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Background in humanitarian sector and would like to continue with a humanitarian organisation. Concern has good impact and good vision
Working in NGO sector before Covid previously - interested in Irish NGOs - Concern top of the list due to Concern's presence and reputation

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different industry - interested in making a change. The role in particular there was an opportunity to learn dynamics 365 and other applications. found the job on irishjobs nothing hidden - you can see the salary band, the starting point.

I had previously worked in IRC - had to be something more to life. working for an NGO suits - sense of job satisfaction - support structure around you, human based. waited for the right job to come about - internationally focused.

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I went through the history of concern and what concern is doing. the code of conduct also, for women the first thing is dignity and self-respect and diversity.

Esmay - group 5
Worked as TM member 2018, had good sense of workplace culture and how fundraising worked, knew donor marketing good team, competetive salary, supportive environment, good people, people big part of it

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Is this still the same now that you have worked for us for a few months?

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Is this still the same now that you have worked for us for a few months?

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Yes - yes, the team that we have, the strategy goal, and vision is perfect.

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yes

all about the people, cross-communication, cross the organisation.
you are learning a lot - very helpful. I haven't dealt with many people outside IT. Taking to my team and the wider IT team. very friendly they try and help you.
I love it - everyone is very welcoming, no ego. very collaborative -working towards one goal. never had a job where there is so much flexibility, leave your work at work. my managers open to ideas.
breath of fresh air

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It is the same, today will be interacting with new people, new beliefs and cultures. I feel there is diversity but at some moments I do not think so. work in actions more.

totally perfect, standard with ngo organisations. understandable and workable for me.

Yes, people works with are really fantastic and has really enjoyed working with them. Wide workplace culture - decisions, environment - not quite in line with her expectation - decisions some seem a bit more corporate than when she expected. Surprised to bring people in two days a week, previous fully flexi hybrid working, teams taking decisions together, surprising as had worked with Concern before, felt like change in direction. Quite limited communication about, October - limited comms - lack of clarity of how these things are progressing not as transparent.

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How has our hybrid model (2 days in office - 3 days at home) contributed to this? If at all?

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How has our hybrid model (2 days in office - 3 days at home) contributed to this? If at all?

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Advantages: the days that I need to learn something I can work on that quietly at home.
we can start early and finish early, I can do something (app/school appt with children), very helpful.
hybrid can prepare us for how we can work at a distance.  how we use systems.

previous experience 100% remote, very siloed - very isolated. had the RD taking my through everything, met with DO physically, face to face hand over - irreplaceable. very different asking a question when someone is sitting next to you. much more comfortable asking someone a silly question   - might get a longer answer.
Informal conversation - really reassuring - we can have the same challenges.
being able to work from home when suits, can be in the house all day for (electrician for example), very handy.

Disadvantages:
learn more you are in touch with people
at home the process is slow.
training takes longer.

the fact that my line manager is not based in Dublin - I don't get to see them much - never see face to face. just on emails and then on teams. slight disadvantage.
can go more days but useless as my other colleagues not there.
if you are in the office more connected to share information easily and ideas.

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useful, two inductions one with personal introductions and on line training. Both went well. Sessions that he did for full day, learnt alot, wasn't expecting to learn that much. Still need to learn more about Concern as big organisation. Thursday afternoon social, useful as thought could meet lots of people. but not possible to meet everyone. Got a copy of organogram as helpful. Breakout rooms to chat to other peolpe, would you have liked more time to chat to colleagues. Yes it would have been useful, as went very quickly particularly if tech issues. TRaining very good, explanation, material - perfect. Full day - worked well rather than being spaced out. Before sessions had materials CoC, Safeguarding materials etc so worked well

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If you could have materials before hand would be helpful. Timing - breaks, quality and quantity was good so no comment.

Leo - previous induction elsewhere - 100% remote - three day induction fully taken up by induction. Shown different tools of charity called Alone. Went into a lot of detail about how they work, tools they use, three full days before starting the job.  All 100% remote.

No suggestions to improve

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Thought it was very good, hadn't experienced in other roles. More people who aren't based in Ireland and UK, would love to hear more from people in the wider org and how they work.

Would break into two days, gets why one day with the flow etc, well paced. Didn't feel too long, morning flew and afternoon went smoothly.  Morning lots if different people so reallly flew, where afternoon one topic so a bit slower.

Never come across a HR dept providing so much support. Reinforces how people centric Concern is. great docs, contract, on line material.  At interview - safeguarding coersive control, found it really refreshing that's what is being focussed on.  Felt really professional

FG 3 nothing special apart from doing in person. Breakout rooms, was this useful to chat with other new starters. Yes it was great and useful but better with Desk Officers, didn't know most of them. Hard to find out about them, if included on induction, depends on role and which units will be interacting with. More about what's going on with programming

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What content (if any) would be best delivered in person? 

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What content (if any) would be best delivered in person? 

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HR session could be good to deliver on line.

For future: good if you can have all people in one room. On line quite new, if people are joining on line and can present well. Could be good.

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I am living far away from Dublin, the commute is not easy.
My goal is that I can work hybrid (2 days in the office and 3 at home)- work and support my family. (monday and tuesday  - come to cover reception often)

Good - it wouldn't have been manageable to commute each day. wanted to come into the office building a sense of team and enjoy the hybrid system works for me. Coming to the office more often, more focused. the commute is okay for me to do it more office.
Happy with hybrid works well for me.

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Didn't feel that any suffered from being on line.  Would have been nice to have on line, but ok as was.  Would have been good to be able to go for a coffee if in person.  But being online didn't take away from anything.

Link up with group before induction - could be useful, but would depend on someone in group to start / drive things.  Worth a try good idea.

Would need someone to lead the way, good to have if you can find someone. Nice resource for someone if they are quite shy.  Could be a good forum for new starters. Newby group less than three months experience could be good.

Walkaround - really good, very worthwhile. Siobhan great as really fun and useful. would be useful to have an idea of what other departments are doing. Big challenge - avoiding silos.

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Capacity development of employees better in person than other things as a priority. offers opportunity to interact with different people. Field logging would be really good if you have people together in Dublin. Can see effectiveness of field from Dublin

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they all know the impact of Concern in the field - good understanding of Concern in the field.
most of them don't feel how good the organisation is until you attend the field.
when you go to the field you can see the impact.

I get regular communications/update on the field
external comms on how concern promotes themselves
I was working in London NGO - concerns communication feels very dated - I remember seeing the ads on tv - cliched - not showing as agents on change. maybe in the context of ireland. can be damaging of the ways we see people in african countries, can form a racist view.
impressed when I went to CAR - it was a positive impression compared to the ads. I appreciate the new campaign, nothing kills.. different to the ad I mentioned.

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find difficult to arrange a hybrid meeting - how to run an effective hybrid meeting - step by step

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find difficult to arrange a hybrid meeting - how to run an effective hybrid meeting - step by step

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My first day was the first day my team went back to the office. getting to build relationships has been invaluable. you can do things on line but not the same. On a personal level. it is just a short bus journey away, it is a very clear boundary. I do an extra day in the office, different place to work.

I did my interview online which I thought was really good. lots of meeting with my manager and different people on my team - when working from home I could message my manager, there were lots of communications. When we came back to the office, it has been good to meet people in person - we come in wed and thurs - thurs we would have our team meetings. it is nice coming into the office when it is not that busy, good to come in and meet people.

when you are coming 5 days a week - sometimes I schedule my work for quieter days when there is less people around. I like the balance.

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Hybrid - practically - her and her team days they work in the office - hard to work in a concentrated manner, big change in working environment. Good two years for team during covid, nice to see people but challenging to get work done. Teams meetings when people in office and out - not that well suited to doing the best work that you could be doing. Positive relationships can be built remotely. People fighting to get into the meeting rooms, not straight forward. Preferred hybrid flexibility decided by individual.

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The advantage for me is flexibility - the option is always there.
Hybrid is huge - I wouldn't move onto another company if they did not have hybrid - it is a deal breaker. The technology here is very good and makes working from home seamless.

great deal of flexibility - easier to balance your week.  great for training days. nice balance really.

flexibility for family - that's something I wouldn't have been able to do if i was working 5 days a week. Now I am only using the train twice a week, saving a bit of money.

Disadvantages: Flexi? my understanding is that flexi is gone, a little bit of extra flexibility for appts - the clock card

hybrid is a good model - people that have to travel long distances a disadvantages

flexi seems to be an issue with lots of people

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Found really good, liked good flow to it, different people different parts of org to speak. Breakout, good as had chance to meet a few people.

Induction - efficiently ran, interesting to learn more about Concern. Breakout rooms good. Hadn't worked in an org who put so much effort in for new starters, coffee mornings really good, really welcoming.

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Pre-read and chat opportunity ahead of session would have been useful so good suggestion.  Can share experiences and learning, good idea.

Walk around - didn't do the work around - but recommended doing. Just know recruitment circles, so really likes the idea of this.

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Not 100%, 50% have induction in person more useful, forget names / faces when remote. Don't know about each other. Prefer in person.

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advantages: two days when coming to the office, it I face any challenges I can note it and the days I am going to the office I can put a question mark and note.

disadvantages: transportation too expensive.
don't see people if there is a miscommunication

Required two days in office much harder for those with caring responsibilities much harder.  Doesn't know if it's equitable even if trying to be fair.

Opportunity to meet people from outside of team. Hybrid model not always the best way of integrating networks. Re-establish networks with people.

Disadvantages - equity specifically related to the structure of the model, feels there are other ways of doing hybrid. Concern's as an org promotes diversity, model adopted and staff treated and organised was surprising - strictness of it, works well from home herself but for others may prefer in person time. No option to choose a disadvantage. Sticking point - not against hybrid - way being implemented causing difficulties for some. Coming in not the same for everyone. disabilities, medical conditions etc. Positive changes to how office is set up, but hauling laptop and if you need supports, being at home could be an easier choice.

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Useful - especially intro to concern. Important to get as much information at the beginning from different sources.

Lot of information, well communicated. Helpful to be put into groups to discuss what was said. Not sure what advantage in-person would have over online.

Good to speak with people outside of your own team.

Would like more engagement with instructor after breakout rooms for some sessions. EDI, Safeguarding - better in person to answer more detailed questions.

It was nice to get to know some other colleagues outside of SAL

Great to have long-term members of Concern join to share experiences

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Good to have a buddy system for general questions

Would not increase the amount of content/duration of the induction

Induction is not just about the content included, but who you meet, connections in the organisation etc.

Word cloud did not work well. Polls are ok, can be good to keep your attention.

Working quite well as it was, good that varied speakers throughout the session.

Might be nice to incorporate some more interactive elements (polls, Mural or Mentimeter, etc.)

As all of us have gone through the mandatory learning modules on Learn365 quite recently, it might be helpful to make sure that the same material is not just rehashed again so soon in the induction course.