Non Profit HR Hub Project

The Non-Profit HR Hub Pilot will bring together Executive Directors to create a shared-service strategy for HR development. The Hubs will work with an HR professional to assess and develop cost effective and sustainable solutions for HR processes, practices, tools and resources within Non Profit organizations throughout the province.

The Hub concept has been piloted in a number of jurisdictions across Canada and the MFNPO is looking for an individual who can develop a pilot project that suits the needs of Manitoba's Non-Profit Sector (MNPS). The Pilot will eventually be rolled out in three regions across the province - Winnipeg, rural/southern and in the north. The Hub model will deliver HR management services, professional development/training in a peer group of 8 to 10 Executive Directors. The pilot will be delivered over the course of one year with a combination of group setting and within individual organizations.

Purpose of Project

The MFNPO is partnering with the Human Resource Management Association of Manitoba (HRMAM) and Industry Workforce Development (IWD) to develop and implement human resource (HR) services for the MNPS.

The Hub Project will bring together Executive Directors, in three regions of the province (Winnipeg, rural and north) to pilot a shared-service strategy for HR development. The Hubs will work with an HR professional to assess and develop cost effective and sustainable solutions for HR processes, practices, tools and resources within Non Profit organizations throughout the province.

Background

The MNFPO has been made aware of the HR issues facing non-profit organizations (employee recruitment and retention, looming retirements, lack of performance management systems, lack of employment policies, legal questions) through numerous contacts with sector organizations. (For further information on the MNFPO’s various initiatives see their website.) The responsibility for HR management tends to fall to the executive director who either has too little time or insufficient expertise to be proactive about HR matters. When a consultant is brought in, there tends to be little capacity-building within the organization so that when the consultant finishes, there is no continuity. Organizations end up dealing with their HR processes reactively rather than proactively.

The HR Hub Working Group was established in December 2010 to plan, implement and evaluate an HR Hub Pilot Project which would see three HR Hubs established within the province (north, rural/south, Winnipeg). The HR Hub concept is described in the HR Council publication Better Together: A Shared HR Services Framework for Non-profit Organizations (www.hrcouncil.ca). The HR Hub is intended to provide both shared access to a senior HR professional as well as a peer learning group. The expectation is that the HR capacity of Executive Directors and organizations will be developed and that there will be a model to allow for ongoing access to an HR professional. In addition to establishing the pilot hubs, the working group has a mandate to establish ongoing funding for the hubs to ensure the sustainability of this shared service model.

Project Specifications

The pilot will be delivered in two phases. The Working Group will be soliciting a consultant to facilitate implementation of the Hub.  The successful candidate will be considered for a contract to deliver both phases of the pilot, the 2nd phase contingent on meeting the deliverables for phase 1 in a timely manner. The two phases will include the following elements:

• Identification of a total of 25 potential participants in 3 centres – Winnipeg, rural and north – locations to be selected by consultant in conjunction with HR Hub Working Group. Potential participants will represent a geographical and cross-sectoral diversity of non-profit organizations within a range of 5 to 20 staff per organization.
• The consultant will establish intake, screening and evaluation tools for the Hub model.
• Under the direction of the HR Hub Working Group the consultant will establish a framework and delivery model for the pilot project.
• Identify, screen and get commitment from 8 to 10 participants in the Winnipeg Hub for a one-year pilot.

• Complete the delivery of the Pilot Hub in Winnipeg
• Work with the HR Hub Working Group to establish two Hubs in rural and northern Manitoba, but not necessarily act as HR consultant in those regions.

Hub delivery will include, but is not limited to the following:

• One year in length
• Regular (monthly) group meetings for networking, sharing and professional development.
• An organizational evaluation process and one-on-one consultation(s) with each participating organization.
• Evaluation of program outcomes/impacts at group and organizational levels.