Visitor Support Volunteer

Help Guide Dogs Victoria make a positive difference.

About the Role

Do you have experience with customer facing roles, and love interacting with a diverse range of people? Join the Guide Dogs Victoria Volunteer community and be part of our mission to support Victorians with low vision or blindness by creating a warm and welcoming environment for visitors to our Kew campus.

We are recruiting for a newly created role of Visitor Support Volunteer. Visitor Support Volunteers will play a vital role in ensuring that visitors to Guide Dogs Victoria have an experience that is warm, approachable, friendly, compassionate and professional. They will also support the Customer Service team with the running of our new retail space.

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Role Requirements

This is a commitment of one shift per week, for a minimum of 6 months. This role will be available Monday- Friday, 10am- 4pm, and shorter shifts will be considered depending on amount of interest.

Applicants must be at least 18 years of age to volunteer at Guide Dogs Victoria. All volunteers in this role will need a NDIS Worker Screening Check and a current Working with Children check.

As this is a Client facing role, volunteers are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, in line with Guide Dogs Victoria policy.

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted for an interview with the Customer Services Team.

You can apply for this volunteer role by completing our Volunteer Application form below. Applications close 11am Monday 5 August.

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Personal Declaration
I understand that I will be required:                                                                                              
- To participate in an interview, selection process, reference check and complete an induction program                                                                                                                           
To undertake a background check which consists of a Police Check and Working with Children Check


In line with Guide Dogs Victoria policies and processes, all Guide Dogs Victoria volunteers need to meet the above requirements in order to undertake volunteer duties.                                                 
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