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

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Community Volunteer Skills List in Charity & Voluntary

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Community Volunteer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Community Volunteer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 39% of Community Volunteer job descriptions contained charity as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

charity
39%
volunteering
31%
fundraising
27%
communication skills
20%
engagement
20%
organisational skills
16%
volunteers
16%
co ordinator
16%
written communication
16%
youth work
12%
charities
12%
event manager
8%
interpersonal skills
8%
operations manager
8%
supportive
8%
events manager
8%
volunteer engagement
8%
welfare
8%
wellbeing
8%
young people
8%
fundraiser
8%
manager
8%
team manager
8%
team support
8%
volunteer coordinator
8%
equality
8%
creativity
8%
conference manager
8%
volunteer manager
8%
administrative
8%
overseas experience
8%
international development
8%
development work
8%
voluntary
8%
dbs
4%
youth engagement
4%
mental health
4%
mental health care worker
4%
mental health practitioner
4%
community engagement
4%
mental health support worker
4%
events
4%
donations
4%
youth support
4%
guidance
4%
advice
4%
engagement officer
4%
community engagement officer
4%

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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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