Resources For Volunteer Managers:
Volunteer Task Descriptions
Creative Volunteer Roles
http://www.energizeinc.com/art/npcrea.html
Suggestions from volunteer management and volunteerism expert Susan Ellis and Energize, Inc.
A Literacy Volunteer Program Model
http://www.tenet.edu/volunteer/litmodel/index.html
From a study in progress in association with Center for Volunteerism and Community Engagement at the Charles A. Dana Center, the University of Texas at Austin. Includes 34 sample job descriptions for literacy volunteers working in schools for a variety of grade levels.
Sanchez Elementary School Volunteer Recruitment and Management Strategy
http://www.tenet.edu/volunteer/samples/index.html
In association with Center for Volunteerism and Community Engagement at the Charles A. Dana Center, the University of Texas at Austin. Includes sample task descriptions for school volunteers, and details on the school's recruitment strategy and online resources found to be most helpful.
Volunteer needs and position descriptions
http://www.txserve.org/mgmt/volrec/ident.html
Identifying meaningful assignments, meeting the realities of today's volunteer, and writing volunteer job descriptions. Produced by TxServe.
Assigning Online Tasks
http://www.serviceleader.org/vv/assign.html
Once you have developed a system of orienting and evaluating volunteers who are going to work offsite via home or work computers and created online assignments, you are ready to place potential volunteers into this system and match them to assignments. This section also includes 17 Sample Online Task Descriptions.
Identifying and Creating Assignments for Online Volunteers
http://www.serviceleader.org/vv/creating.html
Just as with offline volunteering, a first step in creating tasks for online volunteers is to look around and see what needs to be done in general for your organization. However, when thinking of virtual volunteering tasks at your own organization, also ask: how do your volunteers already work with staff and clients? Could you add an online component to one of your existing volunteer programs? These suggestions, created by the VV Project Team and citing various other resources, can help you identify tasks for online volunteers.
Manager's Electronic Resource Center
Essential Elements of a Job Description,
http://erc.msh.org/fpmh_english/chp4/tools_1.html
Job Description of a Family Planning Volunteer in Thailand, http://erc.msh.org/fpmh_english/chp4/example_2.html
Resources produced by the Family Planning Management Development Project of Management Sciences for Health, a nonprofit organization strengthening health management worldwide.
KnowledgePoint
http://www.knowledgepoint.com
This is a software company for designing job descriptions and employee performance reviews, and their Web site includes general information regarding writing job descriptions, which could be adapted for volunteer positions.
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