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Over 200 volunteers facilitate the day-to-day running of the station and produce what you hear on air. Every volunteer brings a unique contribution, whilst sharing the common goal of creating excellent radio for our community. The station is made up of a variety of people from a range of backgrounds, professions, ethnicities and sexualities.
Our volunteers are primarily drawn from our membership base and station membership is encouraged. The first step in the volunteer process is to read this fully and then to email our Volunteer Recruitment Co-ordinator or the relevant person as indicated below. You will be sent a volunteer application form and the option of discussing your interest in the station or joining a volunteer information session.
It is preferred that every new volunteer does some preliminary training in the Office Admin role in what we informally call the JOY crash course. This approach helps both the station and the volunteer become familiar with each other.
The stations need for volunteers ebbs and flows throughout the year. At certain times, like Midsumma, Pride and the radiothon in June, more casual volunteers are needed. As projects crop up through the year we also put the call out for additional help. Sometime it takes a little while for us to place a volunteer so we do ask that you are patient but we also don't mind you being persistent.
Read on to find out a little more about the station and some of the volunteer activities.
Office Admin is the front of house team at JOY and the role is critical to the smooth running of the station; this position is usually the first point of contact for members, listeners and the general public.
The role assists the office staff and on-air broadcasters with a range of tasks including; answering the phones, processing memberships, handling listener queries, and greeting guests, looking up weird and wonderful information and hunting down music. It can be a very diverse and interesting role.
Communication Support / Fundraising / Events Management / Promotions Support / Grant Writing / Media Writing / Marketing Support
IT Support/ Online Development/ Web Support/ Production Support / Technical Support / Script Writing
To express your interest in any of these areas, email volunteerrecruitment@joy.org.au
The station is always on the look out for complimentary content and for shows that would suit our community of interest that we don't currently cover.
It's a good idea to listen to the station to get a feel for the style of radio that we currently make.
If you have no prior radio experience you may wish to enroll in one of our training courses here.
If you have some experience then
If you have no prior radio experience you may wish to enroll in one of our training courses here.
If you have some radio experience than
We are always looking for a range of diverse voices to use in our on air promotions.
If you are located close to the CBD and would like us to use your voice for either sponsorship promotions, station promotions or Community Service Announcements than email voiceover@joy.org.au
We will contact you for a chat and keep you abreast of promotions that we are looking to get voices for.
Click here to find see our latest volunteer vacancies.