Organisation : Soundfair Australia Ltd
Location : Melbourne, Online (Mount Waverley)
Time required : 4-6 hours per month
Duration of project : 3 year term
Sector : Disabilities, Mental Health, Social Enterprise
Application closing date : 31 May, 2024
About the role
Role Description
This is a remote volunteer role for a Director on the Board of Directors at Soundfair. The Director will be responsible for actively contributing in board meetings, with the option of leading sub-committees, providing guidance and strategic direction, and overseeing the organisation’s mission impact through the CEO. The role involves collaborating with other board members, supporting the mission of Soundfair, and actively promoting the organisation’s goals and values.
Soundfair seeks to fill two Director positions: one vacant member position (9 months to 3 years) and one board appointment (3-year). You do not need to be a current member to be eligible for these positions. Ideal candidates share our passion due to their own lived experience or professional background. Directors who are energetic and collaborative, but whose thoughtful leadership makes them comfortable with conversations that drive the organisation forward are a good fit for these positions.
Experience and background
Having lived experience or an evidenced deep passion for the cause is highly valued for this role.
Essential (one or more of the following)
- Funds development (eg philanthropy, fundraising, corporate engagement or social impact funding) and a comms and marketing lens.
- Sector leadership and influence in either lived experience/consumer voice or hearing loss/hard of hearing sector. This might look like community engagement, advocacy, policy, peer support/mentoring.
- Digital health, AI and innovation.
Desirable
- Experience in leadership or board positions, or evidence motivation to learn
- Strong strategic thinking and decision-making skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Commitment to the mission and vision of Soundfair
- Ability to work independently and remotely
- Knowledge and understanding of issues related to hearing health and advocacy (or related health issues)
- Experience in non-profit, charity or social impact initiatives
About the organisation
Imagine feeling isolated and excluded from your everyday conversations with those around you. Imagine feeling invisible to your family and friends because they don’t see your struggle to catch the punchline, or feeling disempowered at work because your meetings move fast and people talk over each other while covering their mouths. Imagine what this does for your confidence, mental health and self worth. This is the everyday for 1 in 6 people across Australia.
At Soundfair, we want to make hearing seen and people heard so that no one who is hard of hearing or deaf is left out or left behind. We imagine a world where all people with hearing conditions live well. Our work aims to connect all people living with hearing conditions to their own voice, each other and to the supports they need. In doing so, we tackle stigma and improve wellbeing. We are all about people – not just ears – and have been for 90 years.
As a charitable consumer driven organisation, we are powered by a Board of Directors whose experience and expertise sets a strategic direction and culture that enables us to deliver on our goals.
How to apply
Applications not allowed for this volunteering opportunity.
Please quote in application: Board Director via Pro Bono Australia.
