We have a person that has been doing some voluntary work for the organisation for a few months on a part time basis.
We have now won some grant funding that would mean that we could employ someone one day a week for a few months doing the work that the volunteer has been doing.
Would we need to go through a recruitment and selection campaign for the role as we already know that the person volunteering has the skills to do the role?
I am assuming the issues are:
1) equal opportunities in terms of opening the vacancy internally and externally
2) whether an employment relationship has already been established with the volunteer.
Thanks
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Hi Sarah,
Firstly, you should review your recruitment policy if you have one and follow that. I'm not a legal expert however, if there is no recruitment policy I would advertise internally and as an 'employee', all be it unpaid, your volunteer would be eligible apply for the role. Select and interview as you would any internal role.
Hope this helps
Winnie
Yeah, i agree that volunteer have advantage for being employed. You know how he works and if it is a good additional for your company you can give him a chance. But if you have recruitment policy then you must follow it. But who says even if you follow the hiring policy that the current volunteer will not be hired or can't be hired?