By Dr John Olabode

Steps for Creating Charity Operational Plan

Step 1: Goals and Objectives
Setting goals both short-term and long-term is important for providing a proper direction to any task or process of an organization. A clearly-defined set of objectives is also necessary for helping the team in charge of devising steps for reaching these goals efficiently. The team must make sure that all these goals are in alignment with the vision and mission of the charity organization.

Step 2: Key Targets and Strategy
Mention the key targets in a detailed manner. This will prevent confusion from arising in any part of the process. It must be made sure that the strategy created will help the organization reach its targets in a most-efficient manner both in terms of time and resources. Therefore, this requires a lot of thinking and discussions.

Step 3: Staffing and Budget
Proper allotment of staffing and budget is also very crucial for the success of a project or task. Often charity organizations have to work under a tight budget to carry out all their activities. Therefore, it is important to consider the planning of the budget beforehand. Also, well-planned staffing is equally important based on their expertise to ensure the quality of performance and outcome.

Step 4: Detailed Procedures
It is important to divide the tasks into smaller tangible ones for ease of performing them. It will prevent mistakes from occurring and will ensure that the process is carried out properly from start to end. Mention these procedures in a logical sequence which will result in a smooth flow of work as well. These procedures must be well-laid so that there is minimum loss of resources and time.

Step 5: Monitoring
Tracking each task is necessary to check for errors. This also makes the task of taking corrective measures quick so that any kind of loss is minimized. Making sure each task is being carried out properly or not is also possible through this.