How to become a volunteer manager
Official title: Volunteer manager
Also called: Charity volunteer administrator, Volunteer administrator, Volunteer management director, Volunteer management manager, Volunteer management supervisor, Volunteer administrator, Volunteer management director
Volunteer manager plans, directs, or coordinates the activities of a social services programme or community outreach organisation. He/she oversees the programme or organisation’s budget and policies regarding participant involvement, programme requirements, and benefits.
Main tasks
- Providing overall direction and management for a service, facility, organisation or centre
- Developing, implementing and monitoring procedures, policies and standards for staff
- Monitoring and evaluating resources devoted to the provision of welfare, housing, and other social services
- Controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation, expenditure on supplies, equipment and services
- Liaising with other welfare and health services providers, boards and funding bodies to discuss areas of health and welfare services cooperation and coordination
- Representing the organisation in negotiations and at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums
- Coordinating the volunteer activities of human services agencies, health care facilities and arts and sports organisations
Ways in
- University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 6 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Social services manager
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Questions people ask
How do I become a volunteer manager?
Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees.
Will AI change the work of a volunteer manager?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026