How Do You Write A Volunteer Job Description?
Recruiting volunteers who are as competent as they are enthusiastic to donate their time and talent is essential to the morale and longevity of a nonprofit corporation, a community services network or a grassroots political campaign. To that end, the same amount of thought and preparation that goes into developing specifications for a salaried position needs to be applied to the task of writing a volunteer job description. The objective in both scenarios is to attract the best qualified candidates for the work that needs to be done. Give the volunteer job a title that provides some indication of what the responsibilities will be. Examples: Child Care Assistant, Cupcake Sales Coordinator, Garden Tour Guide, Conference Registration Clerk. Identify where the volunteer tasks will be performed. This is important because although HR documents such as job specs are typically issued by the headquarters office, the assignment being advertised may be physically located somewhere else. Make a com
