Occupation
Volunteer coordinator
Volunteer coordinators recruit, screen, train, and schedule the unpaid people an organisation depends on, and keep them wanting to come back. It is a human resources role for a workforce that can leave at any time, so recognition and good rostering matter as much as compliance. Screening checks, training records, and insurance requirements sit underneath all of it.
Also known as: Volunteer manager · Volunteer services coordinator · Volunteer programme officer
Occupation content
Part of Community, social and public services
What the work involves
- Advertise volunteer roles and interview and screen applicants
- Arrange background checks, references, and required training or orientation
- Build rosters and match volunteers to shifts, programmes, and events
- Supervise and support volunteers and resolve conflicts or performance issues
- Maintain volunteer records, hours, and compliance documentation
- Plan recognition activities and gather feedback to improve retention
How people commonly enter
- A college diploma or degree in human resources, community services, or nonprofit management
- Progression from an administrative, programme, or frontline role in the same organisation
- Professional certification in volunteer administration or leadership, which is common but not universally required
Typical training: Certificate or college diploma
Licensing: Not typically licensed
Typical work context
Team based · Public facing · Varied work · Desk based · Hybrid office
Related interests
Social (helping) · Enterprising (leading) · Conventional (organizing)
Related aptitude preparation
These are preparation links only. They do not measure eligibility for this occupation and no score here qualifies or disqualifies anyone.
Skills to practise
- Planning and scheduling exercises
- Situational judgment
- Written communication
- Data checking and clerical accuracy
Practice suites
Related learning
Family-level learning links for Community, social and public services.
Official sources
Labour-market facts such as pay and employment projections are not reproduced here. Open an official source below for figures, with its own geography and reference period.
- O*NET OnLine — occupation search: social and community service manager · United States
Link checked
- UK National Careers Service — Community development worker job profile · United Kingdom
Link checked
- Canada Job Bank — Career planning and occupation exploration (ESDC) · Canada
Link checked
Labour-market context (not part of exploration match)
This is broad family-level context for Community, social and public services in Canada, not a figure for Volunteer coordinator. It does not affect matching scores and is not an eligibility determination.
This is a broad Community, social and public services family. Explore the official profile for the chosen occupation; entry education and training can differ within the family.
Canada Job Bank Career Planning · Canada · Current official profile; consult source for its release period
Community, social and public services: education pathways
Some roles in Community, social and public services may be regulated. Confirm whether the specific role requires registration, certification, or a jurisdiction-specific licence.
Canada Job Bank Career Planning · Canada · Current official profile; consult source for its release period
Community, social and public services: licensing
Find jobs
These are live, user-controlled searches on each source's own site for “ Volunteer coordinator”. Novus Learn does not fetch, store, or rank these results, and job availability never changes your exploration match score.
- Search Canada Job Bank · Canada
- Search USAJOBS · United States federal
- Search EURES · European Union / EEA
- Search Indeed · International (choose location on Indeed)