Tutors needed

The thing that makes Story Factory different from other creative writing centres is our ability to offer students close, personal attention to their writing.

Becoming a volunteer is the best way to become part of the Story Factory team. You’ll be offered a range of professional learning opportunities as well as fun social events. Best of all, you’ll get to work closely with our amazing students, knowing you’re making an important difference to their lives.

Our biggest need is for volunteer tutors, who work shoulder-to-shoulder with the students, helping them to write the most exciting stories of their lives. We also need volunteers in other areas: shop staff, illustrators, stall hosts, typists, and occasionally even someone to act as Marcia the Martian Librarian!

WHO?
Our focus is on students from marginalised backgrounds. This means in a workshop you may be working with Indigenous students, students from a language background other than English, students from foster homes, students from difficult family circumstances. Our students come from a wealth of life experiences, and our aim is to treat every one of them with respect, kindness and understanding.
 
WHAT?
Our workshops cover a wide range of areas, but all focus on creative writing. You may be working on narrative fiction, poetry, performance script, a radio podcast, short film, memoir, letters, comic strips or any number of other projects. The workshops are either one-offs or, more often, a series that run for around 6-9 weeks through school term. We always ask volunteers to sign up for the full term as you’ll be working with the same students each week on the same project. Most opportunities are in term-length workshops on weekdays between 8am-5pm.
 
WHEN?
Most of our workshops are run during working hours on week days, between the hours of 8am and 5pm. There are also a few opportunities for weekend volunteering, however these are limited.
 
WHERE?
Some workshops are run in our Redfern and Parramatta centres, although increasingly we’re running workshops offsite in schools and community groups across Sydney and Western Sydney. If you’re signing up to volunteer, keep in mind that often the workshops will not be here in our space.

If this all sounds wonderful, we'd love for you to get involved! Just get in touch; you’ll then receive an email letting you know the next available interview and orientation dates (which happen on the same day, the interview lasting fifteen minutes and the orientation five hours with a forty-five minute lunch break), after which you’ll be eligible to volunteer at any of our workshops.
Mandatory
Working w/ Children Check
Points to note
An initial interview and training session with the Story Factory.
Benefits of Volunteering
Communication
Emotional Intelligence
Positive Attitude
Resilience
Growth Mindset
Creativity
People Management
Sydney Story Factory
Tutors needed
Weekly
No specified location!

Weekly

Skills Required

Mentoring
Education & Training
Writing
General