Amphi Neighborhood Job Fair Sept. 9: Tucson Hiring Event

Published: September 4, 2026 | By TucsonHIRED Team

TUCSON, AZ — A free job fair is coming to the Amphi neighborhood next week, and it started the way the best local things usually do: a group of neighbors sat down with their county supervisor and asked for something. The Amphi Job Fair runs Wednesday, September 9, from noon to 5 p.m. at Building Bridges, 3355 N. Fontana Ave.

Employers hiring now, county resource tables, and five hours of face-to-face time. No cost, no registration, and you do not have to live in Amphi to walk through the door.

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📍 Event at a Glance

Event	Amphi Job Fair
Date	Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Time	Noon – 5:00 p.m.
Location	Building Bridges, 3355 N. Fontana Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705
Cost	Free — no registration required
Format	In person, walk-in, meet employers face to face
Organized by	Amphi Women and Girls Union, with Pima County Community & Workforce Development and Tucson Refugee Ministry
Also on site	Pima County resource tables: rental assistance, home repair, health and vaccine information

How This Fair Came Together

The Amphi Women and Girls Union is a neighborhood organizing group in north-central Tucson, not a service agency. Its members run the kind of practical, close-to-the-ground work that rarely makes the news: monthly food mapping, self-defense classes, swim lessons, canvassing, and paid translation for Dari- and Swahili-speaking neighbors. Earlier this year they took their neighborhood's needs to District 3 Supervisor Jennifer Allen, who chairs the Pima County Board of Supervisors and whose district covers Amphi. This job fair is what came out of that meeting.

Pima County Community & Workforce Development is providing employer engagement support, and Tucson Refugee Ministry is a partner, which means refugee and newcomer job seekers are an explicit focus of the day rather than an afterthought.

The venue choice was deliberate too. Organizers picked Building Bridges specifically so Amphi residents could walk to a space they already know. Everyone else is still welcome.

Why It's Happening Now

Timing is not an accident. Changes to work and volunteer requirements tied to food assistance take effect at the start of October, and organizers scheduled this fair ahead of that deadline so people have runway to line something up.

The practical version for job seekers: under current federal rules, able-bodied adults without dependents generally need to log at least 80 hours a month — roughly 20 hours a week — of paid work, approved training, or documented volunteering to keep benefits past a three-month limit. The age range that this applies to has widened in the past year. Your own situation depends on your household, age, and exemptions, so check Arizona DES or ask at a Pima County One-Stop rather than guessing.

The takeaway that matters on September 9: a part-time job, a training slot, or a documented volunteer role can all count. Bring that framing to the tables.

Where It Is and How to Get There

Building Bridges sits on North Fontana Avenue in the Amphi neighborhood, north of Grant Road right around Prince. If you ride, you know the street already: Fontana is the upper half of the Fourth Avenue/Fontana bike boulevard, the low-traffic corridor that runs from University Boulevard and tops out at Prince Road. It is a quiet residential stretch a few blocks off Oracle, so parking is manageable and the ride in is easy.

The location is genuinely central. You are minutes from the Oracle Road corridor, the Grant Road business strip, and the north edge of downtown, which puts a lot of Tucson's service, retail, healthcare, and warehouse employers within a reasonable commute of anyone who walks in.

🔥 Who's Hiring

A full employer roster has not been published yet. What is confirmed is that multiple employers will be on site recruiting, alongside Pima County staff running resource tables for rental assistance, home repair, and health and vaccine information.

For a sense of the mix, a multi-employer hiring event held at this same Fontana Avenue site in August 2025 drew social-service and refugee-resettlement agencies, a national off-price retailer, a Tucson property management company, a home-care provider, and hospitality employers. That is the shape these neighborhood fairs usually take: entry-level and mid-level roles, most of them open to people without a specialized degree.

What It Means for Job Seekers

Roles that typically surface at events like this one include:

Customer service and call center representatives — steady Tucson demand year round
Caregivers, direct support professionals, and home health aides — among the most consistently open roles in the region
Warehouse associates, order pickers, and material handlers — peak season staffing is ramping now
Retail sales associates, cashiers, and stock associates — fall and holiday hiring is underway
Cooks, servers, dishwashers, and hospitality staff — Tucson's high season starts in October
Maintenance technicians, custodians, and groundskeepers — property management is a steady north-side employer
Drivers and delivery roles — CDL and non-CDL both
Bilingual and multilingual roles — Spanish, Dari, Swahili, and other language skills are real assets here

One detail worth flagging: this fair runs noon to 5 p.m. Most Tucson hiring events wrap by early afternoon. The late window makes this one reachable if you are working a morning shift and cannot take a whole day off to job hunt.

How to Show Up Ready

Bring 10 to 15 printed resumes. Recruiters still collect paper, and handing one over gets you remembered.
Dress a notch above the job. Clean and put-together beats a suit at a neighborhood fair.
Have your availability memorized. Days, nights, weekends, start date. Hesitating there costs people interviews.
Bring ID and work documents. Some employers take applications on the spot and want to move fast.
Ask about hours in writing. If documented hours matter for your benefits, ask what the employer can verify and how.
Come before the close. Recruiters start packing up before 5, and the best conversations happen when tables are not swamped.
Prepare a 20-second intro. What you have done, what you are looking for, when you can start.
Work the resource tables too. Rental assistance and home repair help are not job leads, but they take pressure off while you search.

🔎 Search Jobs Now

Whether or not you make it to Fontana Avenue on Wednesday, start lining up applications today:

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Amphi Job Fair free?

Yes. No admission cost, no ticket, no registration.

Do I have to live in the Amphi neighborhood to attend?

No. Organizers have said the event is open to anyone. The location was chosen so Amphi residents could walk, but the door is open to the whole city.

Where exactly is Building Bridges?

3355 N. Fontana Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705, in the Amphi neighborhood north of Grant Road near Prince.

What should I bring?

Printed resumes, a photo ID, and your work history and availability written down or memorized. A pen helps if employers hand out paper applications.

Which employers will be there?

A confirmed roster has not been released. Multiple employers are expected, along with Pima County resource tables covering rental assistance, home repair, and health and vaccine information.

Can I get hired on the spot?

Sometimes. Some employers interview at the table and extend conditional offers the same day. Others collect applications and follow up. Treat every conversation like a first interview.

Will there be help besides job leads?

Yes. Pima County staff will be on site with information on rental assistance, home repair, and health services.

📢 Tucson Employers

Organizers are still adding employers. If you want a table at the Amphi Job Fair, the Amphi Women and Girls Union is taking inquiries at amphiunion@gmail.com.

And if you want your openings in front of local candidates year round, not just on fair day, post your jobs on TucsonHIRED. Local platform, local candidates, local results.

Wednesday afternoon on Fontana Avenue, a room full of Tucson employers will be waiting to meet people who want to work — in a space that exists because a group of neighbors asked for it. Free door, five hours, and a short drive. Worth showing up for.

Amphi Neighborhood Job Fair Sept. 9: Free Tucson Hiring Event at Building Bridges