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Structure
With an operational plan for achieving strategic
goals, and with formal guidelines for staff roles,
financial planning and Board function, ‘structure’
means an organisation can ‘walk the talk’.
When KPMG looked at Jawun’s role in
strengthening organisational capacity, they found
that as a result of the partnership with Jawun:
of organisations reported an uplift in structure
89%
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SOURCE: KPMG (2015),
IMPACT EVALUATION OF JAWUN
, EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY, P. 3.
Nirrumbuk Aboriginal Corporation
When Nirrumbuk Aboriginal Corporation partnered
with Jawun in 2014, it was embarking on exciting
new government and private partnerships for a
range of education, job, housing, health and youth
programs. To support this significant growth and
diversification, several secondees who specialised in
corporate change management worked with staff to
develop an updated strategic plan that could guide
Nirrumbuk’s direction, and that remains the basis for
operations today.
To meet complicated new human resources
requirements, a Qantas legal specialist created a
single, legally compliant HR policies and procedures
manual, consistent templates aligned with awards,
and the conditions for Nirrumbuk to qualify as
a Group Training Organisation. To ensure that
Nirrumbuk could competently deliver, and report
the impact of, a new youth counselling program,
Pinakarra, a Western Australian Government
evaluation specialist developed a performance
measurement framework, including an online data
analysis and reporting program that staff were
trained to use. Further secondees helped develop a
marketing structure, budget, IT platform, and work
health and safety structure.
As well as technical know-how, Nirrumbuk’s
management feels the 30 secondees deployed to
date have brought ‘fresh eyes’ to the organisation’s
structure. Of their earliest support, CEO Joe
Grande said, ‘It requires ongoing monitoring and
development, but the work done by secondees has
really set the foundations for Nirrumbuk to show the
world what we’re all about’.
Today, the capability of Nirrumbuk is evident in its
multisectoral partnerships to support disadvantaged
Kimberley youth, and in its increasing portfolio of
businesses providing real jobs in the local economy.
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