A volunteer is a person who renders services to the organization without expecting to be paid.
Such service can be informal or formal that results in the individual gaining invaluable
experiential knowledge and skills and is a useful capacity development tool for the
organization.
The following rules shall apply to all volunteers who join KYC
- A volunteer will join the organization after fulfilling all the pre-qualifications
requirements towards joining the organization. The requirements include:
- Submitting a written requirement to the KYC Manager that may or may not be
supported by relevant certificates and testimonials.
- Are preferably of a youthful age (18-35). Being older will however not
disadvantage anyone.
- Are of good character and do not posses a criminal record
- Undergo an oral interview (not mandatory) with the KYC Manager or a designee
- Agree to abide by rules regulating their stay at the KYC
No staff will engage a volunteer without express authority from the KYC Manager
- Upon joining the organization, all volunteers will discharge duties as assigned to them
under the supervision of the immediate supervisor in any program area that the
organization deems fit to assign them. The KYC Manager either in person or through
delegated authority will have the express authority to assign duties to a volunteer
commensurate with their level of expertise and set targets for the volunteer
- All volunteers will be expected to conduct themselves with discipline and abide to the
KYC rules and regulation during their stay with the organization. In addition, they will be
expected to portray a positive image of the youth centre to the community during their
volunteer period
- Volunteers will have the freedom to choose the length of volunteer period and will
indicate this in the volunteer agreement forms. Such a period should however not be
less than 3 months or more than 2 years. After the end of the agreed upon period, the
volunteer may apply to the KYC Manager for an additional 1 year renewal that will be
upon the Manager’s discretion to accede to or not depending on the volunteer outputs
during the volunteer period. A volunteer is only entitled to one renewal period
- Volunteers will not be entitled to salaries and other benefits but may be provided with
some allowance (transport and lunch allowance) where appropriate to facilitate delivery
of duties assigned to them. The volunteers will however periodically receive incentives
as may be deemed appropriate by the organization’s management and will also be
entitled to a recommendation letter drawn by the KYC Manager after completion of
their volunteer period.
- Volunteers will not be entitled to salaries and other benefits but may be provided with
some allowance (transport and lunch allowance) where appropriate to facilitate delivery
of duties assigned to them. The volunteers will however periodically receive incentives
as may be deemed appropriate by the organization’s management and will also be
entitled to a recommendation letter drawn by the KYC Manager after completion of
their volunteer period.
- Volunteers will be expected to treat all organizational information as confidential. The
organization reserves the right to limit their access to organizational information
considered confidential (such as financial records, client medical records)
- All rules and regulations including disciplinary measures applied to the staff and
outlined in the human resource manual shall in equal measure apply to volunteers while
undertaking duties at KYC
- The organization reserves the right to without prior notice terminate volunteer-ship if
the volunteer contravenes any of the rules as outlined in this guideline and in the
human resource manual; is unable to satisfactorily perform the tasks assigned and if the
KYC Manager in his/her sole opinion determines that the services offered by the
volunteer are no longer relevant to the organization
- All persons interested in volunteering at Konnect Youth Consortium are encouraged
to download the form below, fill it out, and submit a scanned copy it our offices via email.
Download the form here.
- By completing the form, you acknowledge and agree to the terms and conditions of your
position as an volunteer at our organization.
