Are you aged between 12 and 25 with a passion for making the Waverley area a better place for young people?

Do you seek opportunities to develop and extend your people and citizenship skills, collaborate and lead with other young people and make a difference for your community?

Applications are now open to join the new Waverley Council new Youth Advisory Committee (YAC)!

The YAC will ensure a diverse range of young people’s voices, needs, and perspectives are represented when providing input on Council’s planning, policy and programs.

It will also advise Council on ways to engage young people and build connection and inclusion at Council events, programs and in community life.

Participation will provide opportunity for participants to meet other young people from across the Waverley area, and extend and develop communication, teamwork, collaboration, citizenship and leadership skills.

The Committee will be comprised of 8 members aged 12 – 25 years who live, work or study in the Waverley local government area for a term of 2 years.

Working with Children Check: Applicants aged 18+ will require a current Working with Children Check (WWCC). More information on WWCC is available at Service NSW. https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-for-a-working-with-children-check

Applicants may request assistance to submit their expression of interest to become a Committee member. Council’s Children Families Young People Community Development Officer, will be available to provide support and further information

In 2025 Council resolved to establish a Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) in 2026. A directive was given on 29 January 2026 to launch Youth Advisory Committee recruitment in March 2026.

Waverley Council is committed to enabling young people’s active participation in decision-making and community life. This has been evidenced by youth engagement projects such as the annual Waverley Youth Summit to include young people’s voices in Council’s strategic planning and decision-making, and collaborations with young people for the development of programs such as Culture Waves and the annual Beach Bash event for Youth Week.

The organisational benefit of young people’s participation in decision making is an increased capacity to understand and respond to young people’s needs and interests. When young people share their lived experience and ideas, Council gains new perspectives and knowledge to make more accurate and relevant decisions in its planning, programs and services and are better able to be responsive and engage with young people.

Young people also benefit through the opportunity to acquire skills that build resilience and enable their transition to independence, and civic and economic participation.

The young people who attended the Waverley Youth Summit in November 2025 were consulted on the resolution and provided recommendations for the committee agenda in 2026.

Thank you for submitting your application. Applications close midnight, 22 March 2026.You will be notified on the outcome of your application after 7 April 2026. The committee will be announced during Youth Week 2026 (after Council meeting 21^st April).