Job description
Overview of the role:
ygap is looking for directors with both expertise and lived experience in one or more of the following areas:
Essential
- Accounting and financial management
- Audit and risk management
Additional
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Strategic HR management
- Fundraising: grants and institutional donors
- Fundraising: philanthropy, campaigns and/or appeals
- Accelerator and/or entrepreneurial experience
- Entrepreneurship support (increased access to finance including impact investment, improved market access)
- Lived international experience in emerging markets
Completion of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Company Directors Course is highly desirable.
KEY COMPETENCIES
- Knowledge of a director’s responsibilities – including an understanding of the role as well as the legal, ethical, fiduciary and financial responsibilities;
- Strategic expertise – the ability to review the strategy through constructive questioning and suggestion and contribute to the effective decision making of the board;
- Accounting and finance – the ability to read and comprehend the company’s accounts, financial material presented to the board, financial reporting requirements and some understanding of corporate finance;
- Legal – the board’s responsibility involves overseeing compliance with numerous laws as well as understanding the individual director’s legal duties and responsibilities;
- Risk Management – experience in managing areas of major risk management to the organisation;
- Managing people and achieving change – experience in current management thinking on employment, branding, engagement, strategic vision and stakeholder communication; experience in executive remuneration and compensation;
- Industry knowledge – experience in similar organisations or industries.
TIME COMMITMENT AND TRAVEL
- Bi-monthly board meetings are held outside of standard business hours. Committee or other meetings may take place during business hours. The majority of engagements are held virtually, however, some meetings or events may require travel to Melbourne.
- Board Directors are part-time volunteers. ygap is open to candidates who are able to attend at least one Board engagement in Melbourne annually.
- ygap welcomes applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and experience, including diversity of age, cultural and linguistic background including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, religion, sexuality, ability and life experience.
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