Book sale volunteer

Role description

If you love books and want to support New Zealand Red Cross, sign up to help out at your local Red Cross book sale. Volunteers are essential to the success of our annual book sales.

Your tasks

Volunteers work in a team so it is a great social activity.

Your volunteer role will include: 

• Event set up and pack down.
• Selling books and helping customers. 

Location

Papaioea | Palmerston North only.

Volunteer training and requirements

We'll give you all the training you need and it will take between one and four hours.    

Information on our book fairs and book shops

Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW)

We all have a responsibility for our own and others’ Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) when undertaking activities on behalf of Red Cross. Therefore, it is important you: 

• Take reasonable care of your own health and safety, and do not adversely affect the HSW of others
• Complete health, safety and wellbeing induction, training, programmes and activities – as directed.
• Follow all reasonable instructions given to you relating to HSW
• Cooperate and comply with New Zealand Red Cross policies, standards and procedures related to health, safety, and wellbeing
• Use personal protective equipment (PPE) if required, to undertake any work activity
• If you identify a hazard and/or you are involved in an incident or near miss, report this straight away to your people leader
• Know what to do in an emergency – for example, how to escape during a fire or what to do if an earthquake occurs
• You must tell someone in charge if you have any health and safety concerns or worried about someone else’s health and safety.