Making Opportunity Visible
It often starts with curiosity, ambition or the feeling you’re ready for more. Maybe you’re looking for a first step into the impact space. Maybe you’re building experience alongside study, or exploring where your skills fit in the world. Or maybe you just don’t know what’s out there yet.
This board exists to bridge that gap. Every opportunity here has been curated with early-career pathways in mind, internships, jobs, grants, programs, volunteering roles and leadership experiences from organisations creating real impact.
Where you go from here is up to you, but finding the starting point shouldn’t be the hard part.
Civic Engagement Youth Advisory Group
A national advisory group empowering young people to understand their civic rights and drive change in their communities. This opportunity allows youth to directly influence democratic processes and contribute to national conversations.
Office for Youth Steering Committee
A national advisory group for young people passionate about shaping government policy and programs. This is your chance to directly advise the Australian Government on issues that matter to youth, ensuring your voice is heard in national decision-making.
Creative Industries Youth Advisory Group
A national advisory group for young creatives passionate about shaping Australia's arts, entertainment, and cultural policies. Contribute to the National Cultural Policy and advocate for youth representation in the creative industries.
Climate Change and Water Youth Advisory Group
A national advisory group for young people passionate about climate change and water management. Contribute to the National Adaptation Plan and shape Australia's environmental policies with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
Red Cross Youth Advisory Committees (YACs)
Join a Red Cross Youth Advisory Committee to shape change, grow your leadership, and connect with young humanitarians across Australia.
The Commission for Children and Young People Youth Council
Shape Victoria’s child and youth policy. Join the Youth Council to influence inquiries, co-design engagement, and bring lived experience into government decision-making.
Project Rockit’s National Youth Collective
Join a national, youth-led collective driving real change in digital spaces, advocacy, and inclusion with Project Rockit.
WwWAYoung Women's Working Group
Join the Young Women's Working Group to provide policy and advocacy advice on the most pressing issues facing young women. Members will contribute to solutions based policy positions to be presented at the Women Deliver conference in 2026.
World Food Forum Youth Policy Board
Apply to serve a one-year term on the World Food Forum's Youth Policy Board, a strategic, youth-led group driving the transformation of global agrifood systems through policy and advocacy.
Youth Advisory Groups (Australian Government Office for Youth)
Applications are open for the Australian Government's 2026 Youth Advisory Groups, enabling young people to work directly with Ministers and agencies on policy areas like mental health, climate change, and foreign interference. Members provide advice and connect with government to shape programs that affect young Australians.
NSW Cultural Institutions Young Board Members EOI
Make your mark on NSW’s cultural future. Apply to join the board of institutions like the Sydney Opera House, Powerhouse Museum, or State Library and help shape the arts from the inside out. No experience needed, just your voice, perspective, and commitment.
FAQs
-
Opportune is a youth-led, volunteer-powered not-for-profit making opportunities in the impact sector visible and accessible to young Australians. We curate internships, jobs, grants, programs, volunteering roles and leadership pathways from purpose-driven organisations.
We do this because too many young people miss out on impact careers—not from lack of ability, but because the pathways are hidden behind networks, paywalls or outdated systems. At the same time, organisations struggle to reach youth talent because traditional job boards charge posting fees that can cost up to $3,000, money that should be going toward impact, not advertising.
Opportune exists to close that gap and connect young people with the opportunities and organisations shaping the future.
-
We support young people aged roughly 16 - 30 who want to build experience, networks or careers in areas like social impact, policy, advocacy, community development, sustainability and the broader not-for-profit space. But impact isn’t limited to those sectors, the ecosystem also relies on people in finance, tech, communications, law, design, strategy and more. Whatever your field, there’s a pathway to create impact, and we help make those entry points visible.
-
Most job platforms charge organisations hundreds to thousands of dollars to post a single listing, which prices out non-profits and impact organisations. They also rarely prioritise youth-specific pathways.
Opportune removes that barrier entirely. We’re free, impact-focused and fully curated. Every listing is selected for its relevance to early-career candidates, accessibility and alignment with social purpose. -
Yes, exploring opportunities on our website is completely free.
However, for those who want an extra boost, we offer an optional monthly newsletter for $5, about the price of a coffee. It includes deadline reminders, new opportunities delivered straight to your inbox, and directly supports the ongoing work of a youth-led non-profit. Access stays free either way.
-
Our work is designed for young people in Australia, but that doesn’t mean the opportunities stop at the border. Many of the roles we feature include international placements, hybrid options, overseas internships or global pathways that Australians can apply for from wherever they are.
We’re also mindful of international students based in Australia and regularly include opportunities that are open to them. For roles designed specifically for international students, we recommend checking out our friends at stintcommunity.com.au, they’re doing incredible work in that space.
-
You can follow us on social media, subscribe to our newsletter for $5 a month or check in regularly for new listings and volunteer roles. We post updates across multiple channels so young people and organisations can engage in the way that suits them.