Connect: Inner West Community Transport Group Inc (‘Connect’) is a not-for-profit association incorporated in NSW and a registered charity constituted to “provide and promote safe and affordable transport services that fully enable all individuals and groups to maintain or achieve their independence and quality of life within their community”.

The strategic direction of Connect is overseen by a skill-based voluntary board which is now seeking new members.

Connect is a community based, secular organisation that embraces the diversity of its inner west community.

For further information on Connect, click here.

Criteria for board membership

• A desire to support the values, purpose and mission of the organisation as a Director;
• A willingness to commit to the duties of a Director for a period of at least 12 months from appointment;
• An ability to critically assess board reports in advance of meetings and to raise questions or points of concern where necessary;
• Existing capacity, or the willingness to acquire knowledge through board membership, in the following areas: government relations, marketing, law, accounting, risk - management, marketing, IT, human resources, industrial relations, work health and safety, work-force development, industry-specific knowledge (to community transport sector);
• Prospective Board members must be willing to obtain an NDIS Worker Clearance (at Connect’s expense).

Duties of board members

The Connect Board meets monthly in the early evening for approximately two hours. Meetings are held via Zoom and/or in person. There are usually seven or eight meetings held each year between February and November. Directors are expected to have read the agenda papers in advance, be conversant with their contents and raise any matters arising from the papers as they see fit.

All Directors are required to participate in an annual orientation and information session at a mutually convenient time following the conduct of the Annual General Meeting.

All Directors are expected to participate in strategic planning meeting, consultations and special events where they have capacity to do so.

Board members are expected to treat Connect's matters confidentially, to serve the organisation’s mission and values to the best of their ability, and to represent Connect in a positive light within the community.

Connect holds full insurances including Director and Officers coverage.

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