People In Aid
www.peopleinaid.org
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H?llo, Nationally-recruited staff
• Hello,
• Hullo or
• Hollo?
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Hullo!
“Indeed, a significant number of the agencies consulted within this study do not appear to have basic statistics concerning their ‘local’ staff, let alone a database of their names, details, skills etc – the basics for an HR management system.”
Understanding HR in the humanitarian sector, People In Aid 2003.
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Nationally-recruited staff: numbers
- 1997: 53% of 63,900 were ‘indigenous country staff’
- People In Aid survey ‘03: 89% of total staff are NRS
- EPN ‘04: Average of 86%
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Nationally-recruited staff: why do they work for INGOs?
• Kudos 7.5
• Pay 7.45
• Help the Community 7.45
• Career opportunities 6.77
• Values 6.41
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Issue: equity
• ‘Equity (fairness) is not the same as equality but is applying the same values to different situations’.
• Contextualisation.
Security, inductions, benefits, selection......
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The People In Aid Code says:
• “Indeed, growing concern over the status of host country staff means that there is now only one Code indicator where a distinction between international and host country staff can even be implied – though it is understood that different cultural and legal backgrounds will affect groups of staff in different ways.” People In Aid Code 2003
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Issue: management
• ‘Rigorous performance appraisal, linked to career development, is vital if NRS are to be managed equitably’
• HR or line: who is responsible?
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Issue: learning and development
- Average of 3% of international staff used to be NRS
- Average of 35% of NRS are on short-term contracts (EPN).
Obstacles:- Data- Short contracts- Restricted funding
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Hello, People In Aid!
• Impact of contract length• Performance management
- individual, team, at a distance• Induction: handovers/briefing• Mentoring and coaching• Basic line management skills
Cross-cutting themes:• NRS• Cross-cultural issues