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Volunteer Role Description

Do we need all volunteers to sign up to the volunteering form? If not, who does and who doesn't?

Title

  • e.g. Video Editor for X Project
  • Your call on how specific you want to be, you could always tell people to contact for more details on specific tasks or outline them below

Aims

  • What is the role about?
  • Why might a volunteer care?
  • How this fits into what GFSC's wider work
  • Desirable skills
  • Given training
  • Benefits to the volunteer e.g. being part of GFSC volunteers, etc.

Expectations

  • Prompt responses
  • Joining the required channels, e.g. Github, Gitbook, w/e
  • Time commitment expected - min/max during periods, etc
  • General things like principles, anti-discrimination things
  • Training/Induction
  • Following GFSC principles

Tasks and Responsibilities

  • General hours
  • Deadlines

Contacts

  • Who the volunteer can contact:
  • In their team for help
  • Admin

Other considerations you might want to add to other sections

  • Have you mentioned:
  • How the role is inclusive
  • How the role is flexible?
  • What impact the role will have?
  • How it is connected to the wider organisation?
  • How it won't overburden volunteers?
  • How it is enjoyable?
  • Voluntary?
  • Meaningful to a volunteer's values?