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Addressing Staff Retention in the Horn of Africa
PDF 784kb | Published in March 2010
This report presents the key findings and conclusions from the People In Aid and Emergency Capacity Building Project (ECB) Horn of Africa Consortium Project ‘Addressing Retention In The Horn of Africa Project’. The report is intended for I/NGO senior and programme managers in the Horn of Africa. The report includes: Project Background, Project Approach, Key Findings On Retention, Practical Findings For Improving Retention, Project Conclusions, and Recommendations For Future Research.
Summary of Key Learnings
The following are the key learnings from all three stages of the Project. Readers will learn that:
- some turnover is unavoidable. Although much can be done to reduce the attraction of other competing organisations and the impact of operational realities on staff.
- in East Africa much turnover has been initiated by the employer. There are examples of good practice to apply that could improve retention before and after change processes.
- there are many options available to the organisation to improve retention of today’s humanitarian professional. These include talent development, employee engagement, good management and workforce planning.
- responsibility for employee engagement and retention lies with line managers, with HR able to provide support.
Read more about our work in the Horn of Africa and how the assessment came about.
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