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, 23% of Volunteer job descriptions contained community engagement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

community engagement
23%
volunteer management
17%
communication skills
17%
community fundraising
17%
charity
12%
facilities manager
12%
repair
12%
volunteering
12%
community fundraiser
12%
data collection
6%
budget management
6%
administration
6%
social sciences
6%
contract management
6%
administrator
6%
volunteer training
6%
law
6%
coordinator
6%
organisational skills
6%
policy
6%
crm
6%
time management
6%
project management
6%
database
6%
committees
6%
catering
6%
health safety
6%
membership development
6%
manufacturing
6%
driving licence
6%
customer support
6%
process driven
6%
gardening
6%
recruitment
6%
process improvement
6%
bank
6%
social care
6%
banking
6%
sport
6%
community relations
6%
sustainability
6%
community engagement lead
6%
corporate social responsibility
6%
voluntary
6%
community engagement officer
6%
csr
6%
commission
6%
people skills
6%
financial services
6%
communications
6%
social impact
6%
compliance
6%
english
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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