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

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Volunteers Skills List in Charity & Voluntary

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Volunteers role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Volunteers job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 28% of Volunteers job descriptions contained fundraising as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

fundraising
28%
communication skills
19%
charity
19%
volunteer management
19%
reporting
10%
part qualified
10%
xero
10%
carpentry
10%
charity work
10%
community development worker
10%
community engagement
10%
construction
10%
project management
10%
team management
10%
risk assessments
10%
team leader
10%
volunteer coordinator
10%
volunteer engagement
10%
volunteer manager
10%
director
10%
finance
10%
non profit
10%
public relations
10%
mental health
10%
co ordinator
10%
engagement
10%
organisational skills
10%
volunteering
10%
written communication
10%
volunteers
10%
charities
10%
children issues
10%
community mental health
10%
microsoft office
10%
social care
10%
young people
10%
event planning
10%
marketing
10%
financial services
10%
administration
10%
communication
10%
advanced excel
10%
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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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