Your governance skills and your lived experience of disability are required right now to guide us to an exciting future.
We are looking for someone who wants to utilise their governance skills and understands the disability sector. This role will have a positive impact on a sector experiencing significant change with a progressive thinking organisation committed to the Enabling Good Lives approach.
Your Way | Kia Roha is a not-for-profit organisation mapping out a future focused on building responsive services to enable people to live the life they choose. With over 170 staff situated throughout New Zealand we offer a diverse range of services, products, information and learning opportunities.
About the role
- Shared responsibility as part of the board to effectively govern the organisation.
- Strategic oversight and direction setting in a sector experiencing change and growth.
- Contribute to the growth of disability leadership.
- Take a futuristic lens on what new opportunities we may pursue.
About you
- Strong governance experience in a medium to large organisation
- Lived experience of disability
- Strategic insight, with the ability to see new opportunities.
We encourage applications from people with a lived experience of disability or who are close whānau members of people with disability. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application to assist you through the recruitment process.
We are particularly interested to hear from tangata whaikaha Māori or disabled Pasifika people as well as applicants being based in areas where we do not have trustee representation yet: Taranaki, Whanganui, Tairāwhiti, Otago, Southland.
Board members are remunerated.
Applications close by: Monday 18 September 2023
For further information refer to the position description.
Please apply in writing with a cover letter and full CV to Christine Molineux at [email protected]
