Human Resources

Standards and Best Practices

The Alliance shares standards on Leadership and Organizational Structure.

Contractors and Consultants

This section has information about choosing a consultant, contracted services by type, contracts, employees vs. independent contractors, finding a consultant and request for proposals.

• Contracted Services by Type
• Contracts
• Contractors and Consultants
• Request for Proposal (RFP)

Directors

This section addresses employment contracts, director evaluations, and transitions.

• Director Evaluation
• Executive Compensation
• Executive Transitions
• General Director related
• Interim Directors

Employment Law

This section has links to the full text of relevant legislation and information about compliance.

Health and Wellness

This section has links to resources related to potential hazards in the museum workplace and provides resources on self-care solutions for museum workers.

• Self-care
• Health in the Workplace
• General Health and Safety

Interns

This section has information about designing an internship program, recruitment, selection and supervision.

• Interns
• Unpaid Internships

Leadership and Management

This section provides resources on leadership, management skills, and team building.

• Conflict Resolution
• Leadership and Management

New Staff

This section addresses background checks, interviews, job offers, orientation, recruitment, and resumes.

• Background Checks and Screening
• Interviews
• New Staff
• Search Firms
• Staff Recruitment

Personnel Policy Issues

This section has resources on benefits, compensation, diversity, grievance, harassment, performance management, personnel records, and privacy and separation.

• Compensation
• Disciplinary Action
• Grievance
• Harassment
• Performance Management
• Personnel Policy Issues
• Personnel Records and Privacy
• Staff Benefits
• Staff Diversity

Position Descriptions (Staff)

This section has information about job analysis and position descriptions.

Volunteers

This section reviews orientation and training; performance management; policy development; position description development; recruitment; screening, interviewing and placement; and volunteer program management.

• General Volunteers
• Legal Issues
• Volunteer Evaluation
• Volunteer Recruitment
• Volunteer Orientation and Training
• Volunteer Separation and Termination

Staff Structure

This section deals with organizational structuring, strategic structuring and organizational charts.