Volunteer role descriptions

This guide provides practical advice on creating volunteer role descriptions. It outlines key elements such as responsibilities, expectations, required skills and support, helping ensure clarity for both organisations and volunteers.

The resource supports organisations to design roles that are safe, well structured and aligned with organisational goals, contributing to effective volunteer engagement.

Benefits for volunteer managers

• define volunteer roles, responsibilities and expectations
• understand key considerations to include in a volunteer position description
• improve volunteer retention and recruitment and engagement processes.

How to apply this resource

This guide is most useful when creating or reviewing volunteer role descriptions, improving recruitment practices, or ensuring roles are clearly defined and aligned with organisational needs.