Recruit Volunteers as an Ottawa Sport Council Member

Follow these steps to identify your new Volunteer Ottawa account as an OSC member account.  

1. Sign up as a Volunteer Ottawa member using the link above.  
   NOTE: under Organization’s primary sector of work, please pick “Other”.
   
2. Once your payment has been processed and your account activated, go to “My Account”  
3. In the “My Account” area, click the fourth button in the menu on the left, “My Member Profile”  
4. Scroll to the bottom of the “My Member Profile” page to where it says “Please check this box if you are a member of the Ottawa Sport Council”. Check this box.
5. Please also fill out the other information for your profile. This information will be visible to the public and in searches and will help volunteers find your opportunities. 
6. Click the “Update” button. 

You will need to make sure that your account is identified as an OSC member in order to post to the OSC Volunteer Portal.

Once you have registered your account, check out the Membership Checklist for more things you can do with your new account. 

Follow these steps to post a volunteer opportunity. 

1. Log into your member account on volunteerottawa.ca 
2. If you are not automatically redirected there, go to “My Account” 
3. In the “My Account” area, click the third button in the menu on the left, “Add New Opportunity” 
4. Fill in all fields marked with an asterisk: *. Fields not marked with an asterisk are optional.
   Note: options specific to the OSC Portal can be found at the bottom of the form. 
5. Click “Post”. Your volunteer opportunity will appear both on the OSC Portal and on Volunteer Ottawa’s main Search page. It will also appear on your public member profile page.

Your opportunity will be public until the deadline date you entered when posting. After the deadline, the opportunity will no longer be public but you will be able to see it in “My Opportunities” in your “My Account” area. 

Once you have posted an opportunity, you can always edit or delete it. Once the deadline has passed for an opportunity, you can re-activate that post instead of recreating it.

To update or delete:

1. Log into your member account on volunteerottawa.ca 
2. If you are not automatically redirected there, go to “My Account” 
3. In the “My Account” area, click the second button in the menu on the left, “My Opportunities”. If you have posted any opportunities, you will see them listed here. 
4. Click “Edit Job” to update the information in your volunteer opportunity post. Click “Delete” to delete the opportunity post entirely.

To re-activate an expired post: 

1. Log into your member account on volunteerottawa.ca 
2. If you are not automatically redirected there, go to “My Account” 
3. In the “My Account” area, click the second button in the menu on the left, “My Opportunities”. If you have posted any opportunities, you will see them listed here. 
4. Click “Edit Job” under the opportunity post you would like to re-activate. 
5. Update the application deadline to a date in the future. 
6. At the bottom of the form, update the “Published on” date to today’s date. 
7. Click “Update” and the post will be re-activated until the new deadline date. 

There are two ways to see applications from people interested in volunteering for your position: by email and in your “My Account” area.

Applications by email: 

When composing a volunteer opportunity post, you will be asked to enter a contact email address. Full applications from potential volunteers will be sent to the email address you enter. You can use different email addresses for different opportunities to direct applications to the right person.

Volunteer Report: 

In the “My Account” area, click “Volunteer Report” from the menu on the left. This shows a simple summary of all applications made to your opportunities. You can export this summary as a CSV or Excel file for your records.