About Us

Children’s Hospital Foundation funds cutting-edge equipment, vital research and on the ground support for kids with all illnesses, injuries and conditions, throughout Queensland and northern New South Wales. We identify and action gaps in funding and support right across the kids’ health landscape – the places left lacking but no less deserving.

Be the difference

Are you ready to be part of something special? It is an exciting time to join the Children’s Hospital Foundation as we embark on a period of transformation to achieve our ambitious five-year strategy. We aren’t just evolving; we are revolutionising how we make a difference to sick kids across Queensland.

We value who you are, not just your skillset. We are looking for people who purposeful, wholehearted, collaborative, curious and courageous. People who are prepared to lead from where they stand and who are excited to build it with us.

We are shaking things up and transforming how we operate, how we raise funds and how we deliver the greatest impact for sick and injured children and young people across Queensland.

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, then we want to meet you!

The role

The Children’s Hospital Foundation is seeking Board members who will champion the purpose, vision, values, and strategic priorities of the organisation. The board is responsible for the overall governance, management and strategic direction of the Foundation. They are responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of our ambitious vision. Each board member contribute expertise, advice and wisdom to the CEO and leadership team across matters including strategy, operations, finance and risk, governance, fundraising, technology, communications, media, business and planning.

Who are you?

We are seeking experienced professionals, who will bring their invaluable leadership and expertise to the existing members of the Board and our executive leadership team. You will be an experienced Board Member/ Non-Executive Director with Director qualifications and contacts and networks within philanthropy, corporates or government. You will also have a deep understanding and commitment to the purpose, mission and values of the Foundation.

Your expertise in board governance will be complemented by your skills in areas such as commercial operations, accounting, legal, philanthropy, marketing, digital, communications or human resources.

You will be clear on the strategic and functional role of the Board, will bring a contemporary approach to leadership and governance and have demonstrated knowledge of the applicable legal, ethical, and fiduciary responsibilities held.

What is our difference?

When you join the team, you’re not just doing another ‘role’. You are playing your part, rolling up your sleeves, bringing about real change, creating the difference every kid deserves. The culture of the Children’s Hospital Foundation Board is collegiate, deeply committed to the cause and the purpose, is inclusive and respectful but embracing of new ideas, being challenged with respect and open to robust debate. The Foundation is values led, and these values are an integral part of our Board culture, brand and positioning, and inform our decisions and behaviours in our dealings within the organisation, and externally with all our stakeholders.

What is Required?

The Board typically meets six times a year for two hours each time, in a combination of online and in person meetings. Directors can also join sub-committees, meetings which are held 6 times a year (1.5 duration) in preparation for Board meetings, and to have read and prepared for meetings. 

Please Note:

• If you require any adjustments to submit your application, please get in touch with us at [email protected] using the subject line: Board Member - Honorary (Voluntary) enquiry via EthicalJobs.
• We welcome and actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people living with a disability, the LGBTQI community, people with neurological differences, mature age workers, as well as parents and carers returning to the workforce.
• The Children’s Hospital Foundation is committed to child safety. The Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 requires that people who work with children in certain categories of employment undergo the ‘working with children’ check. All Foundation employees must be eligible for a Blue Suitability Card, issued by the Department of Justice and Attorney-General. The issue and maintenance of a positive suitability notice is a requirement for continued employment at the Foundation.