Our committee team at the Invercargill Toy Library consist of volunteers with varying roles to help run the library and our lovely librarian!
We are needing new committee members to keep the Toy Library running in 2025 and beyond. Please consider joining meetings once a month, there are also specific roles that need filling.
12 Months $40
12 Months Free
Please contact us if you are interested in any of the roles below:
The Toy Library President needs to be passionate about connecting to the community and bringing ideas to meetings to keep the Toy Library committed our directive. Reporting to and chairing the monthly committee meetings with the agenda is the main part of this role. Communicating with the librarian and to Toy Library members is also important in the quarterly newsletter and helping make informed decisions regarding the library running.
The Treasurer helps the financial side of the library move along by paying our librarian and report at meetings about the account stats. Lets us know if we have money to spend on toys or if fundraising will be needed. Being tech savvy is ideal as we are all online and adding to spreadsheets will be handy. This volunteer work is around an hour a month plus attending committee meetings.
There will be a training period as well as a task list to refer to for this role.
The Secretary is a very helpful role in making sure everyone on the committee is informed and on the same page regarding decisions at the monthly meetings. Writing the meeting minutes and distributing them promptly is the main role as well as checking email correspondence. Being a good typer is handy for this role.
The Toy Buyer is responsible for ordering toys and preparing them to go on the shelves for hire at the Toy Library. Toy purchases are done in conjunction with committee feedback based on our wish list, and with the Treasurer to ensure we have available funds. Toys are ordered, entered into our software system for hire, numbered, labelled and packaged before going out for hire. This role would be well suited to someone who has great time-management, is organised and comfortable using online software.
This role involves overseeing our fundraising activities from year to year. The Invercargill Toy Library does approximately 2-3 fundraisers per year, which are usually decided upon at the start of the year. The whole committee assists with fundraising events, however having someone to be the main point of contact would be ideal. Fresh ideas, motivation to make events happen & market them, creativity and organisation are great skills to have this role.