fws is always happy to hear from people that want to lend a hand both here in Australia and on the ground in our project country.
Check out what we're looking for below, and make sure you read our
Volunteer Rights & Responsibilites document.
Click on the position titles to find out more, and if you would like to apply for any of the positions, please let us know more about yourself and how you'd like to help, by filling out the Volunteer Placement Form and emailing it to shona.arneil@foodwatershelter.org.au.
australia-based volunteer roles
Volunteering with
fws in an Australia-based role can be a lot of fun. You'll get to use your excellent time-management skills - as you'll suddenly be juggling your day job with your
fws job!
As we grow, we've been recruiting volunteers that have these work-life balance skills down-pat. As a result, we seem to be creating a committed team of
fws members that manage to kick goals for
fws and also with family and friends at weekend barbies. If you think you can commit to
fws without letting us down, and without letting down your friends and family, then we'd like to hear from you.
Currently, we are specifically looking for a...
- Queensland-based Events Manager
- Events volunteers - support staff
- Expo Marketing Managers (looking for one in each state).
Job description to come, but if you're interested contact Rebecka.Delforce@foodwatershelter.org.au
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WA Events Manager
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Family For Families sponsorship co-ordinator
Job description to come, but if you're interested contact Rebecka.Delforce@foodwatershelter.org.au
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Human Resources Team Leader
Job description to come, but if you're interested contact Rebecka.Delforce@foodwatershelter.org.au
- fws Communications Subeditor
- Final Founding Fifty Finder!
Job description to come, but if you're interested contact Rebecka.Delforce@foodwatershelter.org.au
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2 x Grants writers
tanzania-based volunteer roles
Research has that the international world of volunteering is experiencing a huge boom. Apparently, every woman and her backpack are jetting to far-off destinations to enjoy a luxury sight-seeing holiday backed up with a bit of volunteering at a local NGO before heading home. Such is the boom, that countless tour operators are offering these "voluntouring" packages to clients. The deal is, you pay a princely sum and you are guaranteed some sensational sightseeing and some contact with a philanthropic cause on your way home.
We think this is a great trend - a terrific way to introduce volunteering to some travellers who might not have stumbled across it themselves. But we just want to advise that this is not what
fws is about. While our volunteers will naturally be able to enjoy Tanzania's sights, safaris and local delights, we do not charge volunteers for their time here and consequently do not promise to deliver an array of specially-tailored "voluntour" experiences. We are simply looking for volunteers whose focus is our project.
fws is in Tanzania to create the world's most awesome children's village for the local community of Sinon. We are after volunteers who see this as their primary reason for travelling to Tanzania to help out
fws. If you're keen to help establish Kesho Leo children's village - and then worry about safaris and sightseeing as a secondary mission, then you sound like just the person we need in Tanzania.
Currently, we are looking for...
Short-Term (less than 12 months). Positions free now!
Long-Term (12 months or more). Some positions free now!
meet our volunteers
Check out our Aussie volunteers working for fws both in Australia and Tanzania. Find out out who's helping us, what they do and why they are doing it.