Workforce Management & Volunteer Scheduling Solutions for Not-for-Profit
With over 25 years of experience, nimbus is Australia’s trusted software for volunteer scheduling in not-for-profit organisations.
nimbus helps not-for-profits coordinate volunteers, simplify compliance and stay connected, so teams can focus on making an impact.
Trusted to optimise organisations globally
The Challenges Facing Not-for-Profit Workforce Teams
When every volunteer counts, seamless coordination and communication make all the difference.
- Coordinating large numbers of volunteers with irregular availability
- Managing rosters across events, community programs and sites
- Ensuring compliance for both staff and volunteer roles
- Maintaining continuity during unexpected disruptions
Plan and publish rosters for events and programs with availability matching and shift swaps.
Track hours accurately for grants, audits, and impact reporting.
Apply Fair Work and organisational policies with audit trails and role-based access.
Keep communication lines active during incidents with predefined action plans and redirection.
Streamlines volunteer scheduling for events, programs and services. It enables transparent rostering for teams, assisting in agile shift swapping, availability tracking and easy publishing.
Assists with vital transparency and governance compliance for funding bodies.
It assists in payroll and roster management for both paid and volunteer staff by automating tracking of working hours, entitlements and training requirements aligned with Fair Work regulations.
Ensures operational stability during events, emergencies or outages. It keeps vital communication lines active for essential services and allows you to proactively prepare for disruption with predefined plans.
Why not-for-profit organisations choose nimbus
Trusted by charities, faith-based groups, and community organisations to run compliant, efficient volunteer and staff operations at scale. Featured in the Gartner Market Guide for WFM Applications 2024.
Compliance, security, and data sovereignty
Australian hosting
Keep workforce data onshore with enterprise-grade resilience.
Security by design
SOC2 and ISO-aligned controls, role-based access and audit logging.
Ensuring Safety
Volunteer safety checks and documentation
To solve these challenges, nimbus provides visibility and efficiency for mobile and distributed workforces:
- Simplify volunteer scheduling and shift management
- Automate attendance tracking and accurate hour capture
- Improve communication between coordinators and volunteers
- Ensure compliance with Fair Work and organisational governance
- Maintain operational continuity during events or emergencies
Customer Success in Action
Starlight Children's Foundation
A national charity implemented nimbus time2work to coordinate volunteers across multiple community programs.
The goal was to optimally schedule 400 team members across 10 sites, administration and multiple remote locations. We enabled more streamlined processes end-to-end and automated employee scheduling and engagement for a vital mission.
FAQs
nimbus allows organisations to:
- Schedule and edit volunteer rosters
- Communicate with team members
- Ensure compliance with Fair Work and governance requirements
- Maintain operational continuity during downtime
Yes – organisations can use nimbus to accurately track individual volunteer hours and attendance for reporting, forecasting and compliance.
nimbus hub ensures operational stability during events, emergencies or outages and allows you to proactively plan ahead.
Yes. nimbus is a scalable solution, so you can use it to ensure award compliance and create action plans in the event of an emergency.
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nimbus is trusted by charities to simplify volunteer scheduling and maintain compliance.