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

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Volunteering Skills List in Charity & Voluntary

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Volunteering role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Volunteering job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 24% of Volunteering job descriptions contained fundraising as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

fundraising
24%
volunteer management
24%
communication skills
20%
volunteer manager
15%
volunteer coordinator
15%
charity
15%
networking
15%
volunteer
10%
customer service
10%
interpersonal skills
10%
events
10%
leadership
10%
project management
10%
community fundraiser
5%
coo
5%
community fundraising
5%
administrative
5%
team management
5%
calls
5%
regional development
5%
mental health
5%
speech and language therapist
5%
schools
5%
young people
5%
therapist
5%
community
5%
organisational skills
5%
language therapist
5%
retail
5%
stroke therapist
5%
fundraising assistant
5%
budgets
5%
supporter care
5%
forecasting
5%
supporter services
5%
procurement
5%
stock management
5%
volunteer recruitment
5%
data governance
5%
ceo
5%
data protection act
5%
cfo
5%
microsoft office
5%
chief exec
5%
volunteering
5%
chief executive officer
5%
administration manager
5%
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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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