Express an Interest

Targeting:
People with Disabilities, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander, English as an additional language or dialect, LGBTQI

Would you like to be part of a movement to create a fully inclusive society?

Do you think segregation of people with disability is just wrong?

Do you care deeply about the rights of people with disability?

If you answered ‘yes’ to these questions, then we want you to join our Board!

About JFM Fund

The JFM Fund (Julia Farr MS McLeod Benevolent Fund) is a grant-making organisation which supports people with disability to be genuinely included in all communities, as valued contributors to community life.

Our 2024-27 Strategic Plan outlines our focus on funding innovation in inclusion through partnering with people with disability, and organisations that actively practice inclusion in their own workplaces.

All our work is driven by a commitment to rights-based inclusion guided by the principles of:

• Personhood: People with disability can exercise personal authority.
• Citizenhood: People with disability are active citizens in the life of the community.
• Capacity Building: The capacity of people with disability is enhanced, at the level of the individual, and the family and the community.

JFM Fund was originally established by a bequest from the estate of the late Murdoch Stanley McLeod, a prominent South Australian businessman, to help future generations of South Australians. 

Your impact

As a JFM Fund board member, you have an opportunity to make a difference by:

• Providing strategic-level oversight of our work, which advances innovation in disability inclusion.
• Ensuring our funds are applied to high-impact grant making, which makes a meaningful difference for people with disability.
• Tapping into your professional experience and networks to advance inclusion.

Your role

We are currently seeking expressions of interest from people with expertise in philanthropy, and particularly philanthropic funding of innovation.

Board member responsibilities include:

• Attending and actively contributing to board meetings (virtually and in person).
• Contributing to and reviewing organisation strategic plans and risk management.
• Deciding the outcome of funding applications
• Ensuring the long-term sustainability of our grant making funds.
• Ensuring that business decisions align with our values.
• Overseeing the CEO and ensuring work is undertaken in a way that supports the board’s legal responsibilities.

How can you get involved?

Expressions of interest are sought from suitably qualified persons for voluntary board positions. To submit your application, please fill out the board member expression of interest form.

Telephone enquiries are welcome on (08) 8373 8388 and via email to janea@juliafarr.org.au, using the subject line: Board Member Expression of Interest

The Julia Farr group is committed to people with disability serving on our boards. Diverse candidates with intersectional identities are encouraged to apply including people with disability, First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, and people who come from diverse socio-economic backgrounds.