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Why has my opportunity been taken down?

So that we can provide the best service possible to our community, we encourage organisations to keep their opportunity posts up to date. Keeping opportunities up to date will ensure that volunteers have the most up to date information available, which will in turn affect if they apply or not. Here we discuss how long your role will stay live.

Why has my opportunity been taken down? 

The reason your role has been taken down could be one of the following: 

  • It has surpassed its deadline
  • It has been live for six months
  • There are a significant number of volunteers who have not received a reply to their applications, and the Reach team has decided to put a pause on the role until applications have been responded to.  

What is the difference between the status Paused and Closed?

When your role is taken down the status will either be Paused or Closed.

  • Paused means that there are active conversations that need resolving. You will receive emails from Reach asking for these to be updated.
  • Closed means that there are no active conversations that need resolving. 

How do deadlines work?

  • When posting your opportunity, you must select a deadline in order to submit it for approval. Opportunities can stay open for a maximum of 6 months.
  • We will automatically remove your role when the deadline has passed, and email you a week prior to let you know.

What happens when my deadline has passed?

  • Once the deadline has passed, if there are no open applications we will close the role automatically
  • If there are open applications, we will pause the opportunity. This means that you can either close off those applications by marking the final outcome and close the role permanently. Or you can either extend the deadline if its been less than six months, or repost it if it has been more than six months.
  • If your opportunity has already been open for six months but you would still like to recruit, you can repost a new version of the role by making a copy of the closed role. We always suggest reviewing and refreshing the copy before you resubmit.