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Volunteer with us
Pint of Science Australia is a national not-for-profit, run entirely by volunteers, that brings science to the public through our annual festival and year-round events.
As a volunteer, you'll:
- Build real skills and experience for your career
- Join a national network of passionate people
- Help make science accessible to everyday Australians
No science background needed, just motivation, diverse skills, and a willingness to collaborate. We ask all volunteers, speakers, sponsors and partners to share our values of respect, inclusion, belonging, collaboration and accountability.
National Portfolio
Finance
We're a GST-registered charity. In this portfolio, you’ll manage the financials of Pint AU to ensure the long-term success of our science engagement activities and the annual festival.
Key responsibilities include budgeting, reporting, and compliance.
Operations
In the Operations team, you can focus on different aspects of the annual festival to best coordinate with Local teams across the country, or on running or improving year-round operations, with roles offered in
- Festival Operations
- IT, and
- Merchandising & Logistics.
Key responsibilities for our Festival Operations roles include coordinating and guiding our local teams to ensure timelines are on track for a successful festival across the country.
Our IT and Merch roles will help to ensure our digital infrastructure runs smoothly, and our awesome merch reaches our volunteers and audience every festival.
Media & Communications
Promote science engagement across our Podcast and Blog or help spread the word of #PintAU, our annual festival and science engagement activities across traditional and digital media channels!
Key responsibilities of our Media volunteers include liaising with news and radio contacts ahead of the festival, and the running of our podcast and blog throughout the year.
Meanwhile, our Communications volunteers manage the brand and website, engage with our audience on social media and help to improve our internal communications practices.
Strategy & Policy
In our Strategy and Policy team, you’ll play an important role in shaping our goals as an organisation, determining the best paths to achieve them, and measuring how well we do.
Key responsibilities include expanding partnerships to support our ongoing science engagement activities and annual festival, creating a better volunteering experience, leading data analysis and reporting, setting out clear policies and helping translate them into action.
Local Portfolio
Event Coordination
In the local team within the Event Coordination portfolio, you'll play an important role in the planning, coordination and delivery of a successful festival for your local city.
These roles include
- City Coordinator or Co-City Coordinator (for each city or town in the festival)
- Venue Manager (for each venue in the festival)
MC
MCs are responsible for being the Master of Ceremonies for the event(s) at the annual festival, under the direction of the City Coordinator.
In addition to MC-ing each event and running fun activities between talks, this role includes liaising with the local volunteer team and speakers, and collating the presentation decks before the event.
On-the-Night
The “On-the-Night” volunteer roles are specific to running the events on the night (and up to three consecutive nights) at their local venue.
Speaker
At the annual Pint AU festival, you’ll present your research in a relaxed and casual pub environment to the public. You’ll avoid jargon and do your best to capture your crowd’s interest in your research in only 10-15 minutes.
Outside of the annual festival, we aim to engage with speakers and continue to raise awareness of research through our online channels, including the Pint AU Podcast “Pod of Science” and Pint AU Blog.
Local Team
Work with volunteers in your city, supported by the National Team, to deliver the annual festival in May. Roles range from longer-term coordination to one-off, on-the-night support.
We're not recruiting for Local Team roles right now, but new opportunities are on the way! Sign up to our mailing list to hear about them first.
National Team
Shape Pint AU's year-round strategy and operations. Leadership roles lead a portfolio; supporting roles help execute it.
1. Strategic Partnerships Officer
Team: Strategy & Policy (Support)
The Strategic Partnership Officer is responsible for supporting the identification, development and management of relationships with key external stakeholders, including potential sponsors, partners, and collaborators. This role is critical to ensuring the financial sustainability and growth of Pint of Science Australia, as well as expanding its reach and impact within the science engagement community.
See position description here>>
2. Website Experience Officer (UX)
Team: Media, Brand & Communications (Support)
The Website Experience Officer (UX) supports the review and improvement of Pint of Science Australia’s website structure, navigation and overall user experience. This role focuses on improving how users interact with the website and ensuring information is easy to find, well structured and aligned with the needs of Pint AU audiences.
Application Timeline
Once you have viewed the Position Description and followed the relevant steps to apply, we will be in touch in 2 - 6 weeks with the next steps.
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Pint AU Volunteers at the 2025 Annual Festival. Image Credit: Curtis Dean