Volunteer Team Members Needed
Join our team and help us continue to grow. We are looking for several volunteers to help us and to be part of a dedicated team of Zharity. We require each of these volunteers to be team members and these are long term volunteer opportunities.
6-10 hours a month (We are closed for collections all holidays)
We are looking for a volunteer located on the Gold Coast.
Respond to donors that would like to drop off donations
Coordinate with donors to find a quick turnaround time
Hold onto items for a couple of weeks (at most)
Coordinate to drop off items on Wednesday mornings in Dübendorf or coordinate with a volunteer driver to collect from your location
4-8 hours a month
Zharity is looking for volunteer drivers that can help on a regular basis in the Zurich City area: You will need your own car, valid license and insurance. We also require a driver’s waiver form completed..
Pick-up from one or more of our donation sites.
Drop off at our unit in Dübendorf on Wednesday morning
Drop off items at community partners
Pick up from corporate partners
Participate in a event as the driver - Pick items up from our unit and attend event and bring items back to unit or partner organisation
Corporate Partnerships Coordinator (2 people)
10-12 hours per month required during event seasons, on weekdays.
Corporate Partnership Coordinators will be hosting our corporate social responsibility events which comprise of our city clean ups and other activities.
Specific needs:
Lead corporate events for up to 30 corporate employees on weekdays during the spring, summer and fall
Coordinate corporate requests and support based on individual corporate needs
Grow our program to ensure more corporate employees are aware about Zharity and partner on our programs.
Support with social media posts, website updates, photo releases and other logistics and promotion work related to our corporate programs.
Ability to communicate in German and Swiss German is highly preferred.
Community Partners Coordinator
Our Community Partner Coordinator will support our team with identifying new community partners that Zharity can support as well as existing community partners.
6-8 hours per month
Specific Needs
Can speak Swiss German and German to working proficiency
Able to identify and form new community partnerships including with non profits, social vereins and other charity organisations for Zharity
Able to coordinate various community partner requests via email and text
Build community partnerships program with the team.
Redistribution Coordinator
8-12 hours per month
The Redistribution Coordinator supports our Redistribution Lead with coordinating the various community partner requests, support at our warehouse unit to put together donated items and drop off requested items to community partners.
Specific Needs:
Ability to speak in German and preferably Swiss German as well.
Support at our Dubendorf warehouse unit weekly on Wednesdays AM
Have a car and can drop off requested items to our community partners on weekdays.
Unit Redistributions Person
8-10 hours per month
Our Unit Redistribution Person support Zharity with receiving donations at the unit, sorting through our donated items and supporting our Redistribution team with requests from our community partners.
Specific needs:
Ability to support at our Dubendorf unit weekly on Wednesdays and potentially other weekdays.
Support intake, sorting, and distribution of donated items. This role ensures that all incoming donations are properly processed, stored in the correct locations, and
Support team with logging items that are being sent for redistribution to our community partners.
Collaboration with team for donation and item logistics.
Events Lead
4-10 hours monthly. Seasonal, based on event dates. Usually during summer, with some exceptions. Mostly during evenings and weekends.
Our Events Lead is a detail oriented person who will host our Zharity events, from planning to execution and managing the event on the day. (eg, logistics, purchase of food and beverages, photography, event activities.) These events include our General Assembly meeting, our summer and holiday parties and volunteer appreciation events.
Specific Needs:
Prior expertise in hosting team events and interest in hosting events at Zurich.
Develop event concepts, timelines and an execution plan to ensure smooth events.
Collaborate with our social media team to market these events and plan follow ups post event.
Communication with our Board, our verein members and team members.
German Language is preferred but not required.
If you are interested, we encourage you to sign up for our upcoming Coffee Talk on May 15, 2025 to learn more about these roles. For any questions, please contact info@zharity.ch