As I’ve reported previously on this blog, recruiting people is a great part of my job but very time consuming. In fact, coupled with a few days holiday, it’s the main reason that I haven’t had as much chance as I should until now to update this blog.
Nevertheless, good progress has been made. We have recruited a new Database Coordinator (replacing Barry who leaves at the end of May), and we have recruited into the new post funded by the John Ellerman Foundation (see earlier article), that of our first Outreach Officer.
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Many members and readers of this blog will know Sue Drew, she has been helping us in a volunteer role for some time running our Cambridge branch with her husband Glenn. Sue has a son with RP and bring a level of knowledge and commitment to the post it would have been difficult to find in someone completely new to the charity.
As I’m sure she will testify, we still put her through a stiff interview and worked hard to make sure she wasn’t unduly advantaged or disadvantaged by the fact that we knew her, for example we made sure that the interview panel included a Trustee who didn’t know Sue, and that we worked with a standard set of questions for all the candidates.
We had a good number of candidates too, which was gratifying. I guess that reflects the current economic times to some extent as a number were straight from University or had been made redundant from other posts. It put us in a good situation being able to choose interviewees from a wide range of applicants.
I’m sure members will join me in wishing Sue and the Outreach Project well, keep checking in here for updates of course.
