Found 16 volunteering opportunities in Adelaide City

The Library Volunteer Coordinator Assistant is the friendly and welcoming face of Genealogy SA acting as a delegate for the Genealogy SA Librarian and assisting with the coordination of the library volunteer team. The Library is the public face of Genealogy SA, and therefore it is very important that the library volunteers are skilled appropriately and provide a service that people will want to utilise time and time again.

– 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.

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.

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.

Register to become a Spontaneous Emergency & Recovery Volunteer in the event of an emergency South Australia

Joining the Coast Guard is a great way to learn new skills, get out on the water, make new friends and serve your community. It can be a welcome change from your normal life and extremely rewarding. Assisting in search and rescue, emergency responses with the police, ambulance, joint operations, marine assist and public awareness are just a few of the jobs we do every day.

Monitor Government allocated emergency frequencies on CB radio and referral to appropriate emergency service. Attend required triathlons.

Do you want to volunteer from home, have a computer and an interest in science, biodiversity and/or natural history collections? Join DigiVol and volunteer online with flexible hours.