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, 50% of Volunteer job descriptions contained fundraising as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

fundraising
50%
communication skills
29%
trusts
22%
interpersonal skills
15%
sales
15%
grants
15%
foundations
15%
donations
15%
funders
8%
corporate partnerships officer
8%
head of corporate fundraising
8%
customer service
8%
adoption
8%
fundraiser
8%
contract negotiation
8%
international development
8%
international travel
8%
leadership
8%
resilience
8%
campaigns
8%
events
8%
management
8%
corporate partnerships manager
8%
corporate partnerships
8%
regional fundraising manager
8%
fundraising manager
8%
corporate fundraiser
8%
grants and trust
8%
written communication
8%
major donors
8%
computer literate
8%
voluntary sector
8%
positive personality
8%
building professional relationships
8%
priority setting
8%
networking
8%
community groups
8%
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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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