Volunteer at JOY

The JOY team is powered by our dedicated and generous volunteers. Meet fellow LGBTIQA+ folks, learn new skills and gain insight into the industry in our Operations, Production, Marketing or Content teams.

The JOY team is made up of round 180 volunteers who facilitate the day-to-day running of our station and produce content.

In building a more inclusive Australia, the JOY team is represented by individuals of diverse gender, sex, sexuality, ability, faith, culture and profession. Each volunteer brings a unique contribution, whilst sharing the common goal of creating engaging, informing and entertaining content for our community.

Every 1-2 months, we will be running JOY Info Sessions all about the volunteer pathways at JOY! These 30 minute zoom presentations will give you an overview of the different teams you can join and their roles. From pitching a new radio show, producing a podcast, joining an existing program, marketing and social media support, voice overs, audio production, news reading and tonnes more, there’s so many ways to volunteer at JOY.

JOY Volunteers are required to be members of the organisation, giving team members a voice in how the organisation operates. Apply for your membership here.

The process for becoming a Joy Team Member is shown below – register and attend the info session, fill in an expression of interest form, attend induction if successful (fill in application forms and become a member of Joy) and begin 12 week support role.

Have a look at the different teams, below, the type of work that they do and see what interests you and then begin the first step of becoming a JOY Team Member by registering for the info session below.

Teams You Can Volunteer With

Operations

The best place to learn the ins and outs of media is with the operations team. Involved in multiple aspects of day-to-day operation, interacting across all JOY Teams, our guests and listeners this is the perfect opportunity to understand how things tick. Apply your existing skillset or learn a new one across these roles:

Office Admin
Technical Support
Web Development

Marketing and Communications

Bring your creativity, enthusiasm and passion for independent community media to promote JOY and its services to our stakeholders.

There are a range of activities that JOY Marketing Volunteers undertake, including:

Social Media scheduling
Strategy development and execution
Asset creation and graphic design
Establishing and maintaining brand identity
Growth of engagement and reach across platforms
Partnership work with clients
Public Relations
Copywriting and SEO
Photography
Video and Audio Editing for Social Media outputs

Volunteer roles in our Marketing and Communications space are limited.

Production Services

The production team transforms raw material into engaging, informing and entertaining content across all our services, including audio, video and text. They also create and deliver face–to–face and remote learning experiences through JOY Academy.

The range of roles in this team includes:

Production Assistant
Community Service Announcement (CSA) Coordinator
Sponsorship Production Assistant
JOY Academy Trainer
Podcaster

Content

JOY creates content that connects, gives voice to and celebrates our diverse LGBTQIA+ (rainbow) communities and allies.  We distribute this through radio, video, podcasts and news that uplifts, informs and empowers. Roles include:

Producer
Presenter
Panel operator
Podcaster
Show support
News reader
Music specialist
Team leader

JOY Content roles all require some level of training or recognition of prior learning. There is an expectation of continuous learning and ongoing training in all Content roles at JOY.

Fill out the form to find out when the next information session will be held and how you can join in remotely.

Volunteer at JOY