Current opportunities
Reception Services
Volunteers assist in managing the reception area by greeting clients and referring them to appropriate staff within the organization.
Resettlement Store and Donations Support
Assist the Resource Development staff in bringing and organizing community resources and distributing them to refugees clients.
Center for Well-being Program Assistance*
Volunteers assist with providing services that promote wellness and help clients access healthcare services that address their physical and psychological needs.
Community Garden Assistance
Volunteers work with refugee clients participating in the Nutrition and Food Security Program to grow their own produce, gain agricultural skills and maintain their own garden plots.
Citizenship Outreach Volunteer
Set up an information table at different community locations, such as libraries, to give out information about the naturalization process and future fairs. Inform potential clients of the services the International Rescue Committee provides, and how we can help them with their immigration related needs.
Training Tutor: ESL/Digital Literacy*
Volunteers assist in providing classroom instruction to newly arrived refugees.
Garden Child Watch Volunteer
Volunteers to assist with childcare on the garden premises while parents attend a class in the same garden.
Employment Readiness Volunteer*
The digital literacy volunteer will work closely with Economic Empowerment staff to train clients that are recently hired, looking for their first jobs, or advancing in their careers.
Medicine Garden Cultivator
The volunteer can cultivate for personal use, take home vegetables as available, and teach herbal medicine classes to participants.
Center for Well-being - Sewing Volunteer
The Center of Well-being is in need of a volunteer to teach a women’s sewing class.
Family Nutrition Access Volunteer*
Seeking volunteers to support our maternal & child health program by helping new and soon-to-be mothers access healthy foods.
Family Mentor*
Volunteers are paired with a refugee family and visit their home once a week to help them practice important life skills and improve English skills.
Women's Sewing Club - Childcare
Volunteers will assist with childcare during the sewing class so the women can focus on learning how to sew. Children may be infants through age 5. .
Volunteer process
Review our current volunteer positions. Note that an asterisk next to a volunteer position indicates that the positions has already been filled by volunteers but may become available in the future. Please consider other volunteer opportunities or contact the Volunteer Coordinator, [email protected] to place yourself on a volunteer waitlist for this position.
Get to know IRC and attend a Volunteer Information Session. The next Info session is being offered Thursday June 13th from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at Martha Cooper Library (1377 N Catalina Ave.) Find out when subsequent Info sessions are being offered and RSVP here.
Fill out an application online. Make sure to include your availability because many of our volunteer opportunities occur at specific times only.
The Volunteer Coordinator at IRC Tucson will contact you to set up a brief interview.
Complete a background check. The IRC kindly asks volunteers to consider a suggested donation of $50 to help us toward the cost of this requirement. Note: In addition to the background check, some volunteer opportunities require a valid Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card. Before applying, ensure that the suggested opportunity indeed requires a Fingerprint Clearance Card.
You're ready to get started! Depending on your role, you'll be contacted for either further training or a start-date for your position.
Additional things to note
Please note the IRC takes great care to ensure our volunteers are properly screened, trained and placed in opportunities. It may take up to two months to get placed. The IRC in Tucson has a number of different volunteer opportunities available within all programs of our organization. Please take note that all positions posted may not be available at all times.
If you are a student or recent graduate and are interested in a larger time committment, check out our Internship Opportunities.