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Evaluations Coordinator - Little Friends Scholarships | Volunteer | Nov - Mar
Behind every Little Friends Scholarship is a rigorous, fair evaluation process, and we need a numbers-comfortable volunteer to make it work. You'll be the connective tissue between our evaluator panel and the decisions that change children's lives.
What you'll do:
Collate evaluation scores across work-packets of up to 50 applications, identify unanimous outcomes, follow up with evaluators on incomplete data, maintain Excel tracking through the awards process, and draft payment confirmation emails to successful applicants and update payment records accordingly.
What you'll bring:
- Solid Excel skills, including pivot tables and data checking
- Analytical eye and comfort working with structured data
- Available November through March (short break over Christmas/New Year)
- Reliable follow-through; the eval panel depends on you.
Time commitment:
Up to 5 hours per week during evaluation periods, with bursts around work-packet deadlines.
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In Person Opportunities
Sanctuary Team Leader - Programs | Volunteer | Logan/Brisbane/Gold Coast, Newcastle or Melbourne | Varied Hours
A family is about to walk into a home that FwD volunteers have set up for them. As Team Leader, you made that happen. This is a hands-on coordination role where you take the lead on a Sanctuary from the moment you accept to lead through to the key handover seven days later.
What you'll do:
Liaise with the support worker to organise key pickup and return at the property, complete Entry, Checklist and Exit forms at the right times, coordinate furniture delivery and the setup day with the logistics manager and your team of assistants, and handle anything that comes up along the way.
What you'll bring:
- Some weekday flexibility to meet the support worker for key handover (around 30-45 minutes each time, depending on location of the property, arranged at a mutually convenient time)
- Comfortable coordinating a small group on the setup day
- Reliable communicator who follows up and keeps people in the loop
- Physically able to assist with furniture assembly and moving
Time commitment:
Approximately 3 to 7 hours per Sanctuary, spread across up to 7 days. Sanctuaries come up as requests, you only take on what you can commit to.
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Sanctuary Assistant - Programs | Volunteer | Logan/Brisbane/Gold Coast, Newcastle or Melbourne | Varied Hours
Sanctuary Assistants show up on setup day and help turn a house into a home, assembling furniture, making beds, and getting the space ready for a family that needs it.
What you'll do:
Help with furniture assembly and placement, make beds, set out kitchen, bathroom and laundry items, and accept furniture deliveries if needed. If anything comes up during the setup, you stay in contact with the Team Leader.
What you'll bring:
- Available flexibly during the week or sometimes weekend for a setup day
- Physically able to help with furniture and moving items
- Comfortable taking direction from the Team Leader
- Reliable
Time commitment:
As much or as little as you can offer on the day. Even a few hours makes a difference. You can choose to assist based on the request post. Date and time arranged by the team leader.
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Urgent Request Volunteer - Programs | Volunteer | Newcastle or Melbourne | Varied Hours
When a family needs essential items fast, this role makes it happen. Urgent Requests are smaller and quicker than Sanctuaries, a focused burst of practical help to get items to a family who needs them.
What you'll do:
Pick up a request from the team channel, check what items are available in storage, contact the support worker to confirm what can be provided and arrange a pickup time, coordinate any packing help needed, and complete a quick update form once the goods are collected. Most requests are straightforward, but you'll need to make a judgement call if pickup gets delayed or items aren't available.
What you'll bring:
- Comfortable making and receiving phone calls to coordinate logistics with support workers or their contractors
- Access to the storage location in your area (Newcastle or Melbourne)
- Able to work independently and see a task through from start to finish
- Reliable and responsive, support workers and families are counting on a prompt turnaround
Time commitment:
Varies by request, but most are completed within a few days. You take on requests as they come up and only when you have capacity.
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VIC Storage Coordinator | Operations and Logistics | Volunteer | On site | North Clayton, Melbourne VIC
When a family is moving into a new home, the furniture and essentials they receive come from this storage unit. As the VIC Storage Coordinator, you keep it running; organised, stocked, and ready to support Sanctuaries and Urgent Requests across Victoria.
What you'll do:
Assess and accept donated items, coordinate collections using site vehicles and volunteers, maintain accurate inventory records, dispatch furniture to Sanctuaries via FwD's preferred removalist, and ensure someone is on hand when support workers collect Urgent Request items. You will report monthly to the Logistics and Warehouse Manager and flag any stock shortfalls so purchases can be arranged.
What you'll bring:
- Physically capable of manual handling and comfortable on your feet
- Current Australian driver's licence
- Organised and reliable with accurate record-keeping
- Comfortable coordinating a small group of volunteers
- A background in warehousing, logistics, or coordination is a bonus but not required
Time commitment:
Minimum one day per week, flexible scheduling.
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