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Designing a successful volunteer recruitment advertisement

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This guide provides practical advice on designing effective volunteer recruitment advertisements. It highlights the importance of clear messaging, role clarity and communicating the benefits of volunteering.

The resource supports organisations to create engaging advertisements that attract suitable volunteers and align with organisational needs and values.

Benefits for volunteer managers

  • conduct effective and targeted volunteer recruitment
  • communicate roles clearly and attract suitable volunteer candidates
  • strengthen volunteer engagement through clear messaging
  • improve volunteer recruitment and retention outcomes.

How to apply this resource

This guide is most useful when developing volunteer recruitment campaigns, improving advertising content, or reviewing recruitment strategies to better attract and engage volunteers.

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Queensland Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety delivers child protection, family support, disability and seniors services.

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