• Seeking Board Members (Ordinary)

Women’s Health in the South East (WHISE) is one of 12 Women’s Health Services in Victoria whose role is to improve health and wellbeing of women.

WHISE delivers services and programs in the South East of Melbourne and we cover 10 Local Council Areas from the Cardinia Shire, through to Stonnington and Port Phillip Councils, and down to the Mornington Peninsula.

Women’s Health Services are not-for-profit organisations, funded by the State Government, that take action through health promotion and primary prevention strategies on health issues that are specific to women.

Each Health Service has its own unique program of work and activities, informed by their partners and community which seeks to create population wide change and address social determinants of health – the circumstances in which women grow, live, work and age, the systems that are put in place to deal with disease and illness as well as the conditions in which people live and die which are shaped by political, social and economic forces. (World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Social Determinants of Health).

WHISE works within a feminist framework and our vision is to see that all women in our region are safe, healthy and thriving.

Right now, WHISE is focused on:

• Preventing Violence against Women in the South East of Melbourne
• Promoting and celebrating optimal sexual and reproductive health
• Building capacity and capability of the regional prevention workforce
• Empowering partners, communities and stakeholders to take action to create gender equity

Call for Board Members (Ordinary)

As part of its ongoing work to ensure that the organisation’s Board has the right skills and expertise to provide oversight and governance, WHISE has identified a need to recruit for new Directors. We are keen to hear from suitably qualified and experienced members of our community  to fill the role of “ordinary member” of the Board with skills in these areas.

• Experience in working at leadership levels in the not-for-profit sector (including experience as a previous Director)

• Understanding and knowledge of of women’s health, health promotion and gender equality would be an advantage.     

Please note that WHISE has an equal opportunity employment exemption. (EEO Exemption H186/2021).

Further Information

Please review information about WHISE via our website - www.whise.org.au and also:

WHISE Strategic Plan 2023-2028

Current Annual Report

Latest Financial Reports (ACNC Website)

A position description is attached.