Current Volunteer Opportunities

If you are interested in volunteering with CAHA, please complete the Volunteer Application Form here.

Membership Volunteer

Tasks:

• Research potential member organisations
• Update and maintain a spreadsheet of target organisations and their membership status
• Gather contact details for organisations (e.g., name of CEO/ED, email etc)
• Draft letters of invitation to potential member organisations
• Help arrange meetings between CAHA staff and potential member org contact person
• Review and update membership collateral
• Update membership brochure and content for website
• Reach out to members (individuals and orgs) re: taking part in campaigns/inviting to events
• Assist with membership drive

Skills required:

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strategic thinker
• Independent worker that is able to take initiative

Events Volunteer

Tasks:

• Help to organise CAHA events throughout the year including the 10-year celebration, inaugural dinner, and symposium
• Make arrangements for events, including booking venues/catering, collecting items for silent auction etc
• Assist with reaching out/coordinating potential speakers/guests
• Advertise events through Eventbrite/Nationbuilder pages, create social media graphics/posts, write short blurbs for newsletters
• Create run sheets for event
• Help manage on the day of event

Skills required:

• Strong organisational skills
• Attention to detail
• Strong written communication skills
• Independent worker able to take initiative
• Prior experience organising events favourable

Communications Volunteer

Tasks:

• Help to establish a database of medical spokespeople across Australia
• Help to develop a media contact list
• Help to develop key messaging documents (e.g., messaging around heatwaves)
• Assist with proposing ideas for social media content that could be created into infographics or other posts
• Assist with re-drafting content for website

Skills required:

• Interest in communications
• Creative thinker
• Highly competent using social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
• Prior experience using Nationbuilder (or other website building platform) and graphic design software favourable

Fundraising Volunteer 1

Tasks:

• Research other organisation’s monthly donor programs
• Develop a brand for monthly donor program
• Develop a communications plan around monthly donor program
• Draft email to current donors to ask to become monthly donors
• Call supporters to ask if they would like to be monthly donors
• Assist with inaugural fundraising dinner

Skills required:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Feel confident making donation requests
• Strategic thinker

Fundraising Volunteer 2

Tasks:

• Identify sources of funds for CAHA programs and campaigns
• Maintain a database of international and local donor organisations (international foundations, bilateral and multilateral agencies and private corporations)
• Monitor donor websites and identify donor opportunities matching the work of CAHA
• Assist in the development of concept notes, project proposals and ensure their timely submission

Skills required

• Strong research and written communication skills
• Highly organised
• Strategic thinker
• Independent worker that is able to take initiative

Sustainable Healthcare Administration Volunteer

Tasks:

• Take minutes of quarterly Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (GGHH) member meetings and distribute minutes following the meeting
• Maintain and update Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (GGHH) member records, including the number of members in each state
• Draft letters of invitation to potential GGHH members
• Updating the GGHH website with images, resources, and hyperlinks

Skills required:

• Strong written communication skills
• Organisational skills
• Attention to detail
• Independent worker that is able to take initiative

Website Volunteer

 Tasks:

• Updating web pages under the supervision of a staff member
• Sourcing images and uploading them to web pages
• Uploading and formatting content on web pages
• General web administration e.g., check that hyperlinks work, removal of out-dated content

Skills required:

• Independent worker that is able to take initiative
• Strong written communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Knowledge of Nationbuilder/web platform ideal

Graphic Design Volunteer

Tasks:

• Design high quality and creative communication materials (e.g., infographics and flyers) for our website, social media, fundraising and education campaigns

Skills required:

• Graphic design experience
• Knowledge of Nationbuilder/web platform ideal
• Creative thinker

*The volunteer opportunities above provide an idea of the areas that CAHA is currently seeking assistance with. However, if you believe you have other skills or experience that would be useful to CAHA please still complete the Volunteer Application Form.