Express an Interest

Targeting:

Volunteering Tasmania is the peak body for volunteering in Tasmania, representing the interests of all Tasmanians involved in volunteering through community engagement programs and services, advocacy, research and policy development.   

Our Vision: An inclusive, thriving, and celebrated culture of community participation.   

Our Purpose: To strengthen and enhance volunteering through leadership, education, and connection.  

 Volunteering Tasmania creating positive change through our values:   

Inclusion – We foster a culture of belonging.  

Integrity – We act with purpose, accountability, and transparency.  

Connection – We engage and collaborate with curiosity and intent.  

Seeking Directors to join Volunteering Tasmania. 

We are inviting skilled and committed people who want to make a difference to the Volunteering industry to express an interest in joining our Board of Directors.  

Board role: The Volunteering Tasmania Board provides governance and strategic leadership to the organisation. 

To complement our existing Board, we are looking for individuals with one or more of the following skillsets: Financial Performance, IT Strategy and Data Governance, Philanthropy and Government Relations.   

Directors actively contribute via Membership of either the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee, or the Governance Committee.  

Experience: We encourage those with or without Board experience to apply.  We will provide additional support and development opportunities to those without significant Board experience.  

Inclusion: Volunteering Tasmania values and invests in diversity, equity and inclusion and is working to build a collaborative and thriving workplace culture. Given its Tasmania-wide brief, Volunteering Tasmania is also committed to broad regional and rural representation. 

Meetings and time commitment: The Board meets six times per year on average with active Board committees that meet regularly in addition to this. Applicants should have the ability to commit around 5-10 hours per month to Director duties. Board and Committee meetings are held both in-person in Hobart and online.  

Payment: Nil – this is a voluntary role. Pre-approved reasonable travel and accommodation expenses incurred to attend meetings or other Board duties will be reimbursed. 

For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact us by email on boardsecretariat@volunteeringtas.org.au and a representative of the Board will be in touch. 

Application submissions:  

If you wish to nominate for the role of Board Director, please provide a covering letter outlining your interest in the role and the personal qualities you would bring to the position, along with a curriculum vitae that outlines your skills and experience.  This information will be utilised by the Board, to then seek individual nominations from suitably qualified candidates.  Successful candidates will be provided with a request to officially nominate by completing a Nomination for Board of Directors form.  An election may be required in accordance with the number of suitable candidates for election.  The information provided will be utilised as part of the election process (if required).   

Expressions of interest should be marked confidential and submitted to Mel Blake CEO by email on boardsecretariat@volunteeringtas.org.au and arrive no later than 10am, Friday 25 September 2026.