PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions: Difference between revisions
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* '''Recruitment and retention''': Clear, well-structured descriptions make it easier to match the right people to the right roles, leading to a more satisfying and effective volunteer experience. | * '''Recruitment and retention''': Clear, well-structured descriptions make it easier to match the right people to the right roles, leading to a more satisfying and effective volunteer experience. | ||
* '''Risk management''': Including standard language around safety expectations, supervision, and boundaries helps reduce liability and improve compliance with organizational policies. Volunteer position descriptions are prospective legal documents and should be treated as such. | * '''Risk management''': Including standard language around safety expectations, supervision, and boundaries helps reduce liability and improve compliance with organizational policies. Volunteer position descriptions are prospective legal documents and should be treated as such. | ||
=== Policy Statement === | |||
In service to PBEM's volunteers, a volunteer position description template will be maintained in order to promote consistency and clarity of expectations PBEM has of volunteers. Any individual who edits NETwiki should use the template when creating, editing, documenting, or describing volunteer positions associated with PBEM. Modifications to the template for specific position descriptions are allowed if approved by PBEM staff. Any modification should preserve the principles of consistency, clarity, and risk management. | |||
=== Scope === | |||
This policy applies to all volunteer position descriptions associated with PBEM whether in the NETwiki and/or published elsewhere (online or in print). | |||
=== Responsibilities === | |||
'''Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM)''' | |||
== Position Description Components == | == Position Description Components == | ||
