You have now decided to re-direct your career, taking a significant salary cut but determined to give-something-back

You have now decided to re-direct your career, taking a significant salary cut but determined to give-something-back, and have therefore taken up a post as the HR Manager for a large charity/social enterprise that provides training and work opportunities for people with significant physical and learning disabilities. The Charity is based in old workshops where carpentry, paintwork, gardening and IT skills are taught, but the organisation has developed quickly since founding five years ago, with more staff, many volunteers, more beneficiaries, and better funding. However, contracts with the local authority are in danger unless there are the commonly accepted and legally required HR practices and policies in place at the moment they are not. Fortunately, you report directly to the Board and have been asked to prepare a briefing paper about your priorities.
Your briefing papers needs to establish the following:
What do you consider to be the main HR priorities and why?
What actions would you take as the new HR Manager?