Job description

Kids Giving Back, Australia’s leading volunteering charity for kids and teens, is looking for a new Chairperson. Could this be you?

Organisation Overview

Kids Giving Back is committed to Creating the Next Generation of Generosity and making giving back to community part of a child’s DNA. We do this by providing hands on, age appropriate, easily accessible, and meaningful volunteering opportunities for children, families, schools, and community groups.

Kids Giving Back is a Sydney based registered charity with Deductible Gift Recipient status founded in 2012, instilling the value of service in the next generation to help develop ongoing relationships between children and the broader community. We believe that through engaging kids and teens in volunteering, we are creating a society that brims with generosity and responsibility for generations to come.

Our programs enable children and young people to undertake practical and meaningful activities to support the work of charities, whilst at the same time assisting this younger generation to acquire empathy, experience altruism and achieve a sense of belonging.

To date over 39,000 kids and family members have volunteered through our programs and opportunities, including providing over 160,000 meals to those in need.

Mission

Our Mission is to create the Next Generation of Generosity by instilling in young people the importance of giving to others, not just of material things but of time through real life experiences.

www.kidsgivingback.org

Position Description

The Chair will play a significant role in the expansion and growth of Kids Giving Back.

The Chair will be required to:

• Lead the Board focus on setting a clear strategic direction for the growth of the organisation
• Work together with the Board to ensure that appropriate long-term strategies are in place and, together with the Chief Executive, to monitor the progress against those strategies
• Act as a sounding board and mentor to support, and where appropriate, challenge the CEO, who has been leading the organisation since October 2021
• Provide considered leadership to the Board and CEO, fostering an inclusive and respectful culture
• Facilitate the effective functioning and productivity of the Board including managing the effective decision making, conduct, frequency and length of Board meetings; including facilitating 5-6 Board meetings per calendar year; and any special Board meetings or sub-committees as required
• Actively contribute to Kids Giving Back by leveraging connections, networks, and resources to achieve Kids Giving Back mission and purpose

You will ideally have the following role-related and personal competencies:

• Governance expertise - A strong working knowledge of Chair and Director governance role and responsibilities including legal, ethical, fiduciary and financial responsibilities
• Strategic expertise - The ability to progress the development and oversight of the organisation’s strategy through constructive questioning and contributing to the effective decision making of the Board
• Leadership and Management experience - Ideally experience in the Chair’s role and in leading and managing teams is essential. Experience in motivating, managing, and dealing with people including evaluative performance, succession planning and conflict resolution
• Commercial judgement and instinct - Good business instinct and acumen including ability to demonstrate strong understanding of an organisation’s business and financial model, to ensure sound financial health and financial accountability of the organisation
• Corporate network - Possession of a strong corporate, NFP or social enterprise network
• Sector expertise - Preferably, experience in NFP organisations, education or services supporting vulnerable / isolated individuals, health, and social funding programs.
• Active advocate and ambassador - Willingness to participate actively in one or more fundraising activities per year and willing to use personal and professional contacts and networks to further the goals of the charity and to assist in fundraising, including asking for financial support

It is expected that the Chair would continue in the role for a minimum of three years, with the possibility of a second term.

A position description is attached.