• Deliver exceptional secretarial support to our Board and Executive team
• Permanent Full Time role |Burnley Office location
• Hybrid working

Mind Australia is one of the country’s leading community-managed specialist mental health service providers with a range of residential, mobile outreach, centre based and online services. We have been supporting people living with the day-to-day impacts of mental illness, as well as their families, friends and carers for over 40 years. 

We provide practical and motivational support that helps people to develop the skills they need to move on, thrive and improve the quality of their lives. It’s an approach to mental health and wellbeing that looks at the whole person in the context of their daily life. Mind is committed to diversity and social inclusion. 

About the role

Mind is a recognised leader in the delivery and innovation of lived experience approaches in mental ill-health, with a strong focus on divisional functions including Research, Advocacy & Policy Development, Inclusion & Participation, and Housing Strategy. The Executive team works closely with the broader organisation, enabling us to deliver services to clients, stakeholders and the community, understanding their experiences while striving for social change on issues that matter. Mind commits to a culture of continuous improvement in practice and service delivery with staff whose expertise, passion, diversity and professionalism fuels an unwavering commitment to achieving the best possible outcomes for our clients.

We are seeking a self-motivated Board Secretary for a permanent full time opportunity in the Burnley area with work from home options. You will deliver meeting coordination, board and committee agenda and minute’s preparation and Director liaison, as well as provide administrative support to Board members and the Executive Assistant of the CEO. For Mind Australia and its subsidiaries, you will provide support for organisational governance, and act as the contact point for board related matters for the Mind CEO and Executive.

Key responsibilities

• Provide high quality confidential secretarial and general administrative support to the board, its subsidiary companies and committees.
• Support the Executive Assistant to undertake a range of administrative tasks that support efficient and effective service delivery.
• Provide strong communication across the Board, its subsidiary companies, CEO, Executive team and senior managers of Mind.
• Prepare and deliver minutes, agenda items and documentation are distributed for all meetings.
• Support organisation governance activities or other activities (such as internal committee support) that support the CEO or Company Secretary or governance functions. 

What you’ll bring

• Significant experience in the operation of Boards and Committees.
• Highly effective time management skills, recognising competing priorities resulting from the timing of board and committee schedules.
• Tertiary qualifications in a related field with demonstrated experience in a similar role as designated by Mind.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders up to executive leadership level.
• A lived experience of mental ill health and recovery or experience caring for a person with mental ill health is desirable.

Benefits

• Attractive Not For Profit Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,900pa.
• Flexible work arrangements to suit your lifestyle!
• Learning, development and career opportunities.

Interested?

To obtain a position description and apply online click Apply Now to visit Mind Careers - reference number 493812. 

Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived experience of mental ill health and recovery, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds. The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check, NDIS Workers Screening Check and the ability to obtain vaccinations against COVID-19.