Are you passionate about sports, outdoor adventures, and making a positive impact? At ACTIVE Austria, we are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to support our mission of promoting a healthy lifestyle, outdoor activities, and non-formal education. Whether you enjoy organizing events, leading activities, or helping behind the scenes, your skills and energy can help us create inclusive and inspiring experiences for communities across Austria. Get involved, meet like-minded people, and make a difference—join our volunteer team today!
We’re looking for volunteers who want to spend some of their free time promoting our territory, history and helping everyone new in the city fit in. We organize a lot of activities: linguistic exchanges, trips, parties, sport events, environmental and cultural activities. We take our new members to the theatre or to the Alps. Whatever it takes to make it the best year of their life! Join ACTIVE.
Current Volunteer Opportunities
To be updated in March 2026 with new tasks.
| Timeline | Task name | Category | Location | Description |
| Ongoing | Maintaining ACTIVE social media | Content Creator | Online | Creating content and maintaining Facebook group of ACTIVE |
| Ongoing | Manage our FB group related to Erasmus+ news | Content Creator | Online | Research and publish news on Erasmus opportunities, news from the sport sector, gender equality in sports etc. |
| Ongoing | Manage youth channel in German | Project Assistant | Online | Maintain a channel for young people related to new youth opportunities in German (Threads or WhatsApp) |
| April-May 2026 | Organising sport activities during No Elevator Day (29th April) & MOVE Week (25-31 May) | Event Organiser | Vienna | Plan and organise sport activities as part of the Now We Move Campaign + optional to support the campaign online |
| Ongoing | Manage the Stride & Glide social media | Content Creator | Online | Manage social media of our project Stride & Glide (FB, IG, LinkedIn) |
| Ongoing | Leader of the Women Walking Community events | Event Organiser | Vienna | Planning and organising events for the Women Walking Community |
| Spring-Summer 2026 | Organise monthly picnics with games | Event Organiser | Vienna, Prater | Support and organise monthly events in Prater with our volunteers and local community incl. picnic and sport or games |
Detailed description of volunteering categories:
- Sport 4 All volunteer (hiking, climbing, plogging, cycling.. )
- German language lecturer (online)
- Content creation (social media management, website and video editing, creative designs…)
- Project assistant
- Joining us during international projects
Why Volunteer with ACTIVE Austria?
As our volunteer, you will gain valuable experience, develop new skills, and become part of an inspiring international community. Here’s what you can look forward to:
- International learning opportunities – Participate in trainings and exchanges across Europe
- Seminars & workshops – Join skill-building events in Austria and abroad.
- Project management experience – Develop and lead your own European projects and initiatives.
- Professional networking – Connect with experts, organizations, and like-minded people internationally.
- EU policy engagement – Influence decision-makers in education and sports.
- Language practice – Improve your foreign language skills in a multicultural environment.
- Creative skills development – Learn graphic design with Canva and create your own website with WordPress.
- Career boost – Gain experience that enhances your job market opportunities.
- New friendships & fun – Meet people from around the world and enjoy unforgettable experiences!
If you would like to join us please fill out the following form below with a short motivation on why.