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

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Volunteer Skills List in Charity & Voluntary

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Volunteer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Volunteer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 25% of Volunteer job descriptions contained volunteering as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

volunteering
25%
charity
25%
fundraising
18%
volunteers
18%
co ordinator
15%
communication skills
15%
engagement
15%
written communication
15%
organisational skills
15%
young people
11%
volunteer management
11%
youth work
11%
volunteer manager
11%
volunteer engagement
11%
volunteer coordinator
11%
fundraiser
8%
charities
8%
operations manager
8%
event manager
8%
volunteer
8%
microsoft office
8%
conference manager
8%
wellbeing
8%
welfare
8%
supportive
8%
interpersonal skills
8%
equality
8%
events manager
8%
creativity
8%
staff training
4%
crm
4%
information governance
4%
advanced excel
4%
community development worker
4%
volunteer training
4%
store manager
4%
shop manager
4%
retail manager
4%
retail sales
4%
retail
4%
management skills
4%
part qualified
4%
records management
4%
xero
4%
case management
4%
interview
4%
kpi
4%
recruit
4%
recruiter
4%
recruitment
4%
volunteer recruitment
4%
child protection
4%
project management
4%
social care
4%
team management
4%
communications
4%
voluntary
4%
dbs
4%
youth engagement
4%
project administrator
4%
project assistant
4%
project coordinator
4%
project support
4%
volunteer support
4%
volunteer support coordinator
4%
development work
4%
international development
4%
overseas experience
4%
customer service
4%
administrative
4%
multi tasking
4%
office administrator
4%
office duties
4%
phone manner
4%
social media
4%
stewardship
4%
non for profit
4%
financial services
4%
volunteer assistant
4%
volunteering assistant
4%
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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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