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Organisation : The Ownership Project

Location : Melbourne (Melbourne/Fitzroy)

Work type : Various

Sector : Arts & Culture, Community Development, Community Engagement

Salary type : Volunteer

Application closing date : 6 Mar, 2017

About the organisation

Organisation Name : The Ownership Project

The Ownership Project (TOP) is a Melbourne studio and gallery promoting creative capacity and cultural expression with refugee, migrant and Indigenous communities.

TOP engages these communities with printmaking and other arts practices, providing skill acquisition and career development. TOP develops independent arts practice and provides a platform for emerging artists from our target communities to be expressed and represented within the broader Australian arts landscape.

Celebrating five years of operation, TOP is poised for exciting growth. TOP’s strategic priority is to secure DGR entitlement through entry onto the Register of Cultural Organisations (ROCO), enabling TOP to be eligible for new funding opportunities.

To know more about The Ownership Project click here

About the role

We seek applications from individuals interested to join the TOP Board who would like to contribute to a new period of operational and creative development for the organisation; and who meet the definition of ‘public fund persons of responsibility’ for the purpose of entry onto the Register of Cultural Organisations (see below).

These are rewarding voluntary positions which will appeal to motivated, skilled people who are committed to supporting cultural expression through the arts and are keen to further their career or interest in the arts and not-for-profit sectors.

Candidates should:

  • understand the expectations and governance requirements of a not-for-profit organisation;
  • be able to attend, actively participate and contribute to at least four board meetings per year, including the AGM (weeknight evenings).

For further information about TOP, see: www.theownershipproject.org

To express your interest, please submit a letter of application, accompanied by a CV, by Monday 6 March 2017 to: Mark Bishop, Chair, The Ownership Project, msjbishop@optusnet.com.au

ROCO public fund ‘persons of responsibility’ (as defined in Taxation Ruling TR95/27) are

  • Justices of the Peace
  • Members of the clergy
  • Church authorities
  • Trustees or board members of a non-profit school or college
  • Judges/Magistrates; Solicitors
  • Accountants (must be CPA, ASA, NIA or ICA registered)
  • Directors/Senior Executives of large companies (listed on the Australian Stock Exchange)
  • Medical practitioners and other professional persons (must belong to a professional body, which has a professional code of ethics and rules of conduct, e.g. Medical Registration Board)
  • Teachers in senior positions:
  • Persons holding Public or Elected Office:
  • People who hold (or have held) other public positions (i.e. appointments made by Government Ministers)
  • People with honours (AO, AM, OBE etc)

How to apply

Position Description : TOP_Board Recruitment 2017

Applications not allowed for this job listing.

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