Shifts belong to one of your programs. Only programs with Uses volunteers on, in Edit program, are offered. If none is offered, ask an owner or admin to turn it on, or to add a program for the work.
Post a shift
Open Volunteers, then Schedule
Press Post a shift.
Say what you need
What do you need? is the shift's headline. Lead with the difference it makes. A description is optional.
Choose the program, date and times
An end time earlier than the start means the shift runs past midnight.
Say where, if you like
Where is optional. It goes in the reminder email, so people know where to show up.
Set how many volunteers you need
The shift fills when that many have signed up.
Choose if it repeats
Just once, every day, every week, every 2 weeks or every month. Leave Until blank to keep going; Ember schedules 120 days ahead.
Press Post shift
Ember shows your sign-up link to share. Once your page is live, you also get a QR code to download or print on a flyer. Share your volunteer sign-up page explains it.
Change or cancel a shift
- Open the shift and press Edit shift to change the headline, description, number needed, location or lead. For a repeating shift, choose This shift or This and later shifts. The lead is always set one shift at a time.
- To stop a repeating shift, press End the series after this shift in Edit shift. Later shifts come off the schedule and your sign-up page, and Ember emails anyone signed up for them.
- To cancel, press Cancel this shift in Edit shift, then Cancel the shift. It comes off the schedule and your sign-up page. Ember emails the volunteers signed up for it, but not the waitlist.
- To move a shift to another time, use Reschedule. Ember does not message anyone about it, so let volunteers know yourself.
Use a waitlist
Every program starts with Waitlist on. An owner or admin can turn it off in Edit program, under Volunteers. When a shift is full, people on your public page can join its waitlist. Nobody moves up on their own. When a spot opens, or you raise the number needed, open the shift and press Move up. Ember emails them.