Volunteering on the Hill

Volunteering

St. Olaf College defines a volunteer as any person who commits to a consistent time schedule to support the mission and efforts of the College without expectation of compensation, benefits, or any form of remuneration.

Process

1. The supervisor initiates by submitting a response in the Request a Volunteer form.
2. The Office of Human Resources reviews the response and sends the Volunteer Agreement to the supervisor.
3. The supervisor completes their sections of the Volunteer Agreement and sends it to the volunteer.
4. The volunteer reviews the agreement, provides email address, phone number, and signature with the date and sends the form back to the supervisor.
5. The supervisor routes the form to the Office of Human Resources.
6. Human Resources creates an account in Oracle for the volunteer, where the agreement will be filed.
7. The Human Resources staff requests Background Checks as needed and assigns any required trainings to the volunteer.
8. After completion of these steps, the volunteer is ready to start.

Access Privileges

Note: The following items are accessible at the supervisor’s discretion. The Office of Human Resources will ensure a successfully completed background check is conducted prior to the following access/privileges being authorized. The Office of Human Resources reserves the right to deny privileges, if necessary.

Keys – Various buildings, offices, storage areas, etc. may need to be accessed using physical keys which can be given to the volunteer.

Email Address and Oracle Account – Volunteers will obtain a St. Olaf email address and an Oracle account which will be requested by the Office of Human Resources.

Printing/copying – Typically if an email address and network account are requested, printing/copying is set up as well.