Working with Charities Russam GMS has been successfully introducing interim executives to Charities since our founding some twenty years ago. We have an expertise in this area. With mounting pressures on reserves, growing competition on funding and an ever-increasing range of needs to be met, Charities are facing hard choices. The need to reconcile commercial competition and business disciplines with the charitable ethos and traditions of the organisation and of those who work in charities makes the strategic use of interims particularly effective and attractive to Trustees.
* Managing special or one-off projects.
* Bridging the gap in senior management vacancies.
* Testing senior vacancies with someone from outside the sector: hedging the risk.
* Persuading Interim executives to go permanent or part-time.
* Bringing in new skills or technology - short bursts of over-resourcing.
* Developing and implementing new business processes.
* Teaching and mentoring managers new to the charity sector
These are just some of the challenges now confronting busy Charity heads. Interim executives from Russam GMS can help. These are some of the assignments we have handled: -
* An FD for a national charity to fill the gap before the permanent recruit arrived
* A top Sales Director from the retail sector brought in to manage a large fundraising department.
* An HR Manager to handle a major reorganisation including a significant element of subsequent mentoring.
* A General Manager with manufacturing expertise to turn round a subsidiary enterprise.
* An IT Manager to install a new accounting and business control system.
* A Marketing Manager to work with the CEO in developing marketing and business strategies.
Why choose Russam GMS?
* We have demonstrated our commitment of the sector by teaming up with Stephen Brooker and Mike Whitlam (who have 50 year's sector experience between them)
* We visit you to ensure that we fully understand your needs.
* We understand Charities - their differences and the features they have in common.
* We contribute to the brief.
* We understand the charitable ethos.
* We can find professionals with skills and business backgrounds from outside the Charity sector who can integrate and operate successfully.
* We find people with the right balance of managerial skills, technical know how and interpersonal skills - so vital in the changing world of Charities.
* We keep in touch during an assignment.
* Our Terms of Business are flexible to meet particular needs.
* We have executives on our database with substantial experience within the Charity sector.
* Mike Whitlam and Stephen Brooker are available for coaching and mentoring on either a long term basis or to meet specific needs
Please contact -
Stephen Brooker, Chairman - Charity Practice, to discuss, without any obligation, current issues or challenges where Interim Management might be helpful. Stephen is a trustee of several charities and has worked at board level in the charitable sector. He served on the executive Committee of CFDG in its formative years and has been associated with many important initiatives in the charity finance world. He ensures that our interim executives have a practical understanding of the importance of strategic change in Charities, assures quality and provides additional strategic direction and support to the executive/project, if needed.
Contact Stephen Brooker by email
or telephone 0845 658 1717
...to view his biography Click Here
Stephen is assisted by Mike Whitlam, CBE one of the sector's leading and most experienced executives as an adviser. Mike is widely respected as a gifted and charismatic leader who has been in at the start of many of the initiatives that, over the last 30 years have changed the face of charitable endeavour in the UK. Notable achievements include being founder chairman of ACEVO and the first ever Charity Finance lifetime achievement award winner.
Contact Mike Whitlam by email Click Here