volunteer manager
Volunteer managers work across the non-profit sector to recruit, train, motivate and supervise volunteers. They are in charge of designing volunteer assignments, recruiting volunteers, reviewing the tasks undertaken and impact made, providing feedback and managing their overall performance against the objectives of the organisation. Volunteer coordinators might also manage online volunteering activities, sometimes known as cyber-volunteering or e-volunteering.
Also called: volunteer engagement coordinator, volunteer program manager, community engagement coordinator, volunteering development manager, volunteer program coordinator
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- essential skills
- 15
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- employee volunteering programme coordinatorWhat changes?14 skills in common
- volunteer mentorWhat changes?10 skills in common
- child day care centre manager8 skills in common
- rescue centre manager8 skills in common
- elderly home manager7 skills in common
- public housing manager7 skills in common
- social services manager7 skills in common
- youth centre manager5 skills in common
Essential skills
29- advocate for others
- analyse community needs
- animate in the outdoors
- brief volunteers
- capacity building
- cooperate with colleagues
- coordinate events
- create social alliances
- data protection
- evaluate social work program's impact
- give constructive feedback
- labour law
- lead a team
- leadership principles
- manage volunteering programmes
- manage volunteers
- monitor social impact
- observe confidentiality
- perform project management
- project management
- promote inclusion
- promote social change
- recruit personnel
- relate empathetically
- show intercultural awareness
- train volunteers
- use communication techniques
- validation of learning acquired through volunteering
- work within communities
Optional skills
15- communicate with elderly groups
- communicate with youth
- data analytics
- digital marketing techniques
- humanitarian aid
- identify sources on potential target communities for art
- maintain contract administration
- manage fundraising activities
- manage health and safety
- manage online volunteers
- monitor charity's budget
- plan youth programmes
- study community as a target community
- sustainable development goals
- types of digital badges
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