Opening Session Volunteer
We would love you to join our team so that Sunbury Toy Library is able to continue to grow in value and accessibility. Our growing toy library has proudly been 100% Volunteer run since opening in 1990 and has become an important part of the Sunbury community for families and beyond.
Our current volunteers are a great team of local individuals who enjoy the social connection and sense of purpose in being able to help Sunbury children access play.
We are looking for volunteers to run our opening sessions
Key Tasks & Responsibilities
- Setting up for the open session
- Locating toys that have been put on hold
- Checking and returning toys
- Helping members with any questions or offering toy suggestions
- Checking out toys via our online database
- Closing the library at the end of the shift and ensuring it is left in a tidy manner
- Work independently or alongside other volunteers, delegating tasks as necessary
- Completing other tasks as required: e.g. signing up new members, cataloging toys when sessions are quiet
Desirable Skills
- Organisational skills
- Time management skills
- Good communicator and enjoy working with others
- Computer skills
Many of our volunteers bring their children into our opening sessions, and yours are welcome too. We certainly have the toys to keep them occupied!
As part of our child safe policy all volunteers are required to have a valid WWWC and fill out our volunteer intake forms.
To find out more about Sunbury Toy Library, check us out on Instagram, Facebook and at our website. We look forward to hearing from you!