Reviewing your role as a volunteer

Importance of Reviewing Your Role

Performance Evaluation: As a volunteer, it’s essential to regularly evaluate your performance to ensure you’re meeting your goals and expectations. This involves assessing your effectiveness and impact in your volunteering role.
Skill Development: Regular reviews help volunteers identify opportunities to develop new skills or improve on existing ones. This is important for personal growth and can improve your confidence and capability.
Feedback: Constructive feedback plays a critical role in improvement. Welcome feedback from supervisors, coaches, fellow volunteers and any beneficiaries of your work. It helps identify areas of strength and those needing improvement.

Self-review: Analyse your own performance and rate yourself on your achievements and the areas where you could improve. Reflect on your experiences and note down the skills you have demonstrated or learned.
Peer Review: This involves other volunteers or colleagues reviewing your work. It’s a cooperative way of identifying strengths and opportunities for improvement from different perspectives.
Supervisor Review: Regular feedback and assessment from a supervisor or coach provide a professional perspective on your performance and can guide you towards improvement in specific areas.

Reliability and Dedication: Consider the level of commitment you’ve shown in your role. This may include your punctuality, reliability, and how readily you embraced the tasks assigned to you.
Cooperation and Teamwork: Reflect on your ability to work effectively within a team. How well did you communicate and cooperate with others?
Leadership: Assess your ability in leading, motivating and guiding others if it was part of your role. Did you inspire and catalyse cooperation among team members?
Problem-Solving Skills: Review instances where you encountered problems or challenges. How effective were your problem-solving skills in these situations?

Setting Clear Goals: Based on your review, set clear objectives for the next phase of your volunteering role. This might involve improving on certain skills, taking on more responsibility, or exploring a new aspect of community sport volunteering.
Seeking Training or Support: If you’ve identified areas where you need to improve, consider seeking additional training or support. This might involve attending workshops, seeking guidance from a mentor, or accessing online resources.
Communicating Effectively: Discuss your review findings with your supervisor or coach. A constructive dialog can help clarify any misunderstandings and set the stage for continued progress and development.