MSA Volunteering is now working with non-for profit organisations to provide Monash Students with off campus industry related volunteer opportunities. Please check in with this website periodically throughout the year for new and exciting opportunities that will help build your resume and develop your professional skills.

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Dixon House Neighbourhood Centre

Volunteering relates to the following Faculties/Industries:

• Arts
• Education
• Information Technology

Faculties/Industries based Volunteer Opportunities:

• Helping Hand in Clayton: Reading, Writing and Computer Assistance voluntereing
• Information and Application 

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Monash Health

Volunteering relates to the following Faculties/Industries: 

• Arts
• Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Faculties/Industries based Volunteer Opportunities:

• Concierge Volunteer
• Moorabbin Hospital – Front Entrance Guide – Information & Application

• Ward Ambassador (Patient Visitor)
• Casey Hospital Ward Ambassador – Information & Application 
• Kingston Centre Ward Ambassador – Information & Application

• Victorian Needle Syringe Program – Dandenong
• Information & Application

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Vision Australia

Volunteering relates to the following Faculties/Industries:

• Arts
• Business
• Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Faculties/Industries based Volunteer Opportunities:

• Administration Volunteer (Finance Team: Accounts Receivable)
• Information & Application 

• Administration Volunteer (Finance Team: Billing)
• Information & Application 

• Administration Support Children and Young People
• Information & Application 

• Narrator for Talking Books (Audio Production Department)
• Information & Application 

• Administration Volunteer Wellbeing, Health and Safety (WHS)

PURPOSE

This role is to support WHS activities with the aim to improve engagement, wellbeing and safety across Vision Australia.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

•     Filing training records e.g. first aid certificate, MHFA. Check who is due and when

•     Filing site compliance records and close off CIMS

(Read over WHS site inspection checklist, review if incident report is needed. Follow up where sites have not completed and check items such as chemical register)

•     Audit site emergency manuals

•     Work from home arrangement questionnaire follow up

•     Research- COVID-19 restriction changes/updates, changes in legislation, workplace wellbeing

•     COVID-19 inbox response, use of quick links and update register

•     Monitor WHS inbox and flag/categorise

•     Support with developing wellbeing hub posts as needed

•     Perform administration tasks and office duties (e.g. data entry and collection, filing, scanning, creation of documents, calling relevant stakeholders, etc) to ensure operations run smoothly

•     Liaise with staff when required

•     Complete required data recording tasks to accurately record information about your volunteering activities

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

The volunteer demonstrates:  

•     Use of Outlook, Word, Excel

•     Administrative/filing