VOLUNTEER
"Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once every three years, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in."
Author Unknown
At the core of the Centre’s operations is a team of hard-working, dedicated volunteers. Volunteers do a range of tasks for the Centre, and we would be lost without them. Volunteers deliver our educational programmes, support our events, host visitors, assist with administrative activities, fundraising, collections management, library management, social media, marketing, and work on special projects.
By volunteering with the Centre, you help to ensure that the Holocaust and its lessons remain relevant and remembered.
Benefits of volunteering include:
We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and communities, 18 years old or 80 years old and everywhere in between, Jewish, non-Jewish, and in Wellington (specifically Visitor Host role) or elsewhere.
We are currently looking for volunteers to assist with the following:
By volunteering with the Centre, you help to ensure that the Holocaust and its lessons remain relevant and remembered.
Benefits of volunteering include:
- Museum and archiving experience
- Developing your Holocaust knowledge and the connections to New Zealand
- Teaching others about the Holocaust
- Development of a range of other skills
- Being a valued member of a small team
- Free HCNZ Membership after 3 months of active service
We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and communities, 18 years old or 80 years old and everywhere in between, Jewish, non-Jewish, and in Wellington (specifically Visitor Host role) or elsewhere.
We are currently looking for volunteers to assist with the following:
Volunteer roles
1. Visitor hosts
Location: Wellington
Shifts: Sundays and Mondays
We want every visitor to gain insights and understanding of the exhibitions, and the Holocaust in a New Zealand context, through the informed presence of our visitor hosts. Our hosts welcome visitors, provide them guided tours of the displays and answer queries, they also undertake administrative tasks and merchandise sales.
Visitor hosts are usually on a roster of 3 hours per shift 10am - 1pm, on a regular slot or a casual on call basis. Induction and training during weekdays.
2. Volunteer educators
Location: Wellington and Auckland
Volunteer educators must have previous teaching experience.
The role of a volunteer educator is to deliver structured education programmes developed by the Centre. School groups typically range from Yrs 7 – 13. We also host adult groups such as U3A, Rotary, Probus, corporates, and tertiary student groups.
See our school programmes
1. Visitor hosts
Location: Wellington
Shifts: Sundays and Mondays
We want every visitor to gain insights and understanding of the exhibitions, and the Holocaust in a New Zealand context, through the informed presence of our visitor hosts. Our hosts welcome visitors, provide them guided tours of the displays and answer queries, they also undertake administrative tasks and merchandise sales.
Visitor hosts are usually on a roster of 3 hours per shift 10am - 1pm, on a regular slot or a casual on call basis. Induction and training during weekdays.
2. Volunteer educators
Location: Wellington and Auckland
Volunteer educators must have previous teaching experience.
The role of a volunteer educator is to deliver structured education programmes developed by the Centre. School groups typically range from Yrs 7 – 13. We also host adult groups such as U3A, Rotary, Probus, corporates, and tertiary student groups.
See our school programmes
We are also seeking volunteers with skills in
- AV tech management for events and operations
- Graphic design
- Videography
- Social media
- Comms and marketing
- Events support
Please complete the application form so that we can better understand how you could contribute to our organisation. Your application will be reviewed by us in light of our current volunteer needs. We will be in contact with you to progress your application as roles and projects become available.
We sincerely thank you for taking the time to apply.
If you have a specific interest in educational delivery, you are welcome to contact our Education Director, Kris Clancy, at [email protected]
For other enquiries, please contact our Operations Manager, Sarah Williams, at [email protected]
We sincerely thank you for taking the time to apply.
If you have a specific interest in educational delivery, you are welcome to contact our Education Director, Kris Clancy, at [email protected]
For other enquiries, please contact our Operations Manager, Sarah Williams, at [email protected]
The Centre partners with:
Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington for interns under its Bachelor of Arts - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Internship programme.
Austria Services Abroad, an organisation recognised by the Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs according to the Austrian Law for Voluntary Work for sending people abroad within the framework of alternative national service or voluntary work.
Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington for interns under its Bachelor of Arts - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Internship programme.
Austria Services Abroad, an organisation recognised by the Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs according to the Austrian Law for Voluntary Work for sending people abroad within the framework of alternative national service or voluntary work.
