What are Shared Services?

Understanding Shared Services

Shared services are defined broadly as "the collaborative use of staff resources across traditional organizational boundaries." While the concept of shared services is not new, it is enjoying a new lease on life as social purpose organizations and leaders grapple with organizational and budgetary pressures.

For social purpose organizations - co-operatives, nonprofits, charities, childcare centres and social enterprises - to thrive in today's economy, finding and retaining the best level of service is vital. Retaining top talent is incredibly challenging for smaller social purpose organizations competing with organizations with larger budgets and greater recruiting avenues.

The Right Support. The Right People.

The ACCESS Shared Services team recognizes that co-operatives and nonprofits require efficient and effective back-office administration and management to be successful. But searching for the right amount of support from service providers who understand your unique needs can be daunting.

ACCESS Shared Services.

Our team sources shared service providers who are experienced working with social purpose organizations. Using ACCESS's co-aligned shared service providers as needed is an efficient way to get precisely the amount of skilled support required.

Through sharing back-office administrative and professional services with various social purpose organizations, clients of ACCESS benefit from service providers with a breadth of experience and qualifications working with organizations like their own. This can streamline an organization's operations, ultimately relieving pressure to deliver on its core missions.

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