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Please contact us to find out what positions are currently available.
Board of Directors
| Position |
Description |
| Board Member |
Keep VIRCS on track. Directors ensure that VIRCS fulfills its mission
and realizes its opportunities and obligations for its services and
programs. |
Settlement
Support newcomers' involvement in our community! VIRCS' Aaron Gordon
settlement programs are designed to assist individuals and families in
meeting the many new challenges they face when adapting to our culture.
There are countless ways to support the services provided by the Aaron
Gordon Settlement Program. Become a youth activity leader, homework tutor
or a translator
| Position |
Description |
| Translator |
Translators are needed in many different languages on an on-call
basis. Share your knowledge of Shona, Italian, Punjabi, Pushto,
Persian, Tamil, Hindi, Arabic, Urdu, Sihnalesi, Hindi, Tamil, Sihnalesi,
Amharic, Eritrean, Tigriyma, Ethiopia, Spanish, Farsi, Turkish,
Persian, Turkish, Swahili...and more. |
| Homework Tutor |
Assist ESL secondary students with subjects such as social studies,
math, english,
science. Tutors help students with their homework. |
| Youth Program Assistant |
Help design fun, safe events for newcomer youth, or
just come and be a positive role model. Different weekly times and activities
for different age groups, including 7-12, 12-18, and 18-25 years.
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ESL Department
Gain ESL teaching experience! ESL classes are offered in a relaxed, friendly
atmosphere. The curriculum encompasses conversation, life skills in Canada, basic
law and health issues, field trips and social gatherings. There are a variety
of ESL volunteer positions: Home Tutor, ESL Class Assistant, and ESL Teacher.
Volunteers are placed according to their previous experience and their interest.
Beginner and intermediate ESL classes are taught at the Centre, Monday through
Thursday, during the day. ESL Volunteer Home Tutors are matched with students
unable to attend regular ESL classes or who have special learning needs.
| Position |
Description |
| ESL Class Assistant |
Help assist the teacher with a multicultural, multi level classroom
of students. Work one-on-one or with small group - Monday-Thursday
mornings and afternoons
two to ten hours a week. |
VIRCS day-by-day
Help make people feel good about their life in Canada! Various on going
projects. Participate one-on-one or in groups activities.Volunteering is
a great opportunity to gain work knowledge or sharpen your skills. Accepting
volunteer professionals
| Position |
Description |
| Receptionist |
This is a great way to learn about VIRCS. Greet all in-coming
clients and direct them to the appropriate person. Inform staff when walk-in
clients/appointments have arrived. Take messages, answer a multi-line phone
system and redirect calls. Some general office duties. |
| Graphic Designer |
Get creative. Use your design skills to create brochures, newsletters or other
publications. |
| Grant Researcher |
Explore, research and write up grant proposals.. Must have
research knowledge and excellent writing skills. |
| Fund-raising Assistant |
Help run and design grass-roots funding initiatives to
provide support for free services to those in need. |
| Communications Assistant |
Help spread the word to groups and businesses
informing them of VIRCS programs. |
| Special Event Assistant |
Join the fun! This is an opportunity to understand how
to run a special event. Assist the Coordinator of Volunteers with one of VIRCS
ongoing events or projects. |
| Photographer |
Creative ideas for pictures to represent VIRCS volunteers,
festival and special events newsletters, emails, and the website. |
| Tax Preparation |
Prepare tax returns - trained for VIRCS' clients. Seasonally |
| Guest Presenter /
Workshop Instructor |
Share your special skills and talents with our volunteers, clients or staff.
Teach a craft, present educational information, or facilitate a discussion on
topics of interest to immigrant communities. Open to creative ways and new
topics. This is a great way for qualified professionals to use their skills to help! |
| Cultural Bridging Host |
Be a host/buddy and be matched up with a newcomer based
on things you have in common. Meet with them once a week and support them as
they adjust to their new life by being their friend. We are always looking for
new hosts for the Be-Friends Program (19-30 yrs old) and parents for the Family
Friendship Program. |
Unique Ways to Contribute
- Donate
- Gifts in Kind (for example: refreshments, door prizes, gift certificates,
T-Shirts)
- Children's Winter around the World Celebration - Looking
for businesses to contribute to helping new immigrant families
at Christmas with
food and a Santa.
- Sponsor a Special Event (for example: provide a day's worth
of food for the Latin Caribbean Festival volunteers)
- Become a
Member of the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society:
- Individual Annual Membership: $10, $5 for students, seniors, and the
unemployed
- Membership includes:
Newsletter, Reduced Admission to Events, Invitations to openings,
and Socials Events
- Employer- supported Volunteerism
Employer-supported Volunteerism is a great way to contribute
to VIRCS' Special Events. Involving employees in
our community volunteer program
sends a message
that businesses value the community we live in. Employers
can donate the time and talents of their employees
to help this
worthy cause and
promote their organizations
/ businesses at the same time (for example: by wearing
company T-Shirts).
- Professional Volunteers: Share
your professional skills and knowledge.Doctors, Dentist, Tax
Preparers, Translators
are
all accept to consider offering
your services to our clients.
- HBC Rewards Community Card - Every time you spend
a dollar at 'Zellers' or' The Bay' you can support
VIRCS by donating
your 'reward points'
to the Victoria
Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society. Apply for
your HBC Rewards card at VIRCS.
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