About the Role

Foodbank Volunteers will work in a team of Community Food Program volunteers to support people seeking asylum to access essential food and groceries.

Program: Community Food

The Community Food Program ensures that people seeking asylum have equitable access to culturally appropriate, nutritious food and basic groceries in a welcoming and social environment.

Our Foodbank enables people seeking asylum to choose food and other essentials for themselves and their families.

The Foodbank shop reflects a retail environment that reduces barriers to accessing food with volunteers providing customer service and stock management.

Our Community Kitchen volunteers prepare a delicious lunch each weekday for our members using recipes gifted by people with lived experience in our community

Key Responsibilities

• Welcoming and engaging members as they enter the shop
• Assisting members while shopping, providing an excellent customer service experience
• Replenishing food and goods on shelves and maintaining attractive shop displays
• Maintaining a welcoming, clean and safe environment which complies to COVID Safe guidelines
• Packing bulk goods into small bags
• Sorting fresh fruit and vegetables
• Receiving donations, welcoming donors and recording their donations
• Sorting donations (fresh and non-perishable food)

Volunteer shifts

We are looking for a commitment of 1 shift per week, ideally for 12 months. Shifts are available Monday - Friday 10am - 3.30pm. There are no shifts outside of business hours.

What we’re looking for

• A positive, respectful and cooperative attitude
• A commitment to attend your weekly shift
• An ability to abide by Foodbank processes
• An ability to thrive in a team environment including taking instruction from the team leader, Volunteer Coordinator and CFP staff
• A strong interest in being a part of the ASRC, in line with our culture and values
• An ability to drive the ASRC van (full driver’s license required) to collect donations is useful but not essential

About Us

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is both a place and a movement. We are an independent not for-profit whose programs support and empower people seeking asylum to maximise their own physical, mental and social wellbeing.

As a movement, we mobilise and unite communities to create lasting social and policy change for people seeking asylum in Australia.

We are proud to be owned and run by our community of volunteers and supporters.

We pride ourselves on living and breathing our values in all areas of our work – our values are
who we are and guide how we operate. The ASRC values are:

• Welcoming
• Authentic
• Collaborative
• Courageous

For more information email [email protected], using the subject line: Foodbank Volunteer enquiry via EthicalJobs.