Most clubs wouldn’t function without their volunteers. So it’s a really good idea to make sure your volunteers are valued, developed and supported. One way of doing this is to appoint a Volunteer Coordinator.
What is a Volunteer Coordinator?
The Volunteer Coordinator plays a key role in making sure a strong volunteering culture exists within clubs. Their focus is on ensuring that everyone who volunteers at the club feels valued, developed and supported and has the confidence and knowledge to undertake their roles to the best of their ability.
The volunteer co-ordinator will also lead on the recruitment of volunteers for new and existing roles within the club.
What are the benefits of having a Volunteer Coordinator?
By having someone whose specific role is to look after the volunteers in your club, makes a real statement that your club values its volunteers. This can make a big difference not only when you’re looking to recruit new volunteers but also to holding on to your current ones.
Ideally the volunteer coordinator will not have any other role within the club, as this will hopefully give them the time to get to know everyone whose part of the club and find out what support they’d welcome.
We’d like to get to the stage where people don’t have to take on multiple roles in our clubs and that we have the right people in the right roles. Appointing a volunteer coordinator is the first step to achieving this.