As the new program manager for our Hands On Boomer Initiative, I am enjoying my opportunities to meet with many volunteer coordinators in our partner organizations. As we’ve explored your volunteer needs, many of you have requested guidance on how best to recruit volunteers from the Boomer generation. Of course, one of the most accessible and commonly used recruitment tools is the Volunteer Position Description. And a prerequisite to a compelling Boomer volunteer description is a volunteer position that is flexible, creative and linked to social impact. So, when crafting your descriptions, I encourage you to stretch your thinking about the position itself. If the position is compelling, then the position description will also be compelling and fun to write.
To invoke your imagination and encourage new ways of thinking about Boomer volunteer positions, I have developed this Guide for Creating a Volunteer Position Description. Please use it as a stimulus for rethinking positions and reframing your current descriptions. I wrote my first draft of the guide specifically for Boomers. When reviewing it with my Hands On colleagues, we quickly realized that adult volunteers of all ages desire flexibility, purpose and creativity. Boomers may be pushing our edge on transforming volunteering but, we do not stand alone with our desires for meaningful and fulfilling service opportunities. Thus, our position description guide is now aimed at recruiting all adult volunteers. If you have suggestions or feedback from its use, please let me know: karen@handsonportland.org
Submitted by:
Karen Beal
Hands On Boomer Initiative
Program Manager
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