AbCF POSITIONS VACANT

NON-EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

The Aboriginal Carbon Foundation (AbCF) has an opportunity for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person to join our Board as a Non-Executive Board Member.

The aim of this position is to ensure that Indigenous leadership, knowledge systems, and perspectives are embedded at the highest level of decision-making within the AbCF, reinforcing our commitment to Indigenous self-determination, ethical governance, and investment in community-led climate solutions.

Our Board of Directors brings a range of expertise in several of the following skill areas:

• Indigenous Corporate Governance experience – Indigenous governance recognise what makes our culture unique: our beliefs system, knowledge holders and our laws and rules for our society. Indigenous governance combines cultural governance with corporate governance. AICD director’s qualification would be desirable.
• Aboriginal Cultural knowledge and Land Management – Applications from Rangers are welcomed.
• Research and Development
• Conservation and Land Management
• National and International Trade
• Finance & accounting skills – An Australian Financial Services License would be an advantage.
• Industry knowledge – experience in similar organisations would be useful.
• Being a Not-for-Profit Board, there is an expectation that Board members will assist in stakeholder relationship development and the promotion of funding and investment opportunities.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

• Stipend is provided for each meeting $400 in person full day meetings, $200 half day zoom meetings + travel costs for in-person meetings.
• Applications close: 5:00 PM AEST, 6th Jun 2025

See our listing on Ethical Jobs for further details on the Position Description & Selection Criteria here. You can apply through the Ethical Jobs website.

INDEPENDENT MEMBER - FINANCE, AUDIT AND RISK MANAGEMENT

Seeking an Independent Member – Finance, Audit and Risk Management (FARM) Sub-committee of the Aboriginal Carbon Foundation

The Aboriginal Carbon Foundation (AbCF) has an opportunity for a person to join our FARM Sub-committee as an Independent Member for two years.

Role of Independent Member

An independent member of the FARM sub-committee is a person who has been appointed following external advertisement and who:

• has skills relevant to a finance, audit and risk committee;
• has not, within the last three years, been employed by the AbCF;
• is not a member of the immediate family of a person who, within the last three years, has been employed as an executive or acting executive by the AbCF. immediate family member has the same meaning as in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 (C’th);
• is not a principal of, or consultant to, a professional adviser to the AbCF where that professional adviser has provided significant services to the AbCF in the last three years;
• is not a significant supplier or customer of the AbCF or a related entity or an officer of or otherwise associated directly or indirectly with a significant supplier or customer in the last three years; and
• is free from any interest and any business or other relationship that could, or could reasonably be perceived to, materially interfere with the member’s ability to act in the best interests of the AbCF.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

• Stipend is provided for each meeting $400 for full day in-person meetings, $200 for half-day Zoom meetings), in addition to travel costs for in-person meetings.

• Applications close: 5:00 PM AEST, 6th Jun 2025

See our listing on Ethical Jobs for further details on the Position Description & Selection Criteria here. You can apply through the Ethical Jobs website.