Expert Director - Ballardong Aboriginal Corporation

Your application should include:

• a detailed CV that defines your expertise; and
• a letter addressing each of the selection criteria, clearly defining how your experience will be applied to the director role and which confirms you meet the eligibility requirements.
• Director ID
• National Police Clearance

ELIGIBILITY requirements

A person is eligible for appointment as an Expert Director if they satisfy the following (in accordance with the Trust Deed):

1. is an Australian citizen
2. is at least 18 years old;
3. has no conflicting commitments;
4. has not been disqualified from managing corporations or companies, or from doing anything else contemplated by the role of Director, under any applicable law;
5. has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding or named a subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offences);
6. has not been found in a civil proceeding to have violated any federal or state securities or commodities law
7. is not a person who has been convicted of an offence against or arising out of a law of the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or a foreign country, being an offence in respect of dishonest conduct (including fraud), other than where:
   1. 20 years has passed from the time of conviction; or
   2. 10 years has passed from the time of conviction and;
      1. the conduct resulted in a term of actual imprisonment of less than 3 months; or
      2. the conduct resulted in a fine of less than $5,000;
8. is not a person who is not permitted by the Corporations Act (or an order made under the Corporations Act) to be a director;
9. is not an employee, director, officer or committee member of an Eligible Noongar Entity or the Trustee (except the Trustee Director);
10. is able to produce a National Police Certificate of no less than 12 months validity;
11. has financial literacy;
12. has leadership experience;
13. has completed a director’s course approved by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) or  a suitable equivalent to the AICD:
14. has as a minimum, 5 years’ experience as a director of an Australian company governed by the Corporations Act or the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth) and can demonstrate a preparedness to question, challenge and critique and a willingness to understand and to commit to the highest standards of governance;
15. is of high repute and recognised integrity; and
16. is a Responsible Person and has such other characteristics as may be considered appropriate for membership on the Board.

Responsible Person means an individual who:

• performs a significant public function; or
• is a member of a professional body having a code of ethics or rules of conduct; or
• is officially charged with spiritual functions by a religious institution; or
• is a director of a company whose shares are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange; or
• has received formal recognition from government for services to the community; or
• is a Responsible Person as described by the Commissioner of Taxation in Taxation Ruling TR 95/27 or as otherwise approved by the Commissioner of Taxation from time to time.

Expert Director - Selection Criteria

Education requirements:

• Has a Degree and/or Post Graduate qualifications in law, accounting, economics, economic development, community development, community health, land management, governance social policy or other relevant fields, and/or a recognised qualification or work experience in lieu of experience, including not-for-profit sector management.

 Essential experience requirements:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience as a director of an Australian company, governed by the Corporations Act or the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth) or

• Relevant qualifications in Company Directorship e.g. Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors or a similar qualification or

• Senior management experience with at least 5 years experience managing staff and reporting to or working closely with boards

 Governance requirements

• Has experience with legal compliance and governance including legal, ethical and fiduciary responsibilities

• Can demonstrate preparedness to question, challenge and critique, and a willingness to understand and to commit to the highest standards of governance

• Strategic thinking demonstrated ability to review strategy and
  • Contribute to effective decision making – flexibility and open to other ideas
  • A commitment to continuous governance improvement, including actively participating in the BAC Governance Self-Assessment process and contributing to the implementation of the Board's Governance Development Plan.

Essential Leadership criteria:

• Can demonstrate transparency and high integrity leadership or management experience;
• Can demonstrate a preparedness to question, challenge and critique, and a willingness to understand and to commit to the highest standards of governance; and
• Is of high repute and recognised integrity, acts ethically with appropriate independence, putting the organisations interests before personal interests.

 Financial Requirements

• Can demonstrate strong financial acumen skills; an ability to read and comprehend a company’s accounts and financial material

Interest in South West Settlement

• A passion for contributing to the social and economic development of Noongar People through the South West Settlement – particularly in the regions
• An understanding of cultural matters and has experience working in across-cultural environment

Commercial and Strategic Development

• High-level commercial and business development expertise.
• Experience establishing, growing or governing commercial enterprises or social enterprises.
• Strategic planning and implementation capability.
• Experience identifying and developing partnerships with government, industry, investors and other organisations.
• Experience in land development, housing, property, infrastructure or regional economic development would be highly regarded.
• The ability to evaluate opportunities from both a commercial and community benefit perspective while maintaining good governance.