Requirements for volunteer roles

Necessary training, disclosure checks, and any other requirements for volunteer roles in guiding

Find out what level of training you'll need to do, whether a disclosure check is required, and any other requirements for volunteer roles.

Please see the recruitment and vetting policy for information about references. Any roles can also have an 'alternative title' added with more specific role information.

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Unit roles

Role name in unit team	Disclosure checks required	Safer guiding training required	Membership mandatory	Available to women only	Minimum age	Maximum age	Role length	Role extension period	Counts towards length of service (if individual is a member)	GO webrole
Assistant leader	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	Unit leader
Individual support unit helper	Yes	Yes	No	No	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	Member access
Individual volunteer supporter	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
Leader	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	Unit leader
Leader in training	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	Unit leader
Supported volunteer	Yes	No	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
Unit administrator	Yes	Basics only	No	No	18	N/A	3 years	3 years	Yes	Unit leader
Unit helper	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
Young external volunteer	No	A safe space for 14-17 year olds	No	No	13	18	N/A	N/A	Yes (16+)	Member access
Young leader	No	A safe space for 14-17 year olds	Yes	Yes	14	18	N/A	N/A	Yes (16+)	Member access

Read more information about safer guiding.
You can find role descriptions for roles working with girls or roles supporting guiding.

District roles

Role name in district team	Disclosure checks required	Safer guiding training required	Membership mandatory	Available to women only	Minimum age	Role length	Role extension period	Counts towards length of service (if individual is a member)	GO webrole
District administrator	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	3 years	3 years	Yes	District level support
District assistant	Yes	Basics only	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	District level support
District commissioner	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	District commissioner
District commissioner designate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	6 months	N/A	Yes	District commissioner
District events administrator	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	3 years	3 years	Yes	Event administrator
District helper	Yes	Basics only	No	No	18	N/A	N/A	No	Member access
District ID verifier	Yes	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	ID verifier
District president	No	No	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
District secretary	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	3 years	3 years	Yes	District level support
District supporting leader	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
District supporting member (member without role)	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	No	Member access
District treasurer	Yes	Basics only	No	No	18	3 years	3 years	Yes	Member access
District Trefoil Guild chair	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
District vice president	No	No	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access

Division roles

Role name in division team	Disclosure checks required	Safer guiding training required	Membership mandatory	Available to women only	Minimum age	Role length	Role extension period	Counts towards length of service (if individual is a member)	GO webrole
Assistant division commissioner	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	5 years	2 years	Yes	Division level support
Division administrator	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	3 years	3 years	Yes	Division level support
Division adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Division Brownie adviser	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Division commissioner	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Division commissioner
Division commissioner designate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	6 months	N/A	Yes	Division commissioner
Division communications and PR adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Division Duke of Edinburgh Award adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Duke of Edinburgh co-ordinator
Division Guide adviser	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Division helper	Yes	Basics only	No	No	18	N/A	N/A	No	Member access
Division ID verifier	Yes	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	ID verifier
Division international adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Residential adviser
Division membership growth coordinator	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Division mentor for commissioners	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
Division outdoor activities adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Residential adviser
Division president	No	No	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
Division Rainbow adviser	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Division residential adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Residential adviser
Division secretary	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	3 years	3 years	Yes	Division level support
Division Ranger adviser	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Division supporting leader	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
Division supporting member (member without role)	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	No	Member access
Division training adviser	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Division events administrator	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	3 years	3 years	Yes	Event administrator
Division treasurer	Yes	Basics only	No	No	18	3 years	3 years	Yes	Member access
Division Trefoil Guild chair	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Division vice president	No	No	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access

County roles

Role name in county team	Disclosure checks required	Safer guiding training required	Membership mandatory	Available to women only	Minimum age	Maximum age	Role length	Role extension period	Counts towards length of service (if individual is a member)	GO webrole
Assistant county commissioner	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	5 years	2 years	Yes	County level support
County administrator	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	3 years	Yes	County level support
County adviser	No	Yes	No	No	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
County ambassador	No	No	No	No	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	Member access
County archivist	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	3 years	Yes	Member access
County badge secretary	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	3 years	Yes	Member access
County Brownie adviser	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
County commissioner	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	5 years	2 years	Yes	County commissioner
County commissioner designate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	6 months	N/A	Yes	County commissioner
County communications and PR adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
County Duke of Edinburgh assessor	Yes	Yes	No	No	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
County Duke of Edinburgh Award adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Duke of Edinburgh co-ordinator
County Duke of Edinburgh supervisor	Yes	Yes	No	No	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
County enquiry coordinator	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	County level support
County events administrator	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	3 years	Yes	Event administrator
County GO coordinator	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	County level support
County going away with licence mentor	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
County Guide adviser	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
County helper	Yes	Basics only	No	No	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	Member access
County ID verifier	Yes	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	ID verifier
County ID verifier coordinator	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	ID verifier
County Inspire coordinator	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	2 years	1 year	Yes	Member access
County international adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Residential adviser
County leader in training coordinator	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Leader in training coordinator
County leadership development programme (LDP) mentor	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
County membership growth coordinator	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
County mentor for commissioners	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
County office member	No	Basics only	No	No	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	County level support
County outdoor activity adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Residential adviser
County peer educator coordinator	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Peer educator co-ordinator
County president	No	No	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
County Queen’s Guide award coordinator	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Queen’s Guide award co-ordinator
County Rainbow adviser	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
County residential adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Residential adviser
County secretary	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	3 years	Yes	County level support
County Ranger adviser	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
County supporting member (Member without role)	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	Member access
County training adviser	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
County training administrator	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	3 years	Yes	Member access
County treasurer	Yes	Basics only	No	No	18	N/A	3 years	3 years	Yes	Member access
County Trefoil Guild chair	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
County vice president	No	No	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
County walking adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
County water adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
County young leader coordinator	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	3 years	2 years	Yes	Young leader coordinator
Deputy county commissioner	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	5 years	2 years	Yes	County level support
Peer educator	No	Ages 18+: Yes Ages 14-17: A safe space for 14-17 year olds	Yes	Yes	14	26	N/A	N/A	Yes (16+)	Member access

Country or region roles

Role name in country or region team	Disclosure checks required	Safer guiding training required	Membership mandatory	Available to women only	Minimum age	Role length	Role extension period	Counts towards length of service (if individual is a member)	GO webrole
Assistant chief commissioner	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	5 years	2 years	Yes	Country/region level support
Chief commissioner	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	5 years	2 years	Yes	Country/region Commissioner
Chief commissioner designate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	6 months	N/A	Yes	Country/region commissioner
Country/region 1st response trainer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	3 years	Yes	Member access
Country/region adviser	No	Yes	No	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Country/region ambassador	No	No	No	No	18	N/A	N/A	No	Member access
Country/region archivist	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	3 years	3 years	Yes	Member access
Country/region safer guiding lead volunteer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	A Safe Space lead volunteer
Country/region communications and PR adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Country/region Duke of Edinburgh Award adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Duke of Edinburgh co-ordinator
Country/region events administrator	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	3 years	3 years	Yes	Event administrator
Country/region first aid verifier	Yes	Basics only	Yes	No	18	5 years	N/A	Yes	Member access
Country/region Inspire coordinator	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	2 years	1 year	Yes	Member access
Country/region international adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Residential adviser
Country/region lead volunteer	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
Country/region membership growth coordinator	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Country/region outdoor activities adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Residential adviser
Country/region peer educator coordinator	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Country/region president	No	No	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
Country/region Queen’s Guide Award coordinator	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Queen’s Guide Award co-ordinator
Country/region residential adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Residential adviser
Country/region residential occasional helper	Yes	Basics only	No	No	18	N/A	N/A	No	Member access
Country/region safe practice liaison volunteer	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	5 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Country/region safeguarding assistant lead volunteer	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Country/region safeguarding lead volunteer	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Country/region supporting member	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	No	Member access
Country/region trainer coordinator	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Country/region trainer qualification coordinator	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Trainer qualification co-ordinator
Country/region trainer qualification tutor	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
Country/region trainer reviewer	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
Country/region training adviser	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Country/region treasurer	Yes	Basics only	No	No	18	3 years	3 years	Yes	Member access
Country/region Trefoil Guild chair	No	Basics only	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Country/region trustee	No	Basics only	No	No	18	3 years	3 years	No	Member access
Country/region vice president	No	No	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access
Country/region walking adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Country/region water adviser	No	Yes	Yes	No	18	3 years	2 years	Yes	Member access
Deputy chief commissioner	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	18	5 years	2 years	Yes	Country/region level support
Prospective trainer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	18	2 years	1 year	Yes	Member access
Trainer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	18	N/A	N/A	Yes	Member access

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