Exit and Alumni Management for NGOs and Social Enterprises
Resignation to relieving letter, in a defined order.
What this looks like in ngos and social enterprises
The parts of exit and alumni management that are specific to this sector, rather than general.
Project End and Funded Role Exit
When the grant ends, the role ends with it.
What this coversHide
Project End and Funded Role Exit
When the grant ends, the role ends with it.
What this coversHideMost exits in the sector are not performance or resignation events. A project closes, its funding stops, and the roles it paid for end on a date everybody knew about in advance.
- Role end-dates tracked against grant and project timelines
- Early notice given as soon as the funding position is known
- Redeployment to other funded projects considered first
- Programme knowledge and community relationships documented
- Beneficiary records and case files transferred properly
- Donor reporting obligations completed before release
- Volunteer and field team transitions handled separately
- Alumni and re-engagement list maintained
Because the end-date is usually foreseeable, the avoidable failure is late notice. Staff told six weeks before a known project close, rather than six months, leave with a view of the organisation that follows them into the sector.
- Funding position known
- Early notice given
- Redeployment explored
- Handover and reporting
- Alumni list updated
The general method — what exit and alumni management covers, the questions it answers and what an engagement produces — is the same whatever the sector, and is set out on the exit and offboarding process page. What is above is the part that differs for ngos and social enterprises.
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Where to start
Most engagements begin with a review of how this runs in your business today, then a written process and the sequence to implement it.
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