My philosophy statement on volunteer administration

I envision a volunteer program that offers the individual volunteers an experience to learn skills that will better the community as a whole, as well as allow them a chance to offer their creative energies into the organizations work. This volunteer philosophy statement is developed with consultations with all the involved parties and therefore takes into account each party’s grievances.

Every project embarked upon by an organization offer new differing challenges. We are dedicated to guiding the volunteers on the various ways of handling each new task. We also appreciate the fact that each individual possesses unique abilities. Each program will therefore be tailor made to incorporate the strengths of each volunteer whereby tasks will be allocated according to how best they can handle a particular area. We also appreciate that each individual has a need to express his or her unique capabilities and therefore we intend to present a volunteer program that employs several methodologies such as teamwork, individual projects, and themed tasks that ensure the volunteers are actively involved and allowed room for offering their creativity.

Our volunteers form part of the staff. Our policies incorporate the volunteers work as the equals of our regular paid staff and such is the treatment offered to them too. They are accorded utmost respect as we seek to treat the volunteers with the dignity they deserve. As part of our team, the volunteers work involve essential activities that ensure smooth progress of tasks, assisting with manual labor and offering support in administration tasks in various projects as well as educating the communities.

Each volunteer’s personal information will be treated with the highest amount of secrecy and confidentiality. Several measures will be employed to safeguard the privacy of each volunteer and their information be it inform of written documents or electronic records.

Volunteers enrolling with the organization should be open minded, possess a ‘can do’ attitude, and ready to give in their all to the organizations work in the quest for fulfilling the set goals.. The volunteer get to receive training in all areas of the organization’s work and later on allocated tasks that they are to carry out following clear instructions.

The selection of the volunteers is such that the final group is representative of the various communities in our society. Volunteer positions are allocated fairly and the individuals treated as equals regardless of their ethnic or economic background.

A big part of an organization’s activities is on the input of the volunteers. I do personally extend my heartfelt gratitude to the any amount of effort that the volunteers offer the organization as part of its operations. I like to think of the volunteers as part of our team and therefore strongly advocate for their direct involvement in the organizations work. Their work goes hand in hand with the input of our employed staff as they work side to side.

I believe that the volunteers are the future hope for continuity of the organizations work. I therefore will make sure that they internalize the organization’s vision and mission as well as the culture in a bid to make them understand and feel part of the quest to achieve the organization’s goals. Through a process of evaluation as they embark on the various tasks, I believe I will be able to understand the progress of the volunteers as well as learn from them. This will then help in devising well-designed decisions that put in mind the necessary changes in the long term.

The laid out guidelines of the volunteer program administration will be sent to all the board of directors’ member for approval. This makes the document official as they approve that it is up to the standards and free of any prejudice. To avoid any conflict of interests, I intend to involve all the stakeholders in formulating the volunteer program to have each party’s interest at heart to ensure that communication is well covered; the statement will be included in the policy and procedure guide.