Office for the Community Sector Publications
The Office for the Community Sector (OCS) has a range of publications for Not-For-Profit (NFP) community organisations available to download:
HR and Recruitment
The basics of recruitment for NFP community organisations (Word 78 KB) or (PDF 1.65 MB) includes information on: how to develop a good position description, what you need to know about advertising the job, how to conduct an interview, how to go about selecting the right person for the job and how to support the new starter.
Community Sector- Workforce Capability Framework Tool Kit (PDF 611 kb) or (Word 254 kb) and the Capability Cards (PDF 543 kb) or (Word 1503 kb)
The tool kit includes a description of the capabilities and personal attributes and how they might be used in performance appraisal, staff development and recruitment and selection.
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These items are also available to purchase at the Victorian Government online bookshop.
Best practice recruitment and selection – a tool kit for the community sector (PDF 1655 kb) or (Word 1503 kb)
This tool kit sets out an end to end process for best practice recruitment and selection. It comprises an overview of the recruitment and selection process, information sheets and templates.
Community Sector- Attracting and retaining staff in rural and regional Victoria (PDF 1.9 MB) or (Word 143 kb)
This guide includes an overview of the rural and regional workforce, strategies for attraction and retention and case studies of regionally based community organisations that have been successful in attracting and retaining staff.
Developing Conflict Resilient Workplaces: A how-to guide for creating more positive workplaces in the Victorian not-for-profit sector (PDF 1.7 MB) or (Word 254 kb)
This guide can be used by NFP organisations to assess the conflict resilience of their organisation and put in place effective processes, values and behaviours to ensure that conflict is addressed at the earliest possible stage, and at the lowest possible level.
Partnerships
Building Relationships Between Philanthropy and Government - Presentation by Lynne Wannan to Philanthropy Australia (PPT 986 kb) or (Word 167 kb)
Community collaboration: The changing context of local government and community sector partnerships (PDF 169 kb) or (Word 365 kb)
This paper, tracks the changing political and social context in which local government has engaged with community groups; and details good practice case studies of such partnerships.
Sharing Strengths: How community organisations can work together to access information and support services (PDF 362 kb) or (Word 91 kb)
This guide examines some of the many ways that not-for-profit community organisations can collaborate to reduce costs and improve efficiencies in their back-of-house services. Drawing upon focus group research in Gippsland and North-West Metropolitan Melbourne, the booklet discusses a series of case studies of organisational partnerships and presents lessons for other organisations looking to work together.
Technology
ICT Improvement Guide (PDF 1.7 MB) or (Word 281 kb)
Using case studies from the community sector, this guide explains how to assess the ICT competency of your organisation and then improve the way technology supports your core business. This guide draws upon six real life examples to demonstrate how some simple steps can help you move towards where you want to be.
Improving ICT Uptake in the Community Sector (PDF 559 kb) or (Word 1.2 MB)
Research and consultation into barriers preventing community organisations from taking full advantage of technology, including proposed strategies to address these barriers.
Useful tools for NFPs
Setting Up a Community-Managed Not-For-Profit Organisation (PDF 525 kb) or (Word 261 kb)
This guide examines the characteristics and strengths of the community-based service model. It looks in detail at how to set up locally-managed community organisations; how to make community organisations more socially inclusive; and community strengthening and social inclusion outcomes that flow from community-managed organisations.
Case Studies
Funds Development for Community Foundations (PDF 301 kb) or (Word 73 kb)
The booklet offers ten case studies of different approaches employed by community foundations across Victoria and elsewhere to developing a corpus.
There When Needed (PDF 1.9 MB) or (Word 95 kb)
During 2009, Victorian community sector organisations dealt with two significant events that placed them under pressures never before experienced – the global financial crisis and the Black Saturday bushfires. There When Needed – includes case studies of the experiences of some of these organisations, the ways they worked alongside the community to cope with these pressures and the lessons they learnt along the way.
Investing in Leadership Development - Leadership Victoria Case Studies (PDF 103 kb) or (Word 1.13 MB)
In 2010 the OCS funded five scholarships for emerging leaders in the community sector to attend Leadership Victoria's leadership program - Igniting Leadership. Leadership Victoria developed a series of case studies demonstrating the impact of these scholarships on the individual participants.
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