Found 24 volunteering opportunities in Adelaide City

The Event Volunteer is the friendly and welcoming face of Genealogy SA at events and workshops both on site at the Genealogy Library and at other venues. He/she is responsible for promoting the Society as an organisation of choice in regard to family history research and membership. The role also involves assisting with the set-up for the event, such as setting out chairs, laying out brochures, meeting guests and checking registration lists as guests arrive.

The Library Reception Desk Volunteer is the friendly and welcoming face of Genealogy SA. They provide guidance to members, visitors and those who call us to use the Society’s family history information resources. In this role, volunteers will find themselves assisting a variety of people with their genealogical research, providing them with a great opportunity for growth in their own learning.

– Help preserve South Australian history, and to share that history with others. – Give back to the broader Adelaide community, and help us to carry on a key local tourism operation in the town of St Kilda. – Learn extensively about Adelaide’s public transport history, ranging from the early days of horse-drawn trams right through to the iconic Glenelg trams which ran from ‘city to bay’ for more than 75 years.

As an orginisation the Historic Ketch Falie requires a committee to maintain the orginisation and require a succession plan of recruitment to go forward into the future.

A unique unpaid experience as an Administration and Support Volunteer required to support the team at the Historic Ketch Falie office, by assisting with a wide range of important administrational and support service desk tasks and supporting our crew for 1-2 days per week (Wednesdays and Thursdays weekly).

This unique unpaid role of a Maintenance Volunteer crew member will support the team at the Historic Ketch Falie, by assisting with a wide range of important maintenance and restoration tasks.

Are you an outdoors person who also loves mountain biking and racing? Then spend the weekend (or part of the weekend) at our Dirty Weekend at Fox Creek Mountain Bike Park in the Adelaide Hills from 26 to 28 April 2024 either as a Campsite or Parking Marshal!

We are looking for volunteers who enjoy working outdoors, are organised and able to take direction as required, and be prepared to assist with the Event Village set up to be a part of our Event Logistics 'Dirty Weekend' team, Friday 26 to Sunday 28 April 2024.

The volunteer role involves maintaining the National Railway Museum's diesel and petrol amusement devices. Must be a qualified motor mechanic.

Must have a Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician and active registration as an electrician through Consumer and Business Services. Tasks include general electrical repair work and some new electrical installations.

Experience with painting and spray painting required, including correct WH&S requirements. Tasks include spray painting for locomotive and carriage restoration work, as well as other general maintenance painting around the site. Role is on an as-needs basis, not continuous weekly.

Experience in cleaning preferred but not required. Tasks include cleaning of rolling stock and historic artefacts, as well as general cleaning of kitchens, toilets and offices. Physical work such as bending, vacuuming, sweeping and some light lifting is required. Requires attention to detail and care. Non-toxic cleaning.

Experience in retail work preferred but not required. Conductors and guards assist with loading passengers onto train, handling the sale of tickets, and assisting the driver with physical work as required. Role is seasonal.

Experience in railway track work required. Tasks include carrying out building and maintenance of railway tracks. Role involves heavy lifting.

Experience in carpentry and/or cabinet work required. Workshop and tools provided. Tasks include creating infrastructure for displays, and general maintenance work. Must be proficient in the safe use of wood working tools and machines.

Carriage building skills and experience are required for this role. Tasks include restoration work on historic railway carriages. Must be proficient in the safe use of wood working tools and machines.

Everyone is welcome to volunteer at parkrun events. We have heaps of fun, simple and rewarding opportunities to lend a hand for one to two hours on a Saturday morning at parkrun events across Australia. No training is required, roles are fully supported on the day and you can take part as often or as little as you would like. You can volunteer as a marshal, timekeeper, photographer or try your hand at scanning barcodes and handing out tokens…..to name a few of the roles we have available.

Must hold a Boiler Basic (BB) or Boiler Advanced (BA) Boiler certificate/qualification. Steam train firing/driving experience is desirable, but in-house training will be provided. Role involves driving the small steam trains (amusement devices) at the National Railway Museum and at the Semaphore and Fort Glanville Railway.

Join thousands of volunteer counters across the country as part of Australia's largest manual bike counts! The data is collected and used by governments to improve bike riding conditions in your local area!

We are looking for enthusiastic and creative volunteer event manager to organize, plan and deliver all virtual and physical events for Get 2 Know. In this role, you will collaborate with management and marketing team to ensure all events are delivered successfully.