Charity Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Charity & Voluntary

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Charity Skills List in Charity & Voluntary

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Charity role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Charity job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 57% of Charity job descriptions contained charity as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

charity
57%
fundraising
50%
communication skills
25%
resilience
16%
management
13%
sponsorship
13%
revenue streams
13%
funding
13%
sales
13%
leadership
10%
fundraising manager
7%
charity fundraising
7%
account management
7%
donations
7%
passion
7%
interpersonal skills
7%
account manager
7%
communications
7%
strategies
4%
trusts
4%
foundations
4%
trusts and foundations
4%
creative
4%
senior fundraising manager
4%
legacies
4%
mailchimp
4%
recruiting
4%
corporate fundraising
4%
website
4%
partnerships
4%
project work
4%
campaigns
4%
financial support
4%
sustainable growth
4%
admin
4%
hubs
4%
faith
4%
finance
4%
reporting
4%
team leader
4%
donors
4%
employment law
4%
funders
4%
non profit
4%
housing
4%
strategy
4%
grants
4%
er issues
4%
employee engagement
4%
social media
4%
scheduling
4%
marketing
4%
crm
4%
voluntary sector
4%
philanthropy
4%
hr policies
4%
community groups
4%
tax returns
4%
accounting
4%
acca
4%
aca
4%
vat returns
4%
systematic
4%
purchase ledger
4%
london
4%
recruitment
4%
local authority
4%
bookkeeping
4%
community development
4%
organization
4%
organisation
4%
non-profit
4%
manager
4%
ceo
4%
executive
4%
corporate
4%
community
4%
charitable
4%
alzheimers
4%
account
4%
payroll
4%

While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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