Value Time: Job Descriptions
Your team’s job descriptions will help determine the time you need from a volunteer per month to help out with the team. This prevents you from training new volunteers, only to lose them when they realize how much time is required.
Job descriptions should be simple, no more than a page in length, and should define:
- Job title
- Description or summary of the job
- Skill or physical requirements
- The number of weeks per month the team member is required to serve
- How many hours are required per week or month
- The duration of service (often no more than 3-6 months)
This description helps ensure that a volunteer understands what expectations you have for them. It’s also useful for matching candidates to job openings within your ministry.
A word of warning about job descriptions: you should ensure that volunteers understand that job descriptions outline what you expect from them, but it doesn’t restrict what they can do. If they see something that needs fixed, they should be encouraged to take the steps to fix it. Otherwise, your volunteers will start to adopt the “that’s not my job” attitude.
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