Good Practices for your Organisation
Developing Excellence in Organisational Management
How is your organisation's performance in one, or several of the following areas:
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Leadership:
- Do you have a good management structure in place?
- Is there open communication in your organisation?
- Are volunteers involved in policy development?
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Planning:
- What plans have you developed for your organisation's growth?
- How did you state your goals?
- What was your action plan?
- What resources did you require?
- How were your endeavours evaluated?
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Volunteers:
- Does your organisation have a Volunteer Management Policy?(eg: are all volunteers given a job description, rights and responsibilities statement ?) - if not can you plan how to manage your volunteers?
- Does your organisation have a Volunteer Coordinator? Does this person have a Job Description and Duty statement?
- How well have you identified volunteer skills?
- Have volunteers been able to use their skills to the fullest?
- What recruitment strategies do you have in place?
- Do you provide opportunities for development and training?
- Do you actively encourage participation by volunteers in training and personal development activities?
- How well does your organisation acknowledge and recognise its volunteers? ( eg: certificates aimed to recognise and reward volunteers who have made an outstanding contribution either in management or increasing participation in physical activity in the community)
- Do you have a volunteer recognition program in place?
- What do you do to benefit your volunteers?
For an information sheet on organisational planning, click here.
Developing a Volunteer Strategy
If your organisation is thinking about involving volunteers for the first time or developing new volunteering projects there are a number of points to consider and stages to go through. Click here for more information (pdf format - 30kb)
Screening Committee Members and Treasurers
Volunteer committee members have an ethical responsibility to keep an eye on their organisation’s business.
The legal risks volunteers face when in a position of power within an organisation are worth exploring.
Doing a reference check on individuals handling the organisation’s business is highly recommended. Sometimes we don’t know enough about the people who we rely so heavily on in conducting our organisation’s business.
