# Design a volunteer role, recruitment post, and onboarding plan

A clear volunteer position description, a recruiting message, screening steps, and a first-month plan that keeps volunteers coming back.

- Topic: HR & Hiring
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: HR & Hiring, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/design-a-volunteer-role-recruitment-post-and-onboarding-plan

## Prompt

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Help me design a volunteer role for my nonprofit.

**The work:** [what needs doing and why it matters to the mission]
**Time commitment:** [hours, schedule, minimum term]
**Skills or requirements:** [e.g. lifting, a language, a car, comfort with teens]
**Who they will work with:** [vulnerable groups such as children or older adults? unsupervised?]
**Supervisor:** [ROLE]
**What we can offer volunteers:** [training, references, community, flexibility]

Give me:
1. A volunteer position description: purpose, responsibilities, time, qualifications, training, supervisor, and benefits to the volunteer.
2. A recruitment post (about 120 words) and a 2-sentence version for social media, written around the impact and the volunteer's motivations.
3. A screening plan proportionate to risk: application, conversation, references, and background checks where the role involves vulnerable people, following our policies and local law.
4. An onboarding plan: orientation agenda, role training, safeguarding and confidentiality, and the first shift with a buddy.
5. Retention: check-ins at 30 and 90 days, recognition ideas, and how to track hours and feedback.
6. Boundaries: what volunteers should not do (e.g. replace paid staff duties, handle confidential records without training) and how to raise concerns.

Note any employment-law issues to check, such as volunteers who are also employees or interns, and confirm insurance coverage for volunteers.
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## What to fill in

- what needs doing and why it matters to the mission
- hours, schedule, minimum term
- e.g. lifting, a language, a car, comfort with teens
- ROLE
- training, references, community, flexibility

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