Volunteers

Council is committed to their volunteers by recognising and following the Standards for Volunteering as outlined by Volunteering Australia. These standards protect volunteers by ensuring that they work in a safe, healthy and supportive environment. Additional information on volunteering can also be found at the Centre of Volunteering NSW.

Council is currently in the process of developing a set of internal policies and procedures for the management of volunteers in line with the national standards to improve its support of volunteering.

Current volunteers with Council are being asked to support this process and an induction, education and awareness program is due to be rolled in the near future.

Those wishing to explore volunteering opportunities with Greater Taree City Council should in the first instance make contact with Council’s Customer Service Centre who will transfer you to the relevant section to which you are interested in supporting.

Council has contracted Manning Support Services to assist in the enhancement and development of its volunteer management. Manning Support Services is a local provider of volunteer services within the Manning Valley.

Volunteering can be a lot of fun and is a great way of meeting people and new friends. Many volunteers also benefit from learning new skills and getting work experience that can help secure paid work in the future.

Some volunteers get satisfaction from putting their existing experience or professional skills to good use by donating their talents to our cause. Whatever your motivation, you can be sure that your efforts will be making a real contribution to our work.

Our volunteers are free to choose their own level of commitment, provided they stay within the Volunteering Australia's policy of a maximum of 16 hours per week. Before undertaking any activity it's a volunteer's personal responsibility to find out the time and energy needed to carry out the job and make a commitment to effectively completing the task.

Where possible, we try to recruit volunteers with the relevant skills and experience to fit the role description. We provide induction and role-specific training for ongoing volunteers. All ongoing volunteers have access to our learning and development program and can discuss individual training and development needs with their Supervisor or the Volunteer Recruitment Officer.