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Company Secretary (Volunteer)

Summer Foundation
  • 5 hours / month (voluntary) Includes flexibility for occasional remote work
  • Commencement: Early February 2020
  • Location: Level 18 ,120 Collins Street MELBOURNE or alternate CBD location
  • Reports to: Chair and as directed CEO
  • Current Board

Melbourne based Not for Profit organisation the Summer Foundation is seeking a (volunteer) Company Secretary to join their team. The role will be reporting to the Chair and as directed CEO, and will be responsible for the efficient administration of the organisation, particularly ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

About Summer Foundation:

The Summer Foundation exists to resolve the issue of young people living in Residential Aged Care (RAC).

Young people with disability have the right to live where, how and with whomever they choose. They deserve to be appropriately and adequately supported to achieve these choices. This is a problem that could be solved within the next decade.

Our strategy is to influence the evolution of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). We simultaneously influence the systems and markets that surround, support and impact young people with disability living in RAC or those at risk of entering RAC.

Role responsibilities:

Board meetings & processes:

  • Liaising with the Chair and the CEO to settle annual calendars and agendas for meetings of the Board of Directors and the Finance & Risk Committee, and for the Annual General Meeting. (Support will be provided to assist with collating and circulating meeting packs)
  • Ensuring all meetings are properly convened; attending the Annual General Meeting and meetings of the Board of Directors and the Finance & Risk Committee; taking minutes for all meetings
  • Drafting circular resolutions as required
  • Statutory registers
  • Managing registers of members, directors, conflicts of interest

Regulatory obligations:

  • Preparing and lodging returns/filings with ASIC, ACNC and state fundraising regulators

Records management:

  • Maintain high level of record keeping and documentation to meeting all compliance requirements

Governance:

  • Advising the board on good practice in corporate governance

Competencies & Experience:

  • Minimum 5 years practical experience with compliance and general company secretarial duties, and knowledge of a director’s responsibilities
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Good interpersonal skills - able to work in a dynamic, small team environment
  • Accuracy and attention to detail
  • Good organisational and time management skills
  • Knowledge of, and experience, in the not-for-profit regulatory environment in Australia preferred.
  • CPA or CA qualification or legal practitioner preferred
  • AICD (or equivalent) accredited preferred

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