Overview

Selfless donations of time and effort from volunteers express the altruistic nature of non-profit organizations striving to benefit the community. The importance of volunteer work makes it imperative that their efforts are used efficiently. This requires careful matching of volunteer skill, availability and task preferences to ensure that volunteers are given the appropriate tasks.

Sumac Volunteers supports your staff by streamlining all the necessary organizational duties, providing visually-based charts that compare the needs of various tasks with the abilities and preferences of individual volunteers. Sumac eases the entire process, from recruitment and analysis to performing necessary tasks and thanking those who donate effort, making sure volunteers never feel unappreciated or ineffective.

Features

• Manage and record qualifications and skills of each volunteer or staff member.
• Assign tasks and track the status throughout the entire cycle of the assignment, as a volunteer is notified, performs the task and receives recognition for service.
• Define tasks and relate them to a department, program or event, assigning each task to an internal coordinator.
• Track the validation of qualifications and when they require re-validation.
• Create templates for frequently repeated tasks, enabling rapid definition and distribution.
• Organize volunteers by types and the group of tasks they are able or willing to perform.
• Construct open-ended tasks (on-going over weeks or months) as well as those at a specific date and time.
• Indicate qualifications required to perform each task and at a glance find the most appropriate person to complete the job.
• Record the amount of time worked on various tasks, relating it to the programs and individuals involved with your mission.
• Use pre-defined and ad hoc reports to analyze your volunteer data.
• Integrate with Sumac Reminders to create action plans for induction and training of new volunteers while guiding them through complete task cycles.