Board Director
Action on Poverty is currently seeking up to two new directors with skills and experience in one or more of the following areas:
• program experience in the international development sector;
• legal;
• fundraising; and/or,
• philanthropy.
About Action on Poverty
Established in 1968 Action on Poverty is an independent, secular, not-for-profit, fully accredited Australian non-government organisation working with partners around the world to take action on poverty in developing countries.
OUR VISION
For all people to transcend the injustice, indignity and inequality of entrenched poverty.
OUR MISSION
To empower changemakers to break the cycle of poverty.
About the Role
Action on Poverty is the trusted partner for changemakers creating a better world.
We connect philanthropists, corporates, non-profits, and innovators with developing communities and local NGOs across Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, to break the poverty cycle.
We believe that everyone has a role to play in creating a more just and equal world. Our specialty is in creating networks, maximising resources, and upskilling people and organisations so that, together, we can create lasting change.
We are now seeking to add new skills to our board. We are seeking directors that are passionate about building a new community of changemakers doing aid differently, and can help lead us through our next exciting phase of development.
The AOP Board is a skills-based board, and we are currently seeking 1-2 directors with skills and experience in one or more of the following areas:
• program experience in the international development sector;
• legal;
• fundraising; and/or,
• philanthropy.
Regular Board and sub-committee meetings are conducted throughout the year from North Sydney, with a remote attendance option available.
All board positions are voluntary.