Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Professional Development released for volunteering sector
Media Release
17 June 2013
Volunteering New Zealand
Professional Development released for volunteering sector
National Volunteer Week (16-22 June) celebrates the people who give time to their communities - but it is the managers and leaders who make any volunteering possible.
Volunteering New Zealand (VNZ) has been internationally recognised for the professional development it offers managers of volunteers.
Following the release of Best Practice Guidelines for Managers of Volunteers in November 2012 which has received international praise, VNZ last week released New Zealand’s Competencies for Managers of Volunteers.
The Competencies for Managers of Volunteers provide a learning development pathway with the aim of building a strong, capable volunteer force.
“Competencies provide knowledge, attributes and values you need to complete a task”, says Claire Teal, Programme Manager at VNZ.
The Competencies framework was released via webinar to an audience of more than 100 community and volunteering organisations online.
Hilary Star Foged, Course Facilitator for the Unitec Post-Graduate Diploma in Not-for-Profit Management, said, “Competencies are an opportunity to lift the bar and the quality of managers of volunteers”.
Throughout National Volunteer Week webinars will be held daily to encourage national conversations and development of people involved in the community and voluntary sector.
More about the recently launched Competencies can be found online at: www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/volunteermanagers/competencies
ENDS
Volunteering New Zealand
Leaders of Volunteering
Volunteering New Zealand (VNZ) is an association of New Zealand organisations that have a commitment to volunteering, such as volunteer centres, national and other organisations.
Volunteering New Zealand's mission is to promote, support and advocate for volunteering.
Business Canterbury: Urges Council To Cut Costs, Not Ambition For City
Wellington Airport: On Track For Net Zero Emissions By 2028
Landcare Research: ANZAC Gall Fly Release Promises Natural Solution To Weed Threat
NZ Anti-Vivisection Society: Auckland Rat Lovers Unite!
University of Canterbury: $1.35 Million Grant To Study Lion-like Jumping Spiders
Federated Farmers: Government Ends War On Farming
