About this training:
Effective organisational leadership, management, and governance are essential to an organisation’s functioning and sustainability, and this intervention will look at best practices and key factors contributing to these. The governance body, such as a board of directors or trustees, its role and responsibilities will be explored, with relevant guidance given on legal requirements, decision-making processes, conflict resolution, and accountability mechanisms. The ongoing running of the organisation sits with the management team and its composition, members’ skills, and teamwork will also be looked at, including how they impact the organisation’s mission, and what policies and procedures need to be in place to ensure the organisation runs as intended and is accountable to its communities. Already existing policies and procedures, such as financial and human resource policies, and administrative and grants manuals, and operational and strategic plans will be reviewed, and recommendations will be given to address any gaps identified. If there are any key documents that are missing, the experts will help develop friendly and easy to use documents, with collaboration and feedback from the participating organisation, leading to not only a stronger and more transparent organisation, but also ensuring they can meet donor due diligence requirements.
Suitable for: Organisations that seek to review and enhance their governance, managerial, and oversight structures, to maximise the organisation’s effectiveness, and improve its sustainability. This intervention is for organisations from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific regions. Organisations from the latter two regions must be prepared to complete the intervention by the end of July 2024.
About the experts: GrantsHub Services is a majority women-owned and led consulting firm with extensive experience in strategic programming, financial management, and leadership.
Caroline Kariuki has extensive experience and expertise in financial and grant management, strategic and programme management, institutional capacity building, and people management. She has worked as the Director of Finance and Grants at Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa, as the Finance Manager at Oxfam International, and as the Regional Finance and Administrator Manager at HelpAge International. She currently serves as the Country Champion for IFR4NPO Kenya and is also a facilitator with the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya.
Wairu Kinyori-Gugu is a feminist, social justice practitioner, and advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She brings a wide range of experience in human rights, philanthropy, and civil society strengthening, including resource mobilisation, strategy development, policy influencing, and advocacy. She has worked as the Programme Director at Oxfam International in Kenya and currently serves on various boards, including the Center for Rights Education and Awareness.
Mburu Gitu is a human rights lawyer and advocate of the High Court of Kenya with extensive experience in organisational development, strategy and programme design and implementation, MEL and research. He is a former Executive Director of the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa and was previously Secretary of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and senior policy officer at the Netherlands Embassy. He serves on several boards, including Protection International Africa.