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, 36% of Community Volunteer job descriptions contained charity as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

charity
36%
volunteering
29%
fundraising
25%
communication skills
18%
engagement
18%
volunteers
15%
co ordinator
15%
organisational skills
15%
written communication
15%
youth work
11%
welfare
11%
charities
11%
administrative
8%
young people
8%
fundraiser
8%
conference manager
8%
creativity
8%
equality
8%
event manager
8%
events manager
8%
interpersonal skills
8%
operations manager
8%
supportive
8%
wellbeing
8%
international development
8%
advice
8%
volunteer manager
8%
volunteer engagement
8%
volunteer coordinator
8%
team support
8%
team manager
8%
voluntary
8%
manager
8%
development work
8%
overseas experience
8%
dbs
4%
youth engagement
4%
mental health
4%
mental health care worker
4%
mental health practitioner
4%
homelessness
4%
mental health support worker
4%
events
4%
donations
4%
youth support
4%
guidance
4%
engagement officer
4%
community engagement officer
4%
community engagement
4%
local authorities
4%
legislation
4%
benefits
4%
supported housing
4%
service delivery
4%
operations
4%
management
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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