PNE’s NVQ Management of Volunteers Programme

Why do it?

PNE’s NVQ Management of Volunteers programme is designed to equip those who manage volunteers with the professional skills to ensure volunteers reach their full potential. This qualification will put you at the forefront of best practice which is good news for the manager, for the volunteer, and even better news for the organisations that rely on them. What’s more, it’s accredited by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), one of the country’s leading professional management bodies, so it has excellent credibility in the world of management too.

Whether you are completely new to managing volunteers or want to enable your volunteers to gain more from their involvement, there’s a qualification that will make a significant difference to you, your volunteers and your organisation.

The NVQ Levels

Level 3 NVQ Management of Volunteers

Is aimed at managers who are responsible for managing individual volunteers or groups of volunteers directly or on a day-to-day basis including responsibility for:

• Planning, organising and monitoring the work of volunteers
• Leading, motivating and developing productive working relationships with volunteers, colleagues and their manager
• Contributing to the maintenance of a healthy, safe and productive working environment.

Level 4 NVQ Management of Volunteers

Is aimed at managers who have overall responsibility for recruiting, managing, and developing volunteers in their organisation (or within their department, or part of a large organisation). These participants may manage volunteers directly on a day-to-day basis and/or supervise other people who directly manage volunteers, including responsibility for:

• Involving, motivating and retaining volunteers
• Managing and continuously developing your own and others’ capacity for managing volunteers
• Developing productive working relationships.

Level 5 NVQ Management of Volunteers

Is aimed at senior managers who are responsible for developing and implementing the strategy for involving volunteers in their organisation’s work (but not the direct day-to-day management of volunteers), including:

• Developing the organisation’s volunteering policy; structures and systems to support volunteering
• Developing plans to meet the organisation’s goals
• Evaluating volunteers’ contribution to the organisation’s goals
• Managing and continuously developing your own and others’ capacity for managing volunteers, and developing productive working relationships.

OSCAR

The qualifications will be assessed through our new online assessment system, OSCAR (Online Support for Candidates with Assessment Requirements). Assessment is carried out on the candidate’s work based evidence, and supported through professional discussion which cuts down on mountains of paperwork!

Key Features

• Two-year student membership with the ILM
• Access to a range of learning resources via the ILM website
• One-to-one assessment with a qualified and  experienced manager to support your development
• Work based assessment at your convenience
• The opportunity to benchmark your current practice against the management standards and implement improvements to your management processes and systems.

Contact

To find out how an NVQ in Management of Volunteers can make a difference to you and your organisation, and for information on how we may be able to help you  access funding towards the total cost of the qualification, please contact Anne-Maria at PNE Development on 0191 261 6009 or email development@pne.org