Volunteer Director, Governance & Legal

Volunteer Director, Governance & Legal

The role
The Volunteer Director, Governance & Legal, leads the design and implementation of the Ruby Red Foundation’s governance framework to enable effective delivery of the Ruby Red Foundation’s organisational policy objectives, support optimised performance and ensure all statutory and other legal requirements and obligations are met, working closely with the Company Secretary and Board.
Accountabilities
• Advise the Board on the governance framework and obligations, compliance strategies, existing and emerging risks to support strategic decision processes and critical issues response
• Provide expert leadership and strategic direction regarding the Board’s governance framework including oversight of corporate compliance, The Ruby Red Foundation’s policies and practices and ethical standards to assure integrity of the organisation’s total operations
• Lead the effective implementation and ongoing evaluation of The Ruby Red Foundation’s risk management framework, compliance and assurance systems, and decision-making protocols to enable continuous improvements in performance and minimisation of risks
• Direct the identification of real and potential risks emerging from organisational structure or process changes, new technologies, or new activities to appropriately target risk mitigation strategies
• Contribute to strategic planning processes to ensure that plans are informed by high quality governance, compliance and risk management advice
• Provide executive direction and professional leadership to the team, to implement developmental strategies to ensure adequate capability and capacity to deliver the governance program into the future
The Ruby Red Foundation
The Ruby Red Foundation is a new charity for people with rare blood cancers, known as Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs). Our aim is to raise awareness, support patients and fund Medical Research to improve treatment and find a cure. Visit Rubyred.org.au to learn more about us.
The Ruby Red Foundation is registered as a company limited by guarantee with ASIC, a health promotion charity with ACNC and a licensed fundraiser in each State, with ATO charitable tax exemptions and Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status.
To apply
Please email: contactus@rubyred.org.au by Friday 24th November 2017.