Claire Teal

Claire began her involvement with volunteering at the age of 12 and has since volunteered with a wide variety of organisations. A qualified Social Worker, Claire has an extensive background in community youth work, community development and statutory social work. In 2006, she moved into Management of Volunteers as New Zealand’s youngest ever Citizens Advice Bureau Service Manager at the Central City branch in Wellington, New Zealand.

Claire currently holds the position of Programme Manager at Volunteering New Zealand, a role focused on developing a national initiative aimed at raising awareness of the role and value of Managers of Volunteers, and enhancing the professional development opportunities available to them. She is also Deputy Chair of Volunteer Wellington, and on the planning committee of Women in Leadership Aotearoa. In 2011, she was an invited international faculty member at the Australasian Advanced Retreat for Managers of Volunteers.

Claire has a real passion for the vital role Managers of Volunteers play in volunteer-involving organisations, and is driven by the desire to see the recognition and resourcing they are given grow and develop. This vision underpins the focus of her career, to which she also brings her characteristic energy, seemingly bottomless stock of ideas and commitment to working with and encouraging others.