How to use the Volunteer role description template

Start a board from it
Use this template opens a new Freero board with the Volunteer role description template on it (sign up free first). On a board you already have, open Templates in the toolbar and search for “Volunteer role description”.
Follow the instruction on the board
“Write it for the volunteer, not for HR. Be honest about the time it takes; ask a current volunteer to read it before posting.”
Fill in each part
- Why this matters The difference the role makes, in one or two lines.
- What you’ll do The actual tasks, in plain words.
- Time it takes Hours, days and how long you hope they stay.
- Who it suits Qualities and skills that help; none are a must.
- Support you’ll get Training, a contact person, expenses.
- What you’ll gain What volunteers say they get out of it.
- How to apply The next step, and how soon they hear back.
Bring your team and your agents
Invite people to the board or share a link, and work on it together live. The timer is in the top bar, private mode and voting in the board menu, and Claude or ChatGPT can join through Freero’s MCP server.

Work on it with an AI agent

Connect an assistant once and it works on the board with you, with your permissions: by default it reads and proposes, and people decide.

You ask: “Fill in the Volunteer role description board from these notes.”
What happens It reads the board, then proposes sticky notes for it. Nothing changes until someone on the board accepts them.
You ask: “Group what we wrote into themes and list the actions.”
What happens It proposes clusters with a title each and task cards for the actions, labelled with its name and yours.

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