Pros
Smart, hard-working co-workers; friendly, approachable and supportive CEO; excellent HR Coordinator who works hard to ensure InterAction continues to improve opportunities for staff. InterAction offers a broad view of the key international development and humanitarian issues, and is a great place for a young professional to start their career; offers unique experience in coalition management, membership politics, facilitation, and cross-sectoral programming; good for networking and working with different stakeholders from the INGO community, government, policy makers, etc.; in a highly competitive sector, offers an important space for the INGO community to convene and advocate together.
Cons
InterAction must navigate a rapidly changing sector and despite a heavy focus on this issue by senior leadership, organizational changes are slow to take hold, in part because of the consultative nature of coalitions, and the need for member buy-in. While InterAction staff understand these challenges, communication between the senior executive leadership and the staff is relatively poor, with final decisions framed often as consultative, transparent sharing, with little real opportunity for input. And while high level, existential conversations continue, day-to-day operational issues that have a direct impact on InterAction staff go unaddressed. Senior leadership is often pre-occupied with its external relations - members, donors, etc. - but needs to spend more time with their hard working staff who need leadership, stronger communication, and to be empowered to improve InterAction's work culture and opportunities.