• Planning overview
• Assessing staff needs
• Recruitment essentials
• Sourcing staff
• Financial resources
• Staff turnover
• Competition and collaboration
• Accountability
  • Labour laws
  • Customs
  • Country agreement
  • Standards
  • HR policy
  • Evaluation and learning

• Case studies
• Resources
• Further reading

• People In Aid Code

Standards

There are a growing number of standards, codes and guidelines applicable to humanitarian work. These include:

• The People In Aid Code for the management and support of aid personnel
• Code of Conduct for The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief
• The Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response
• Humanitarian Accountability Partnership – International’s principles of accountability
• Good Humanitarian Donor initiative’s principles and good practice of humanitarian donorship
• Inter Agency Standing Committee Guidelines on Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings

The People In Aid Code in particular concentrates on human resource management and can be downloaded free from their site. You can also check whether your organisation has signed up to the Code on the site.