• Ongoing role
• 1 day per week | 5.5 hour shift, Tuesday
• Option of split shift available
• Based in North Melbourne

The program

Our Migration Support Programs provide help and support to refugees, asylum seekers, immigration detainees and other people who are vulnerable as a result of migration.

We do this through a range of migration services and programs that protect and uphold the health, dignity and wellbeing of vulnerable migrants. We also provide services to reconnect family members whose loss of contact is caused by international or internal conflict, war and disaster.

The Red Cross Food Pantry provides access to and assistance with the selection of free food items to Red Cross Migration Support Program clients.

The opportunity 

• Assisting vulnerable people including migrants to access fresh food from our Food Pantry located in North Melbourne 
• Keeping the pantry organised, clean and safe
• Record keeping and day to day food pantry tasks
• Opportunity to build experience in the workplace
• Suitable for someone interested in or currently studying Community Services, Social Work, Health Promotion or similar courses
• Suitable for a person keen to work with people from diverse cultural backgrounds

The impact

As a Food Pantry volunteer you’ll help improve the wellbeing of people suffering vulnerability as a result of migration. Red Cross will ensure you have training, ongoing support and access to other opportunities within the World’s largest humanitarian network

Application requirements 

To submit an application you will be required to provide 2 professional references.

Red Cross strives to create a safe and inclusive culture with wellbeing at its centre. We embrace diversity and welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people with different lived experiences, abilities, gender, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation. We are a child safe organisation with zero tolerance of any harm to children. Our vision is to be trusted as the leading humanitarian organisation making a genuine difference in the lives of people and communities.

Thank you for considering volunteering at Red Cross. We also have great career opportunities.