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

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Voluntary Skills List in Charity & Voluntary

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Voluntary role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Voluntary job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 15% of Voluntary job descriptions contained charity as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

charity
15%
project management
15%
voluntary sector
12%
communication skills
12%
fundraising
12%
young people
9%
homelessness
9%
advice
9%
welfare
9%
guidance
9%
creativity
6%
communication
6%
projects
6%
crm
6%
compliance
6%
supportive
6%
interpersonal skills
6%
equality
6%
leadership
6%
project manager
6%
mental health
6%
senior project manager
6%
substance
6%
engagement
6%
philanthropy
6%
management
6%
partnerships
6%
quality assurance
6%
telephone manner
6%
tax
6%
strategies
6%
wellbeing
6%
youth work
6%
influencing
6%
service delivery management
6%
project coordinator
6%
voluntary
3%
children
3%
tenancy sustainment
3%
west yorkshire
3%
communication and engagement
3%
alumni relations
3%
supported housing
3%
ceo
3%
chief exec
3%
chief executive officer
3%
board member
3%
healthcare
3%
social care
3%
counselling
3%
case worker
3%
project leader
3%
service manager
3%
community groups
3%
grants
3%
consulting
3%
note taking
3%
diary management
3%
administrative support
3%
service delivery
3%
events
3%
communications
3%
marketing
3%
corporate partnerships
3%
administration
3%
pa
3%
stem
3%
funding applications
3%
donors
3%
charities
3%
charitable trusts
3%
admin
3%
time management
3%
higher education
3%
data
3%
operations
3%
ex-offenders
3%
complex needs
3%
service development
3%
foundations
3%
volunteering
3%
applications
3%
support workers
3%
universal credit
3%
housing benefits
3%
substance misuse
3%
community development
3%
writing
3%
stakeholder engagement
3%
social policy
3%
public affairs
3%
local government
3%
housing
3%
government
3%
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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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