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Where a volunteer manager can go next

3 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a volunteer manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Volunteer managers work across the non-profit sector to recruit, train, motivate and supervise volunteers. They are in charge of designing volunteer assignments, recruiting volunteers, reviewing the tasks undertaken and impact made, providing feedback and managing their overall performance against the objectives of the organisation. Volunteer coordinators might also manage online volunteering activities, sometimes known as cyber-volunteering or e-volunteering.

Also known as volunteering development manager, volunteer program coordinator, volunteer program manager, volunteer engagement coordinator, community engagement coordinator.

Managers 44 skills on file 3 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: employee volunteering programme coordinator, 83%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 3 nearest destinations from volunteer manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a volunteer manager already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Only 3 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

employee volunteering programme coordinator 83% covered · difficulty 18.2

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A volunteer manager needs 29 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

manage volunteering programmes management skills
train volunteers communication, collaboration and creativity
capacity building education
create social alliances communication, collaboration and creativity
validation of learning acquired through volunteering education
monitor social impact information skills
brief volunteers management skills
labour law business, administration and law
advocate for others communication, collaboration and creativity
animate in the outdoors communication, collaboration and creativity

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a volunteer manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Volunteer manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a volunteer manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.