Volunteer Recruitment & Retention What is Volunteer Management? Volunteer Management involves the process of selection, screening, recruiting, induction, training, retention and recognition of volunteers. It is important for your Association to develop a volunteer recruitment and retention plan to outline the actions and strategies of the volunteer management process. Role of the Volunteer Coordinator Volunteers make up a large portion of Associations and without them the Association will not run effectively. Therefore, it is important to have a main point of contact for volunteers and a role dedicated to supporting volunteers. Similar to a Human Resources Manager, the Volunteer Coordinator ensures there are enough people appointed to operate the Association, and that they are provided with the necessary resources to complete their tasks. Duties of the Volunteer Coordinator may include: ensuring that the Volunteer Management Plan is adhered to ensuring the Volunteer Management Plan is regularly reviewed and updated as required liaising with relevant staff regarding the training and induction of volunteers establishing meaningful recognition of volunteers maintaining a comprehensive database of all volunteer details playing a role in the screening of volunteers and maintenance of confidential records relating to volunteers personal information working closely with other people in the association in relation to any event or program that requires the use of volunteers The role of the Volunteer Coordinator at your Association may vary depending on the size of your Association, the number of volunteers and the importance that is placed on managing volunteers. Recruitment of Volunteers To uphold the integrity of the Association and its programs, it is important that Associations attract and appoint the most dedicated, enthusiastic, and skilled volunteers to work closely with members. Associations rely heavily on their volunteer base to successfully deliver many of their programs and should be committed to ensuring only the most appropriate applicants become volunteers. It is important to consider the motivations for volunteering to create a clear marketing message which can be used to recruit volunteers. There is an increasing preference among volunteers for short term, project based activities. Removing or limiting the barriers that may discourage volunteers should lead to a greater number of volunteers becoming involved. Some common strategies to recruit volunteers include: Student volunteering through Universities Corporate volunteering through major businesses. Examples include banks (NAB, Suncorp) etc. Law firms also often require employees to undertake some volunteering in the community Use social media to gain access to young volunteers Personally approach members Mentor young members to assist with small tasks. Explore the viability of implementing a program to assist in the recruitment of young people Advertise short term/project roles
Volunteer Recruitment & Retention What is Volunteer Management? Volunteer Management involves the process of selection, screening, recruiting, induction, training, retention and recognition of volunteers. It is important for your Association to develop a volunteer recruitment and retention plan to outline the actions and strategies of the volunteer management process. Role of the Volunteer Coordinator Volunteers make up a large portion of Associations and without them the Association will not run effectively. Therefore, it is important to have a main point of contact for volunteers and a role dedicated to supporting volunteers. Similar to a Human Resources Manager, the Volunteer Coordinator ensures there are enough people appointed to operate the Association, and that they are provided with the necessary resources to complete their tasks. Duties of the Volunteer Coordinator may include: ensuring that the Volunteer Management Plan is adhered to ensuring the Volunteer Management Plan is regularly reviewed and updated as required liaising with relevant staff regarding the training and induction of volunteers establishing meaningful recognition of volunteers maintaining a comprehensive database of all volunteer details playing a role in the screening of volunteers and maintenance of confidential records relating to volunteers personal information working closely with other people in the association in relation to any event or program that requires the use of volunteers The role of the Volunteer Coordinator at your Association may vary depending on the size of your Association, the number of volunteers and the importance that is placed on managing volunteers. Recruitment of Volunteers To uphold the integrity of the Association and its programs, it is important that Associations attract and appoint the most dedicated, enthusiastic, and skilled volunteers to work closely with members. Associations rely heavily on their volunteer base to successfully deliver many of their programs and should be committed to ensuring only the most appropriate applicants become volunteers. It is important to consider the motivations for volunteering to create a clear marketing message which can be used to recruit volunteers. There is an increasing preference among volunteers for short term, project based activities. Removing or limiting the barriers that may discourage volunteers should lead to a greater number of volunteers becoming involved. Some common strategies to recruit volunteers include: Student volunteering through Universities Corporate volunteering through major businesses. Examples include banks (NAB, Suncorp) etc. Law firms also often require employees to undertake some volunteering in the community Use social media to gain access to young volunteers Personally approach members Mentor young members to assist with small tasks. Explore the viability of implementing a program to assist in the recruitment of young people Advertise short term/project roles
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