Skills-based CV template
Use this structure when your strongest evidence comes from volunteering, projects and different settings rather than one continuous career path.
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Profile
Community organiser with practical experience bringing residents, volunteers and local services together. Skilled in planning accessible events, recruiting and supporting volunteers, and turning feedback into clear actions. Looking to contribute inclusive outreach and dependable coordination to a neighbourhood programme.
Relevant skills
Community engagement
Built relationships with tenant groups, schools and food projects while volunteering with Eastbank Neighbours.
Ran doorstep and telephone outreach that brought 63 residents into a winter energy-advice programme.
Event and project coordination
Planned six low-cost community workshops, covering venues, risk checks, speakers, publicity and volunteer rotas.
Kept delivery within a £1,200 grant and gathered feedback from 118 attendees.
Communication
Write plain-English social posts, flyers, volunteer briefings and short funder updates.
Facilitate small meetings so quieter participants have time to contribute.
Administration and digital skills
Maintain consent records and attendance data using Excel and Google Workspace.
Produce action lists, follow up owners and handle personal information carefully.
Experience
Volunteer Project Lead | Eastbank Neighbours, Leeds | January 2024–present
Part-time Front of House Assistant | Lantern Arts Centre, Leeds | August 2022–present
Community Research Project | North Leeds Adult College | February–May 2023
Education and training
Level 3 Award in Community Development | North Leeds Adult College | 2023
Emergency First Aid at Work | 2024
A levels: Sociology, English Language and Media Studies | 2021
Additional information
Available for occasional evening and weekend events.
Fictional example for a community organiser. Replace every detail with your own. The PDF shows the download layout.
How to use this template
Choose evidence-led headings
Name three or four strengths the vacancy actually requests, rather than using a long generic skills list.
Prove every strength
Under each heading, give a short example showing what you did, who benefited and what changed.
Keep a date summary
A compact experience section helps the reader understand where and when you built the skills.
Avoid repetition
If an achievement appears under a skill, do not repeat the same wording in the experience summary.