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Volunteer Opportunities
City Mission:
The mission of the City of Scottsdale is to cultivate citizen trust by fostering and practicing open, accountable and responsive government; providing quality core services; promoting long-term prosperity; planning and managing growth in harmony with the City’s unique heritage and desert surroundings; strengthening the City’s standing as a preeminent destination for tourism; and promoting livability by enhancing and protecting neighborhoods. Quality of life shall be the City’s paramount consideration.
Citywide Volunteer Program Coordinator
Sue Santee
(480) 312-7239
Adaptive Recreation Services
Matt Mays & Neal Hallihan
(480) 312-2234 & (480) 312-2218
Volunteer opportunities are offered year-round for coaching Special Olympics swimming, track, basketball, cheer and bowling. Those interested would be working with individuals of all ages with a range of disabilities. Volunteer coaches would need to be able to committ to practices once a week and occasional weekends for an entire 8 week season. In addition to practices, volunteers would need to be available to attend a pre-coaches meeting, two all day competitions and join the team for an awards banquet. If this sounds like an opportunity that you may be interested in, please call or e-mail us. Go Bobcats!
Adopt-A-Road
Judy Melton
(480) 312-3111
A roadside rid litter program where participants volunteer to pick up trash along designated adopted roads on an as-needed basis.
Code Cares Program
Code Enforcement
(480) 312-2546
A program to provide assistance to home owners or occupants of residential properties who are otherwise unable to maintain their landscape or afford paint to maintain aging and blighted building exteriors. Volunteers install/apply the solicited materials or conduct yard work.
Court Ordered Community Restitution
Tim Ostby
(480) 312-7922
Adults and Juveniles who have received Court Ordered Community Restitution may be able to complete hours at specific City of Scottsdale worksites, however, certain restrictions apply. This program is for Court Ordered Community Restitution only and is not a volunteer service program.
Downtown Ambassador
Joy Racine
(480) 312-2342
Are you people oriented? Excited about Downtown Scottsdale? Interested in sharing your excitement and knowledge with visitors who are new to the Downtown? Then consider volunteering as a Downtown Scottsdale Ambassador.
Ambassador volunteers are asked to fulfill a 3 hour shifts at one of two information sidewalk carts, with time slots available between 10:00 am to 1:00 pm or 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. During your shift, you will have the opportunity to interact with visitors to the Downtown area providing information on various restaurants, sites to visit and shopping venues.
Fire Department
Patty Jo Angelini
(480) 312-1815
Scottsdale Fire Department volunteers work directly with the public teaching residents how to become LifeSavers, prepare for emergency situations and reduce fall risk among seniors. Volunteers also work at our Headquarters taking care of administrative and customer service assignments.
Handlebar Helpers Program
Juan Gonzalez & Miguel Valenzuela
(480) 312-0002
What makes Handlebar Helpers Program such a unique volunteer program in the city of Scottsdale? You can earn a free bike volunteering at any of the programs listed on the City of Scottsdale Volunteer website. We have two programs that benefit children between the ages of 12-17 and adults looking to volunteer.
- Earn-A-Bike program, Scottsdale residents and non-residents can earn a free bike by contributing 25 hours of volunteer time through the city’s volunteer programs. This program is open to both children and adults, that volunteer at local schools, non-profit agencies or our city Voluteer Programs.
- Handlebar Helpers Apprentice program, for youth between the ages of 12 and 17 years of age. Participants work on bicycles during the week after school, learning how to repair and recondition bicycles, under the supervision of skilled volunteers and City staff. We are also looking for long term adult volunteers with technical bike repair experience to assist in supervising and teaching apprentices.
Library
Deena Harms & Bette Gene Kennedy
(480) 312-6016 & (480) 312-2530
The library is an exciting place to work with many opportunities available between our five locations. We have volunteer jobs for those who like to work with people such as assisting or conducting story times, working in our Library Shops, providing triage customer service, doing outreach, assisting customers with computer questions and teaching computer classes. We also have a variety of jobs for those who like to be more behind the scenes such as checking in materials, organizing and shelving books, pulling customer holds and merchandising our library.
Mediation Program
Joy Racine
(480) 312-2342
Mediators assist with simple neighbor-to-neighbor issues by allowing two parties to come together in a safe environment and helping them to come to an agreed-upon resolution. The mediators do not make any decisions but are a facilitator of dialogue.
McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Claire Miller & Robbin Schweitzer
(480) 312-2504 & (480) 312-2152
Volunteer opportunities in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve cover a wide of activities – almost all of which are outdoors in the Preserve itself. Projects such as cactus salvage and revegetation, mitigation of damaged or scarred areas within the Preserve, trail maintenance and sometimes minor trail construction, trash and litter pick-up and removal, invasive weed removal, natural habitat improvement, sign and fence installation, to name a few of the categories. Projects are completed in groups, most of which are trained, experienced Preserve volunteers.
Preserve staff provide all tools, materials and training to do the work – we just ask that you bring a good pair of work gloves, a water bottle (we have water for refills) and good, sturdy, closed toed shoes or hiking boots. Dress appropriate to weather conditions and work assignment.
The City of Scottsdale partners with a private, non-profit organization "MSPC" that provides stewards for the preserve, educational programs & hikes. For more information on the McDowell Sonoran Consevancy visit: www.mcdowellsonoran.org
Parks & Recreation - Helping Hands
Erin McKallor-Quill & Sunny Nakagawa
(480) 312-7640
Interested in giving back to the community? There are several volunteer opportunities for those interested in working in a paks and recreation environment including; one time special events, trail maintenance, your sports coaching or officiating, working in a community center and more! For additional information please email or call.
Paiute Neighborhood Center
Phil Hershkowitz
(480) 312-7681
Paiute is always in need of volunteers for the following programs:
After school program tutoring
Teen center tutoring
Senior Center desk coverage
Organizing Early Childhood Room
Seasonal Holiday programming
- Paiute Toy Program
Do you have any special talents that you are willing to share with any of our
groups? Paiute strives to expose others to many different talents and cultures.
Pinnacle Peak Park
John K. Loleit & Yvonne Massman
(480) 312-0991 & (480) 312-7901
Do you like to hike, meet people, enjoy the Sonoran Desert and share your knowledge of our special environment? If you answered yes to any of these questions, Pinnacle Peak Park has a variety of volunteer opportunities available to you. Training begins in October with local geology, flora, fauna, history and archaeology.
Planning, Neighborhood & Transportation
Jeff Ruenger
(480) 312-4208
Within the Planning, Neighborhoods, and Transportation Division, volunteer opportunities are offered to provide staff assistance in the ares of code enforcement, research and analysis, procedural studies and technical planning for a variety of general administrative or specialized technical projects. An opportunity to gain experience in the ares of Civil Engineering and Urban Planning within the various departments in the division are offered throughout the year and be available in Permit/Plan Review, Current Planning, Advanced Planning Services, Code Enforcement and Transportation.
Police Department
Chris Vassall(480) 312-1922
Police volunteers work within several divisions of the department in clerical support positions and assist patrol in vehicle transport. Volunteers must be citizen academy graduates before being eligible for any positions that may be available. Citizen academy applications can be located at http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/Police/recruit/volunteer.asp and two sessions are held each year. Volunteer applications are only accepted if a position is available and any and all openings are posted on the Police website. At this time we currently do not have any volunteer opportunities.
Volunteer Sign Team - VST
Eric Allen
(480) 312-2538
The Volunteer Sign Removal Program utilized volunteers in the removal of illegal right-of-way signs.
