HR for Nonprofits

HR for Nonprofits is a practical Human Resources course designed for nonprofit leaders, managers, and operations professionals who need clear, people-centered systems without unnecessary corporate complexity. With Professor Victoria Okafor, students learn how to build fair, compliant, mission-aligned people systems that support staff, volunteers, and organizational impact.

Build Effective Human Resources Systems For Nonprofit Teams

• Learn Human Resources fundamentals tailored to nonprofit governance, mission, compliance, and accountability.
• Create stronger hiring, onboarding, handbook, documentation, and workforce planning practices on limited budgets.
• Understand how to manage employees, volunteers, interns, and contractors with clarity and reduced risk.
• Build fair, compliant, mission-aligned people systems with Professor Victoria Okafor through HR for Nonprofits.

This course provides a complete introduction to Human Resources practices for nonprofit organizations.

HR for Nonprofits begins with the foundations of nonprofit Human Resources, including the role of HR, the connection between mission and people operations, and the employment law basics every nonprofit should understand. Students then move into practical workforce planning, learning how to design roles, write job descriptions, recruit with limited resources, conduct fair interviews, and complete reference checks.

The course also covers core HR systems that help nonprofit teams work with greater consistency and trust. Students will explore onboarding, employee handbooks, essential policies, personnel records, confidentiality, and HR documentation, along with guidance for managing volunteers, interns, and contractors. These lessons help organizations create clear expectations while protecting both the mission and the people carrying it forward.

Professor Victoria Okafor also addresses compensation, pay equity, retention, performance management, manager coaching, difficult conversations, workplace conduct, conflict, inclusion, belonging, burnout prevention, and staff wellbeing. By the end of the course, students will be prepared to strengthen nonprofit people practices, reduce compliance risk, support healthier workplace culture, and lead Human Resources with more confidence, fairness, and strategic focus.