Committee / Board Members (Up to three positions available)

National Opera is a nationally incorporated association and registered charity under the Australian Not-for-Profit and Charities Commission. We operate as a Committee with up to nine members. 

National Opera is holding its Annual General Meeting in November for the following 9 – 12 months period. We are seeking interested people preferably with executive level experience, particularly in the areas of marketing, fundraising and business development. We have up to three positions available.

In consultation with the General Manager and other Board members, the duties of Board members will include:

• assisting in a particular area of National Opera operations in a volunteer capacity, this may be in marketing or publicity, fundraising or philanthropy or business development. [Time commitment – between 1 and 3 hours per week]
• attend 6 weekly Board meetings (either in person (when allowed) or virtually) [Time commitment 2 hours]
• respond to emails from time to time [Time commitment Ad hoc]
• assist at National Opera events whenever possible doing things such as ushering, tickets, serving food/drink [Time commitment Ad hoc]

We need people who are:

• passionate to see professional opera grow in Canberra.
• willing to get in and help occasionally
• keen to help a local start-up arts organisation provide opportunities for artists of all forms in Canberra, gain employment by producing opera.