Volunteer application form
Thorough multi-step form template to collect volunteer applications. Share information about your organization, share task details, collect applicant's personal information, their previous volunteer experience, and how they heard about you. Lastly, show a confirmation page. Ideal for NGOs, community groups, and event organizers. Clear and straightforward format.
Multi-step application template
Applications form such as this should be broken down over multiple pages. Each page should request information about a specific topic. Here are the sections in this form:
- Welcome page: Welcome page sharing information about the organization and benefits of volunteering
- Role description: Further information describing the roles, work timings, and other details
- Applicant information: Collect information about the volunteer
- Previous experience: Get information about previous volunteer work experience, and social media links
- Availability and other info: Questions to understand the volunteer's schedule and availability, and ask them how they heard about the organization
- Confirmation: A confirmation page that shows entered information, and requires the user to consent to a background check
Collect documents
Prospective volunteers can upload reference letters on the form. However, based on your application process it might also make sense to ask for references later on in the process. You can also add other file upload fields to this application template to collect documents regarding education certifications, or identity documents.
Referral insights
Field analytics help you understand respondent preferences and behaviors. For the this application form, seeing how people found out about your volunteer opportunity lets you focus on the most effective channels. For example, if Google is popular, invest more time and resources on search optimization.
Common questions
How can we attract more more people to signup as a volunteer?
Here's an idea: share information about your organization's non-profit initiatives and sustainability efforts. People who wish to volunteer are usually motivated by their personal beliefs, over material incentives.
How can we collect essential details without being overly intrusive?
When in doubt - err on the side of caution. Ask only the information you need to make decisions. Don't include questions that could be seen as discriminatory (e.g., age, marital status, religion).
What questions will help us understand why the applicant wants to volunteer with our organization?
Add a multiple choice question field with some options asking respondents what inspired them to signup - soul searching, extra time, socializing, personal cause, etc ... Also, include an open-ended form field in case some people wish to elaborate on their answer.
What disclaimers or agreements should we include to protect both the organization and the volunteer?
While you can show disclaimers on the form, it make sense to introduce them later on. Generally, these would be things like liability waiver, confidentiality agreement, media release, background check consent, etc ...
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