NCC Volunteer Roles

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with the Nature Conservation Council. We couldn’t do the work we do without our community of passionate, dedicated nature-lovers. Volunteering is a way to take meaningful action to help the environment movement ensure strong outcomes for nature.

Below you can see current volunteer roles available at NCC, but if you’re keen to help out in a way that you can’t see below – don't hesitate to reach out using the form!

Core and Operations

Role Category	Summarised role description	Episodic or ongoing	Estimation of hours	Remote or in the office	Experience/skills required
Volunteer Coordinator	Conduct initial reach out to potential volunteers Help align them with correct NCC team Support creating strong community with NCC volunteers	Ongoing	5-6 per month	Office (but flexible)	Written and verbal communication skills
Submission Copy Editor / Assistant	Contribute research to submissions and similar reform documents Copy-edit submissions and other documents composed by NCC staff	Episodic	TBC	Office/remote	Great writing skills Research skills, background in environment policy
Fundraising Appeal Processor	Learning systems for payment processing at NCC Processing credit card donation payments sent by mail	Ongoing	1 per week	Office	Ability to learn new systems/program Data management Willing to learn confidentiality and compliance requirements for processing payments

Organising

Role Category	Summarised role description	Episodic or ongoing	Estimation of hours	Remote or in the office	Experience/skills required
Member groups	Follow up with new member groups - calls Enter in new member groups to the system Regular calls with current member groups	Ongoing	3 per month	Office	Ability to learn new programs Database management Written and verbal communication skills
Member group survey	Follow up calls with member groups Entering data	Episodic	Once every three years – 30 hours.	Office or remote	Ability to learn new programs Database management Written and verbal communication skills
Picnic for Nature	Recruit and follow up with hosts Material creation support Research new local environment groups to become involved Research schools across NSW (possible)	Episodic	5 hours per week (in 6 week lead up to picnic)	Office	Written and verbal communication skills Research Ability to learn new programs
Events – General	Recruiting attendees Assisting with event set up e.g. Quarterly Leaders Forum, Annual Conference, Picnic for Nature	Episodic	Varying	Dependent on event	Events (desirable)

Campaigns

Role Category

Summarised role description

Episodic or ongoing

Estimation of hours

Remote or in the office

Experience/skills required

Advocacy

Following up with MPs offices to invite to events – calls and emails.
Collating snippets of Hansard and media / twitter monitoring of MPs

Ongoing, with some episodic bursts

4-6 hours per week

Either

Writing, media

Policy

Synthesising NSW clean energy policy, for comparison with other states

Episodic

Total 38 hours

Either

Some understanding of policies / laws / clean energy (desirable)

Fundraising

Role Category	Summarised role description	Episodic or ongoing	Estimation of hours	Remote or in the office	Experience/skills required
Grants	Researching what relevant grants are out there for NCC and Member Groups Support with writing grants	Episodic	Minimum 1 day per week	Either	Researching Grant writing (desirable)

Healthy Ecosystems

Role Category	Summarised role description	Episodic or ongoing	Estimation of hours	Remote or in the office	Experience/skills required
General HEP support	Support delivery of the individual programs within the Healthy Ecosystems Program including Hotspots, Bushfire Program and Large Forest Owls Project. This will include support for electronic and printed media development, data analysis, reporting, conference logistical support and some administrative duties.	Either	Min. 1 day/week	Either	Developed writing skills
Bushfire Program	Help us recruit new skilled volunteers to sit on Bush Fire Risk Management Committees around the state This will include electronic printed media development, emailing, networking and phone calls to a range of organizations and individuals.	Either	Min. 4hrs day/ week	Either	Developed writing skills
Website development and maintenance	Help create and update a range of websites and online platforms associated with the Healthy Ecosystems Programs	Either	Project based – flexible hours	Either	Website development and maintenance experience or training

Communications and Media

Role Category	Summarised role description	Episodic or ongoing	Estimation of hours	Remote or in the office	Experience/skills required
Merchandise dispatcher	Download orders from the NCC shop (Shopify), print labels, find the products, package them up, insert VFN forms and any other campaign materials we might want sent out at that time, and dispatch them via Australia Post or courier service.	Ongoing. Bi-weekly or weekly	2-5 depending on orders	In office	Willing to package orders (light physical work)
Social media assistant	Social media support e.g. invites, follows etc	Ongoing	30 mins per day, or 2 hours per week	Either	Able to use Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn (X)
Photographers	If you already travel to national parks and other environmentally significant areas, send in their photos for our use.	Ongoing	Sporadic, opportunistic	Remote	Photography (can be amateur)
Member group interviewer	Interview member groups and write copy for social media use	Ongoing	Opportunistic	Either	Journalism/copy-writing experience Verbal/written communication skills
Communications and media assistant	Produce media summary and analysis Manage EDM reply inboxes Work with communications team on campaign email communications Help with the production of video scripts and interview questions.	Ongoing	2-5 hours per week	Either	Journalism/copy-writing experience Verbal/written communication skills