Community Outreach Volunteer
Goal for this position:
As a Community Outreach Volunteer, your role will be to provide hands-on support to our community outreach programs through activities such as assisting with food storage, transferring animals between animal centres to find loving families, delivering food to food banks, and or delivering supplies to various community partners' locations.
Although this role has limited contact with the animals, it contributes to their health and well-being.
The ripple effect of ensuring these tasks are achieved extends far beyond the immediate results of your efforts; you will be creating healthy environments for our furry friends, staff, clients, local communities and the volunteers who care for them.
Volunteer Role:
- Assist with stacking and storing deliveries, such as food and litter.
- Always follow Ontario SPCA Health and Safety protocols.
- Clean and disinfect if required by protocols
Skill Requirements:
- Bending, walking, kneeling, reaching, along with occasional heavy lifting.
- Experience following Health and Safety guidelines.
- Desire to learn more about animal sheltering and animal-friendly products, protocols.
Working Conditions:
- May be exposed to diseases or infections carried by animals.
- Bending, lifting, or reaching will be required when loading and unloading animals and food, along with occasional heavy lifting.
Personal Benefits:
- Directly impact our ability to extend our resources further to animals in need.
- Learn about best practices in animal handling and transport.
- Make like-minded friends, non-furry and furry!
- Ability to customize your schedule, choose your assignments and update your profile, through our online community.
Time Commitment:
We recognize your time contribution to being a volunteer. Therefore, we support a customized approach to your schedule to best suit your availability.
During our onboarding process, we will capture your time preferences and availability.
We are always looking for individuals who are dependable and responsible.
This role is flexible and can operate daily depending on the need. As part of the driving team, you can select the transportation appointments you want to take based on your schedule.
Orientation and Training
Before you start your journey with us, our organization will provide you with the following training:
- Infection Control
- How to access our online community
- AODA
We will indicate which training will be required prior to your commencement, and which training we encourage you to participate in at your earliest convenience.
Supervision and Support
As a volunteer, you will be supported by the Community Outreach Department staff. This staff partner will provide you with training for your specific role, your schedule, and any required feedback or updates.
The Volunteer Development Team will always be available to offer support and guidance.
You will also have direct access to our online community, where you can find organizational updates, posted information and contact information for your staff partners.