Recruiting & Appointing New Committee Members

Recruiting & Appointing New Committee Members Recruiting new members onto a Management Committee is not as straightforward as recruiting for other voluntary roles:

• Special guidelines and procedures need to be followed to ensure Committee Members are legally appointed
• A number of groups find it challenging to attract people with the skills or attributes they need
• Some potential volunteers are reluctant to take on the responsibilities
• New members may struggle to get up to speed with the breadth of their responsibilities

However, at the same time, recruiting new members provides a great opportunity to strengthen and diversify your Management Committee, increasing its overall effectiveness and ability to achieve its goals.

Given the key role that the Management Committee plays in the success of the organisation, it is worth spending a little time planning your recruitment and reviewing how you attract, select and involve new members.

This section includes good practice advice, tips, tools and resources to support you in recruiting the members you need to build your Management Committee.

Good practice standards

Remember! Management Committee members are also volunteers. Throughout this section we will refer you to the standards of good practice defined in the National Occupational Standards for the Management of Volunteers. These provide clear and helpful checklists for different aspects of volunteer recruitment.