Time spent in writing your organisations’ volunteer role description(s) is time well spent! A well written role description defines what the volunteer’s purpose is, their tasks as well as the training, supports and supervison that your organisation will provide . It provides the volunteer with an insight into their potential fit with your organisation, it clarifies expectations and aids recruitment, screening and selection of suitable volunteers.
As a guideline for developing volunteer role descriptions, we have developed this sample role description for a volunteer. Please note that this is a sample and not all of the elements will be relevant to every organisation. You may wish to add more information or subheadings as required.
