1. Register for an organisation account

Have your organisation details to hand as you will need them - scroll down to see information you will be asked for.

Register your organisation

2. Our team will approve your application

Once you have completed the spam check you will then be redirected to the home page with a message saying your organisation has been submitted for approval. You will also receive an email acknowledging your application.

As soon as JMSU staff approve your application you will receive email confirmation with a link to uploading and managing your opportunities. You may be directed to home page, in which case click Sign in and use your email address and password to do so.

3. Create volunteering opportunities

1. After you've logged in, hover over your name at the top of the page to see a drop down, and select 'Manage Opportunities'. You can then view all active opportunities, and add new ones.
2. When you create your opportunity it will automatically be set to live, but you can switch to 'draft' if you want to save and come back to it. Scroll down to see the information you will be asked to input.
3. The skills you select will show up in search listings. Try not to list too many mandatory skills - this could put off volunteers.
4. There is no need to fill in the availability calendar as we don't utilise this feature.
5. You will then receive an email saying your role has been created, and another when it has been approved.

3. Managing applications

1. When people apply for your opportunity, you will receive an email notification with a link to approve the application.
2. You can then click the cog icon to approve or declineindividual applications. If you decline an application you will be asked to give a reason, which will be emailed to the applicant automatically.
3. Once you've confirmed a volunteer they will receive a confirmation and you can then liaise with them externally. Find their details by navigating to your role, clicking the cog and selecting 'volunteer application' and then doing the same with the cog next to their name and selecting 'view volunteer's profile'. You can also export lists of volunteers.

Managing timesheets

1. Students will submit the timesheets on their profile. You will receive an email when students have submitted timesheets.
2. Log onto the portal and either approve or decline the timesheet. Click on the cog and press edit timesheet.
3. Click approve/decline and give feedback to the volunteer
4. The student will receive an email on the feedback and whether the timesheet was declined or approved.