As more corporate houses and individuals donate for social causes, money is no longer a big challenge for non-profit groups.
At a meet in Dadar on Saturday where non-profit groups showcased job opportunities in the sector, one of the participants, a funding agency for NGOs got 5 enquiries from aspirants in just the first hour of the programme. Another group which provides facilities for children with developmental disabilities got at least 4.
Shalabh Sahai, director of iVolunteer, a group promoting volunteering service in the social development sector, said that there is a growing interest among people working in the private sector about job opportunities in the non-profit sector. “But they have no clue how to make the switch. Someone who wants to join the private sector knows what to expect there — the educational qualifications, the salaries and the work. But there is no forum to tell them about the challenges they’ll face during the shift from the for-profit organisations to the social sector,” said Sahai.
As more corporate houses and individuals donate for social causes, money is no longer a big challenge for non-profit groups, but finding the right managers and programme implementers is. Deval Sanghvi, CEO of Dasra, a funding group, said, “For the social sector, finding human resource is a bigger problem than finance.”
This is the reason why large non-profit groups are looking for managers and marketing professionals with experience in the private sector. There is already a movement from the private to the social sector. Individuals who want to use their skills to create a greater impact in society are making the shift. A staff member of GiveIndia, a funding agency, said that a majority of staff members joining them are former corporate employees. Groups like iVolunteer are hoping to guide more private sector professionals to social development groups.
Dhaval Udani, a former management consultant who is now the chief executive officer of GiveIndia that directs aid to more than 270 Non-Government Groups, said that when he made the shift to the non-profit sector, the pay cut was significant.
Deepam Rami, head of marketing at iVolunteer worked with a media agency a year ago. She said she had been volunteering for the social sector for some time and had picked up interest in the sector while studying in a Dubai school where students were encouraged to work with children with special educational needs.
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