Essential Volunteer Management - Online course

One day online course 10.00-15.30

Online courses take place via Zoom and include a one hour lunch break as well as brief refreshment breaks.

Hard copy of book included: The Complete Volunteer Management Handbook

Volunteers play a crucial role in our communities and in our sector. As a Volunteer Manager or Lead you are the person who can ensure their support is well-appointed, valued and rewarded. This course takes you through some essential steps for effective volunteer management, ensuring their involvement with your organisation is beneficial to all – them, your beneficiaries, your organisation and you, their manager.

Who should attend?

Those who are new to involving or managing volunteers and those who want to ensure they are following good practice.

Outcomes

• Considered the varied motivations of volunteers and how to work with the specific motivations of your own volunteers
• Explored the relationship between your organisation’s needs and a well-defined volunteer role description
• Identified effective approaches to recruitment and selection
• Identified key factors for effective induction, ongoing training, support and supervision
• Looked at a range of ways to reward volunteers so that they feel valued – and become recruitment champions for you.
• Create your own action plan during the course to put into action when you get back into the office.

What will it cover?

• Volunteers’ motivations
• Identifying your organisation’s needs and the appropriate diverse range of volunteers required
• Planning and carrying out effective recruitment and selection
• Inducting volunteers
• Support and supervision of volunteers
• Training and developing volunteers
• Legal considerations
• Action planning

Trainer: Sandy Leong

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