We currently have a volunteer opportunity for the following:

Place-Based Program Designer

Help turn community priorities into impactful programs that strengthen resilience, social connection and long-term community wellbeing.

Join Australian Business Volunteers on our mission to positively change communities. Whether you are an individual or a business, you can create vibrant and viable communities.

What we do

ABV delivers economic change to communities across the globe through donated business expertise. We create self-reliance and resilience and leave a lasting economic impact – one that endures generations.

How we do it?

We offer meaning opportunities for skilled business professionals to volunteer their expertise across communities in Australia and the Pacific. We work with communities to understand their needs and work with our Skilled Business Volunteers to match them to projects, that bring the right skills at the right time to help deliver outcomes.

About the opportunity

Primary Purpose of the Position

ABV is partnering with the Fraser Coast Domestic and Family Violence Alliance, to seek a volunteer Community Program Designer to develop innovative, place-based program concepts that strengthen community resilience while supporting domestic and family violence prevention**.**

In this role, you will use insights from community consultations and workshops to develop place-based program concepts that support domestic and family violence prevention, community resilience and climate preparedness. You will design program frameworks, outcomes and implementation approaches, develop program logic models, and provide recommendations for partnerships, future development and funding opportunities. Your work will help turn community priorities into practical, evidence-informed programs that strengthen resilience, social connection and violence prevention across the Fraser Coast.

Role information:

• Start November 2026
• Approximately 6-8 Weeks
• Online

Interested to Apply?

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Please note, if you are interested in applying for the role, we will require you to meet the following criteria:

• 5 years professional experience in the relevant field
• Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident residing in Australia.
• Willingness to complete a National Police Check
• Willingness to complete a Working with Children Check

What will happen next?

Our volunteer recruitment team will be in touch with you to advise you of the next steps.

Find out what our volunteers love most about working with our communities:

Throughout our 40-year history, ABV has relied on our passionate and committed volunteers who use their impressive business skills to build marketplaces, mentor entrepreneurs, strengthen institutions and transform communities.

Visit our website to see more about what our volunteers have be involved in and view their stories.

ABV is an equal opportunity employer and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally & linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds are encouraged to apply for this position.