Expert Director - South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council

SOUTH WEST ABORIGINAL LAND AND SEA COUNCIL

The South West Native Title Settlement between Noongar People and the WA Government is the largest and most significant native title settlement in Australia. This is an exciting opportunity to get involved and contribute to the success of the Settlement.

The South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council is seeking an Expert Director.

If you are a leader in your field, an experienced director and have a genuine desire to contribute to the social and economic advancement of the Noongar Community, please lodge your expression of interest by COB on the advertised closing date.

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 eligibility requirements.
• Director ID
• National Police Clearance

Deadline for applications 5:00pm (AWST)

Please submit your completed application via the "Apply Now" button.

Should you have any questions about the application or the selection process, please contact:

• Secretary of the Nominations Committee: applications-nt@perpetual.com.au using the subject line: Expert Director - South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council enquiry via EthicalJobs

OUTLINE OF SELECTION PROCESS

The Noongar Nominations Committee will assess the eligibility of candidates. Short listed candidates will then be interviewed by a panel of the Corporation’s directors.

A director can only be appointed to one corporation within the Settlement structure.

ELIGIBILITY

A person is eligible for appointment as an Expert Director if they satisfy the following:

• a. is an Australian citizen
• b. is at least 18 years old;
• c. has no conflicting commitments;
• d. has not been disqualified from managing corporations or companies, or from doing anything else contemplated by the role of Director, under any applicable law;
• e. has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding or named a subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offences);
• f. has not been found in a civil proceeding to have violated any federal or state securities or commodities law;
• g. 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:
  • 20 years has passed from the time of conviction; or
  • 10 years has passed from the time of conviction and:
    • the conduct resulted in a term of actual imprisonment of less than 3 months; or
    • the conduct resulted in a fine of less than $5,000;
• h. is not a person who is not permitted by the Corporations Act (or an order made under the Corporations Act) to be a director;
• j. is able to produce a National Police Certificate of no less than 12 months validity;

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 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) 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

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

A position description is attached.