SAcommunity Volunteers, Interns, Student Placements and Partners
SAcommunity Interns and Volunteers: students Julia Koh, Jesslyn Danli, Volunteer Ziqi Xu and Intern Taylor Alland applying their university and academic studies to the SAcommunity Volunteer and Intern program.
Volunteers are vital to the provision of information services at SAcommunity.
Need real world experience?
Want to practice or apply your current skills or education?
Have experience and want to stay current while giving back to community?
Looking for like-minded connections?
Wanting to help a cause you can connect with?
Volunteering in a not-for-profit might help - try ours!
'We help connect our community through information - want to join us?'
Why volunteer or intern?
Our volunteer and interns understand that people, councils, libraries and government make better decisions with accurate information and in connection with the community services they need.
Together our volunteer and intern teams combine an interest in people and community, a knowledge of the social and community services sector, and our information and communication skills, for "the spirit of the chase" - finding and presenting current, accurate and reliable community service information.
What do we do?
We deliver SAcommunity, a community information service, directory, and database for South Australian councils, libraries, government, service providers and the public to help them find services, networks and engage with their community.
We find community service information, contact and support organisations across the state to update their details in our directory database. We promote local community services, activities and events through our capacity building social media channels. We prepare and present search results on our data to assist councils, libraries, government and decision makers understand community needs.
We contact our stakeholders to inform them about SAcommunity services that can assist them, and search for and apply for grants that can assist us provide our service. We contribute to continuous improvement by fostering learning and ideas, and create training and education materials for ourselves and our program in a supportive environment.
We find community service information, contact and support organisations across the state to update their details in our directory database. We promote local community services, activities and events through our capacity building social media channels. We prepare and present search results on our data to assist councils, libraries, government and decision makers understand community needs.
We contact our stakeholders to inform them about SAcommunity services that can assist them, and search for and apply for grants that can assist us provide our service. We contribute to continuous improvement by fostering learning and ideas, and create training and education materials for ourselves and our program in a supportive environment.
What do we offer?
We provide our team with an opportunity to utilise and demonstrate their existing skills and gain practical work experience. Our volunteers can create valuable connections and networks, access tech-based training and education programs, and build their work history in a real-life environment.
All while taking part in meaningful projects that help our community at the same time.
- We also have great coffee!
Who makes our team?
We work with a range of talented volunteers, interns and vocational placements / student placements. We have students, graduates and job seekers looking for experience. People who are retired or near-retirement who want to maintain and utilise their existing skills and perhaps pick up something new. We also work with staff and volunteers in local councils as part of the SAcommunity Council Volunteer Partnership program.
People who want to brush up on their online information searching skills, or who like to talk to other people in the many service organisations across the state, find out their stories and give back to their community.
We work with people in, or interested in, the fields of customer service, business administration, library and information management, media and visual design, content writing and journalism, data analytics and data visualisation, in a collaborative, productive learning space.
People who want to brush up on their online information searching skills, or who like to talk to other people in the many service organisations across the state, find out their stories and give back to their community.
We work with people in, or interested in, the fields of customer service, business administration, library and information management, media and visual design, content writing and journalism, data analytics and data visualisation, in a collaborative, productive learning space.
SAcommunity Volunteers: David Webb, Stathis Avramis and Rex Porter bringing their extensive work histories and life experiences to our teams.
Infoxchange and our commitment to volunteer involvement
Infoxchange is a not-for-profit social enterprise registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission. Holds volunteer insurance, public liability insurance, is a Centrelink approved volunteer organisation for Mutual Obligation Requirements, and is a member of Volunteering SA&NT, the peak state body for volunteering and volunteer involving organisations in South Australia.
Volunteering and internships are not pathways into, or guarantees of future employment with our organisation. Volunteer and internship roles are unpaid, designated, supervised, trained, and supported with benefit to the community and the volunteer or intern, and are significantly different to paid staff roles.
Infoxchange does look for passionate and talented people to join our staff team and work with us and we welcome our volunteers and interns to apply for relevant paid staff roles as they are publicly advertised on our website here >> work with us.
About Us
Established in 1981, SAcommunity is a free, online community information service supported by the Government of South Australia and Public Library Services (PLS) and provided at Connecting Up a division of Infoxchange.
Connecting Up based in Adelaide South Australia, provides a variety of technology-based information, products, training and services for the not-for-profit sector in Australia and New Zealand. A member of the TechSoup Global Network, all partners are leading civil society organisations and manage a range of capacity building programs in their countries.
Infoxchange offices are located in Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide in Australia and Christchurch in New Zealand.
Infoxchange is a not-for-profit social enterprise that has been delivering technology for social justice for over 30 years. With over 180 staff across Australia and New Zealand, we tackle the biggest social challenges through the smart and creative use of technology.
How do I start?
Remote/ Onsite Volunteering
Volunteers start onsite and later on can volunteer remotely or onsite at our Adelaide city-based office or a hybrid of both.
Time Commitment
We ask for ~4 hours a week flexible, with most onsite volunteers contributing this time in either a morning or afternoon session as workstations are available. We can accommodate more hours if needed by the volunteer to fulfill their mutual obligation requirements up to a maximum of 15 hours per week or as required for their internship program.
Interested?
Contact the Community Directory Manager (Community Information & Volunteer Coordinator) cmcintyre@infoxchange.org with your resume and a cover letter outlining your interests.
Further questions? Email cmcintyre@infoxchange.org or call 08 7095 2233.
Please no walk-ins, due to the increasing popularity of the program we can only receive planned, pre-arranged appointments - Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
Please no walk-ins, due to the increasing popularity of the program we can only receive planned, pre-arranged appointments - Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
