Employee Volunteer Program

NAB provides 16 hours volunteer leave each year for its employees. Our people use this leave to carry out voluntary work for not for profit organisations in their communities.

The potential impact is significant considering NAB has over 23,000 employees in Australia with the opportunity to offer over 40,000 days of volunteering each year.

The work carried out by our volunteers is varied, general (non skilled) volunteering through to skilled volunteering.

In 2011 (NAB's financial year October - September), our Australian employees contributed 15,839 (14,504 general + 1,335 skill based) volunteer days with an in-kind value of $5.68 million.

Does your organisation need our volunteers?

If you need volunteers for a one-off piece of work, event or on an on-going basis, consider the information below. We are looking for volunteering activities that:

• can benefit community groups who need unskilled labour, with a focus on participation;
• can benefit your organisation through the use of our employees' specialist skills – find out more about skill based volunteering;
• can be held out of the office at your location, preferably during the working week;
• are at easy to get to locations as employees make their own way to the site of each activity;
• could be something we bring into our offices for completion;
• are safe and supervised; and
• does not involve unsupervised contact with children.

Volunteering guidelines

Before submitting a request for NAB volunteers, there are several things to consider.

1. It is a company requirement that all organisations involved in the NAB Volunteer Program hold public liability insurance. You must provide a copy of your policy before an activity can be advertised to our employees on the Volunteer Planner. Your policy can be faxed to our Volunteer Manager on 03 8634 3618.
2. NAB cannot guarantee the availability of volunteers for your activity. Volunteering is optional and our people need to register an interest in your activity before a match can be made and the spaces filled.
3. Due to certain State and Territory legislation, NAB volunteers are prohibited from working directly with children under 18 unless a police check is obtained and verified by the participating organisation.
4. Activities will be selected based on mutual compatibility of intent and purpose and on the basis of our ability to resource the projects via employee self-nomination. Activities that promote political lobbying, illegal activities and direct fundraising will not be promoted to employees.
5. NAB employees are not permitted to undertake activities which may put their safety at risk. The risk of an activity will be determined by the Volunteer Manager. Online application forms