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Volunteer Coordinating Team Needed!
Along with the growth of our co-op, our Volunteer Co-ordinator Role has Grown! The best way to manage this hugely important role is to have 2-3 people working as a team. Are you passionate about our co-op? Do you have great people skills? Are you ready to fill the shoes of some awesome predecessors (Gini Lizzie Louisa and Karen?). If you can help with any of the following, let us know! Training and support will be provided to get you up and going! These roles are permanent volunteer roles.
Contact us here if you're ready to take on or part of this role!
Role Description
The purpose of this role is to manage and provide ongoing support to volunteers
Tasks include:
1. Arrange volunteer information sessions and recruitment drives in collaboration with the Training Co-ordinator
2. Create, advertise and maintain the monthly shop roster, including making SOS callouts as necessary
3. Roster paid staff for the correct number of hours and authorize timesheets
4. Work with the Training Coordinator to appropriately roster new volunteers
5. Work with the Membership Coordinator to maintain the volunteer database
6. Work with the communications volunteer and the steering committee to manage volunteer communications, including issuing a regular Volunteer Newsletter
7. Develop ways to recognise and reward volunteer efforts
8. Explore ways to improve retention of volunteers
9. Attend and or report to monthly steering committee meetings
Marketing Co-ordinator Needed!
Another exciting way you can help our co-op!
Job Description
To develop strategies to
grow Flametree Co-op membership, the volunteer base and shop sales. You
would be responsible for developing a marketing and promotion plan for
presentation to the Co-op Directors for discussion. Low cost or no cost
options are encouraged as the Co-op does not have a large budget for
marketing and promotion and relies mainly on volunteer contributions and
modest cash investments.
To prepare the plan you will need to liaise with the Events co-ordinator, Volunteer Co-ordinator, Media Co-ordinator and others.
If you think you fit the bill get in contact and one of the Directors will discuss the job further with you.
You will earn permanent volunteer status for the hours you put into helping your Co-op thrive .
Contact us here if you are interested!
Thirroul will host its annual Seaside and Arts Festival from April 5-7 2013. On Saturday April 6, artworks from local artists will be on display in the Excelsior Hall, behind the Library in the Thirroul Community Centre. Before dropping in to view, why not stop by Flame Tree for a "cuppa" first?
On Saturday April 6, 2013
from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm we'll host a tea party at the co-op. Come along to taste our lovely teas and some beautiful organic baked
goods made from the produce in our shop. Learn
about the health benefits of the teas as you sip!.
Download a flyer here and spread the word!
Just a couple of changes to trading hours for the upcoming holidays:
For Easter, the co-op will close on Friday March 29 (open as usual on Saturday, closed as usual on Sunday and Monday).
In April, the co-op will close on Thursday April 25 for ANZAC day. (Get your ANZAC biscuit ingredients before, or make them late when the co-op re-opens on Friday April 26.)
Here's the promised official invitation to our Earth Hour Event.
Download a flyer here and spread the word!
See you there for a lovely evening of music and food. BYO cup and plate and a plate of food to share.
Do you need a small student's desk? Or a collapsible clothes rack? We have one of each to give away at the store.
Right now, we sometime use the desktop as auxilliary storage, but it's not the ideal thing - if you have some sturdy shelving to offer that we could use instead, please let us know.
For more information, please leave your contact details here or at the store and Cherry will get back to you.
Those of you who came to our lovely earth hour event last year will remember what a beautiful evening it was. with the flickering light of a laneway of tealights, beautiful acoustic music from talented loacl musicians and delicious food to share..
On Saturday March 23, from 7:00 pm we'll be celebrating Earth Hour again with a candle-lit party, food and music at the co-op.
Please save the date, and start planning what delicious food you'll be bringing along to share. Check out what's in stock at the co-op and start planning!
And - if you can help Nadia and Kaz to plan, prepare, set up, pack up and run the event, please let us know here. (You'll be working alongside the awesome party planning pair!)
We are always looking for new volunteers to work in the store, and there are a number of other jobs to be done too. You can earn a volunteer credit for each block of 2 hours that you work at the store. Some of the volunteer positions are permanent volunteer positions, because they involve at least 2 hours per week of your time. Please read on for how you can become involved in the co-op, and contact us here if you think you can help!
(And if you've previously offered to volunteer but have not yet been contacted, please let us know again - our lists have not been kept up to date lately - see below! we need a vollie to do this! - so please be patient with us if we've not managed to get back to you so far.
Shop Volunteers
If you'd like to volunteer at the store, please contact the volunteer co-ordinator for news of the next induction.
Cleaning and Shelf Stocking
This position is ideal for those who can't work in the usual shop open hours. We need volunteers who can work on Sunday or Monday. Your job would involve cleaning the shop and store areas, including shelving, floors, refrigerators, kitchenette, hand basin and toilet. Other duties involve restocking items and inventory control (checking use-by dates etc). If you can volunteer some time on one of the days the co-op is closed (Sunday or Monday) let us know.
Garden and Shop Maintenance
We need a volunteer with a mower and/or line trimmer who can trim and maintain the side entry to the store. Duties would involve mowing and picking up rubbish, and trimming the vines around the storeroom door. You would work alongside the waste co-ordinator Myke to ensure the laneway is kept tidy. Please let us know if you can help. The laneway needs frequent maintenance in summer, and less time in winter.
From time to time we have small shop maintenance tasks too. For example, currently we need to have more lights installed, we need to source a new fridge, and we'd like to adjust the counter shelving so that we can store the shop computer off the floor. Do you have some time and skills to offer? Would you be on the maintenance volunteers list? Let us know here.
Membership Co-ordinator and Data Backup
The membership co-ordinator job entails
- Once per week, enter details of new members into the shop database (and/or check that details have been correctly entered), then enter remaining details from membership forms to a contact spreadsheet.
- Note contact details for members who have offered to volunteer into the contact spreadsheet.
- Upload the contact spreadsheet to a secure web folder for use by the communications volunteer, and the volunteer co-ordinator.
- Export and back up the shop database to a secure place.
- Update and maintain member contact details when they change, and work alongside the communications volunteer to troubleshoot email address bounces and errors.
Training will be provided! Please let us know if you'd like to do this job. This job is a permanent volunteer position.
