Verlust von Ehrenamtsstunden durch fehlerhafte Zeiterfassung

Definition

Australian political campaigns and advocacy organisations depend heavily on volunteers for canvassing, phone banking, rallies and election‑day operations.[3][6][7] Without a dedicated platform, sign‑ups, rostering and attendance are often handled via email chains and spreadsheets, which makes it hard to see real‑time coverage, track participation and manage last‑minute changes.[3][4] Volunteer management platforms like Rosterfy and VolunteerHub explicitly pitch eliminating “scheduling headaches”, streamlining rostering and saving time and money by centralising volunteer data and shift management.[2][4][5] Rosterfy notes that previously manual processes are streamlined in a centralised system, allowing organisations to save time and money and focus on engagement.[5] Given that political volunteer programs often involve hundreds to thousands of volunteers over a campaign cycle,[3][9] even a conservative 10–20 % loss of usable capacity due to missed communications, double‑bookings and untracked availability converts directly into fewer voter contacts and lower fundraising or persuasion outcomes. Assuming 200 active volunteers each contributing 100 hours per year (20.000 hours) and a 10–20 % avoidable loss from poor scheduling and tracking, 2.000–4.000 hours of potential work are lost. Valuing volunteer time conservatively at AUD 25 per hour (typical replacement cost for casual administrative or campaign field work in Australia), this equates to AUD 50.000–100.000 per year in foregone output per organisation. Not all of this is fully realisable, so a practical recoverable loss range of AUD 20.000–80.000 per year is a reasonable forensic estimate aligned with the value‑add described by large political and nonprofit users of professional volunteer platforms.[3][5][9]

Why This Matters

The Pitch: Political organisations in Australia 🇦🇺 waste schätzungsweise AUD 20.000–80.000 pro Jahr an ungenutzter Kapazität, weil Ehrenamtsstunden und Einsätze manuell über Tabellen und E‑Mails verwaltet werden. Automation der Einsatzplanung, Schichtzuweisung und Anwesenheitserfassung reduziert Leerlauf und No‑Shows und macht 10–20 % zusätzlicher Kapazität nutzbar.

Affected Stakeholders

Kampagnenleiter, Volunteer Coordinator, Field Organiser, Partei‑Schatzmeister, Event‑Organisatoren

Related Business Risks