Venture UWA 2026 Committee - Applications Open 🚀

Venture UWA
Oct 16, 2025
2 min read

Updated: Dec 18, 2025

Venture UWA connects students with the future of work - bridging academia and the real world through hackathons, industry networking, an internship program, and a startup incubator. We’re building the 2026 committee and would love to have you on the team.

Why join?

Collaborate with driven peers, grow real leadership experience, and plug into a vibrant network of founders, mentors, and innovators.

Open roles (time commitment):

Secretary - meetings, documentation, Guild reporting
Marketing & Content Officer - social, campaigns, creative
Event Coordinator - plan & run events
Program Coordinator - support programs & delivery
Partnership Communications Officer - campus engagement & outreach
Ordinary Committee Member - support across teams

Secretary:

The Secretary ensures smooth communication, accurate documentation, and effective coordination across the committee.

Responsibilities:

Coordinate correspondence and meeting agendas
Prepare notices, minutes, and reports
Follow up on committee resolutions and actions
Liaise with the Guild’s General Secretary

Commitment: 5–8 hours/week

2. Marketing & Content Officers:

Marketing & Content Officers drive Venture UWA’s storytelling, brand visibility, and audience engagement across digital and on-campus channels.

Responsibilities:

Coordinate and deliver marketing campaigns with the Head of Marketing
Create promotional content and visuals for social media and events
Contribute to marketing campaigns with your own skillset
Develop skills across newsletter writing, content creation and more
Commitment: 5–8 hours/week

3. Event Coordinator:

Event Coordinators are the execution force behind Venture UWA’s events, ensuring each initiative is well-organised, impactful, and aligned with the organisation’s goals.

Responsibilities:

Help coordinate the events with the rest of the committee
Strategise how we can offer events across skills that are in demand
Communicate with venues and other departments across collaborations
Commitment: 5–8 hours/week

4. Program Coordinator Officers:

Program Coordinators help design, manage, and deliver Venture UWA’s signature programs (e.g., workshops, incubators, mentorship initiatives).

Responsibilities:

Assist the student start-ups through the incubator program
Be involved in the student start-up ecosystem through helping coordinate the incubator program with the Programs Manager
Organise consistent ongoing programs
Commitment: 5–8 hours/week

5. Partnership Communications Officer:

The Communications Officer is the key student liaison with industry, working directly with partners interested in collaborating with Venture and providing a student perspective on which partnerships will deliver the most value.

Responsibilities:

Get to attend meetings with the industry that wants to work on hackathons or events with us
Develop negotiating, stakeholder engagement and coordinating skills
Facilitate communications with the partners we are working with
Coordinate with event stakeholders
Commitment: 5–8 hours/week

6. Ordinary Committee Members:

As an OCM, you will contribute ideas, support events and drive the team’s impact forward. The role is flexible and ideal for someone who wants to try different areas within the team.

Responsibilities: