Ministry of the Interior and Safety Strengthens Expertise of 'Volunteer Managers'... Develops Job Standard Proposal

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] On the 14th, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that it will conduct research related to the ‘Volunteer Qualification System’ to strengthen the expertise of volunteers and establish the status of volunteer managers, and based on this, will provide institutional support.

The demand for training professional volunteer managers has been steadily raised mainly in the volunteer field. Accordingly, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety included ‘Strengthening the professional competence and social status of volunteer managers’ as a task in the ‘3rd National Basic Plan for Volunteer Promotion’ and has been gradually supporting related research since 2019.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety will develop a standardized volunteer manager qualification model that conforms to the National Competency Standards (NCS) system based on this year’s status survey and job design. Once the qualification model is developed, it will function as a standard model for about 60 private volunteer manager qualification systems and will also be used to develop education and training courses for volunteer managers.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety expects that professional personnel and systems to systematically support and manage volunteers in disaster situations such as COVID-19 will become increasingly important. Accordingly, it plans to review measures to register volunteer managers in the actual National Competency Standards (NCS) in consultation with related organizations and ministries, including the Korea Volunteer Council and the Korea Volunteer Center Association.

Choi Byung-kwan, Director of Local Administration Policy, said, “Registration in the NCS means that volunteer managers’ occupational skills are recognized in the employment market,” adding, “We will continue efforts to enhance the expertise of volunteer managers so that they can systematically support volunteers.”

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