Join our team of wonderful volunteers and meet new people, learn great skills and give back to the community. As a volunteer, you will always be expected to demonstrate the values of respect, non-judgment, compassion and kindness in all interactions with volunteers and staff of Perth City Farm, other contractors working on site and members of the public.
Here’s a bit about our current open positions. If you’re interested in volunteering, please submit a registration form here.
City greening gardener
- Wednesdays and Thursdays in the Perth CBD.
- Become part of our City Greening team at the QV1 Community Garden located on the rooftop of the QV1 carpark on Murray Street.
- Ideally volunteers commit to at least a three hour time slot
- This position requires good motor skills, attention to detail and the ability to pick up new tasks easily
- Suited to someone who is able to complete medium manual handling and who is able to self-manage and work within a team
- Main duties:
- Planting plants and seedlings
- Pruning plants and fruit trees
- Managing pests and diseases organically
- Fertilising plants and improving soils
- Weeding and general garden and site maintenance
- This role requires a person with reasonable physical strength, good dexterity and attention to detail
- You will be working outside in a range of weather conditions
Farm Volunteer
- Wednesdays and Fridays at Perth City Farm.
- Join our volunteer team who work in the farm to produce vegetables and herbs for sale at our Saturday markets, or in our soil centre to creating amazing, nutrient-rich soil!
- This position requires a reasonable level of physical fitness and and the ability to pick up new tasks easily
- Suited to someone who is able to complete medium manual handling and who is able to self-manage and work within a team
- General duties:
- Preparing market garden and other beds under the guidance of the farm manager
- Keeping records of plantings and soil amendments
- Learning to identify seeds and plants and follow the farm manager’s instructions for care of different varieties and organisation within the market garden and farm generally
- Work in a collaborative positive manner with other team members and volunteers for optimum outcome for Perth City Farm.
- This role requires a person with reasonable physical strength and high level dexterity and attention to detail
- You will be required to deal with people of various backgrounds and abilities on a day-to day basis
FARMER’S MARKET VOLUNTEER
- Saturday mornings at Perth City Farm.
- Enjoy a beautiful Saturday morning at the farm and assist with the set-up or packdown and maintenance of a vibrant Perth City Farm Stall
- Ideally volunteers would commit to a minimum time commitment of one month.
- This position requires good motor skills, attention to detail and the ability to pick up new tasks easily
- Suited to someone who is able to complete medium manual handling
- General duties:
- Contribute to the set up or pack down of the Perth City Farm Stall
- Creatively display and restock the fresh and general produce
- Ensure the stall looks clean and tidy
- Communicate with visitors, staff and fellow volunteers in a positive and inclusive manner
- Work collaboratively as part of a team
- This role requires a person with excellent verbal communication skills and a creative flair
- We require reasonable physical strength as the ability to lift fresh produce bags (up to 15kg) is essential
- You will be required to deal with people of various backgrounds and abilities
- ***We’d love to know if you have skills an experience with marketing and social media!
Nursery stall plant guru
- Saturday mornings at Perth City Farm.
- Enjoy a beautiful Saturday morning at our Farmer’s Market, selling a variety of seasonal herbs, vegetable and flowers that are produced within our nursery
- This position requires an interest in plants, though not necessarily an existing knowledge
- It is suited to someone who is able to complete light to medium manual handling and who is able to self manage and
to work within a team - General duties:
- Setting up and packing down the plant stall and understanding where plants can be taken from within the nursery
- Selling to and assisting members of the public with plant purchases and possibly advice
- Learning about seasonality and growing tips for herbs, vegetables and flowers
- Assisting with upkeep and dry spot checking within the nursery as required
- This role requires a person with reasonable physical strength and attention to detail
- You will be required to deal with people of various backgrounds and abilities every week
RECYCLING HUB ASSISTANT
- Extremely flexible hours Monday – Saturday, provided volunteers can self-manage and have good attention to detail.
- Are you enthusiastic about sustainability and recycling? We’d love your help to manage the Community Recycling Hub we have at Perth City Farm
- The recycling hub has become so popular it is extremely difficult to keep up with – it takes just one person to fill up a drawer with items they’ve collected from their workplace to set us back more than a month in workload!
- We need assistance to sort, box and post the items we have collected for recycling
- This position requires attention to detail to ensure correct sorting of items and may involve some medium to heavy lifting
- General duties:
- Sorting through recycling collections and removing contaminating items
- Boxing up collections and labelling appropriately
- Weighing boxes and logging data in spreadsheet
- If interested; additional project involving investigating and analysing different avenues to expand the recycling hub to re-direct more items from landfill.
- This role requires a person with reasonable physical strength and preferably access to a personal vehicle
How to Apply
- Read the position description and make sure it suits your abilities, interests and availability
- Complete the registration form
- Our Volunteer Coordinator will get back to you within five working days and invite you to an induction session
- You will attend the induction session and get started as a new volunteer.
If none of these positions appeal to you there are other ways to get involved. If you have a special skill you’d like to offer, please don’t hesitate to send us an email (to admin@perthcityfarm.org.au) with your thoughts and availability and we will get back to you.
For more information on volunteering please read our Volunteer page.