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, 27% of Volunteer job descriptions contained volunteering as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

volunteering
27%
charity
22%
management
16%
volunteer
11%
voluntary
11%
volunteer coordinator
11%
volunteer engagement
11%
charities
11%
volunteer management
11%
fundraising
11%
co ordinator
11%
communication skills
11%
engagement
11%
organisational skills
11%
volunteers
11%
written communication
11%
youth work
11%
welfare
11%
advice
11%
project coordinator
11%
supportive
6%
youth engagement
6%
health safety
6%
wellbeing
6%
exceptional people skills
6%
young people
6%
conference manager
6%
event manager
6%
events manager
6%
operations manager
6%
fundraiser
6%
volunteer manager
6%
dbs
6%
database
6%
international development
6%
interpersonal skills
6%
equality
6%
creativity
6%
homelessness
6%
operations
6%
service delivery
6%
supported housing
6%
administrative
6%
guidance
6%
benefits
6%
legislation
6%
volunteering officer
6%
local authorities
6%
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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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