Charities face serious IT skills shortage, says recruitment consultancy

Howard Lake | 25 February 2004 | News

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Recruitment consultancy The Principle Partnership has warned that charities’ increasing reliance on sophisticated fundraising technologies is leading to a shortage of qualified IT staff in the sector.

Kit Gatrell, consultant at the agency, explained how one large charity took four months to fill an IT post. Such empty posts cost the charity fundraising income, so the only alternative is to pay for expensive IT training for existing staff.

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) said that its own research had highlighted a broader skills shortage within the sector, particularly of those with experience in applying IT appropriately to the sector.

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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.