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Elder Rights Advocacy (ERA) is an independent agency funded by the Commonwealth Dept of Health & Ageing to provide advocacy services for people receiving Commonwealth funded aged care services in Victoria. It is part of the National Aged Care Advocacy Program (NACAP), and has operated since 1990 in Victoria. Our service is managed through a volunteer Board with an interest and expertise in aged care. We employ six full time staff to provide information, advocacy and education across the State. Our model of advocacy focuses on helping older people (or their representatives) to understand and exercise their rights, and to have those rights respected in the delivery of their care services.
We are looking for a Board member to replace a retiring member, and would seek someone with an interest in older people and their rights, and willing to work with a community based organisation to assist and expand our outreach, service base and funding. With a major Government review focused on changes to the aged care system, and far reaching developments to be implemented in 2013-14 including an increase in advocacy, we believe this is an exciting time to contribute to the work of ERA in Victoria.

Post Placement Support Service (PPSS) is a small not for profit organisation providing education and support services to ensure better outcomes for children and families formed through permanent care and adoption.

PPSS is seeking to implement a communications / public relations campaign to build an external-facing campaign regarding the need for post placement support for families raising children through permanent care and adoption.

FMC Mediation and Counselling Victoria believe that people can improve the quality of their lives through the services we provide. Our values are compassion, optimism and professionalism. We provide services for couples, families in conflict and young people over issues such as separation, arrangements for children and parenting, division of property and future relationships.

We are now completing the transformation from a small community-based organisation to a vibrant professional provider of a range of dispute resolution and family assistance programs. We have in 70 staff operating programs across seven locations. We run two of the federal government's Family Relationship Centres in Chadstone and Traralgon. Our funding comes predominantly from the Federal Government.

As part of our rejuvenation program we are currently recruiting for new board members who reflect our organisation’s values. We are seeking successful and experienced professionals who:
1. Can think and respond strategically
2. Have experience at leadership level, or have significant experience with agency governance, government policy and relations, public relations, marketing or financial and/or auditing roles
3. Can contribute to the requirements of an organisation going through transformation and seeking growth opportunities
4. Want to work with a Board that is committed to improving FMC’s service delivery and FMC as an organisation.

To express your interest in this opportunity, please send a short CV and details where we can contact you to hr@mediation.com.au using subject line “Board Vacancy EoI” by COB 22 May 2013. All Expressions of Interest will be acknowledged.

Kara House provides short-term crisis accommodation in a high security refuge and an Outreach Service for women and children who are experiencing or escaping family/domestic violence in a variety of settings. Kara House provides a service specifically committed to women and children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Two female volunteer committee members are sought. Note: The organisation is an incorporated association for women with EEO exemption.

We are particularly seeking women with an interest/experience in compliance/risk management or collaborative partnering to help position the organisation in this challenging environment.

The name SPELD stands for SPEcific Learning Difficulties. SPELD is a non profit organisation that provides advice and services to children and adults with specific learning difficulties and those who care, teach and work with them.

A submission writer experienced with funding, writing and sourcing funding submissions with ability to develop relationships with philanthropies is sought to work with and develop the organisation's capacity to successfully write submissions. Not for profit experience is important.

The Mietta Song Competition (MSC) promotes the performance and wider appreciation of Art Song through a biennial competition . The next MSC will be held in July 2014.

The Mietta Song Competition is a sub-committee of the Mietta Foundation (both entirely volunteer run organisations), a charitable foundation. The sub-committee is currently going through a Board renewal process and is seeking new members with a love of classical music and a willingness to have hands on involvement in organising the biennial event.

For more details visit www.miettasongcompetition.com.au

Established some 35 years ago the Centre is actively involved in providing horticultural and other therapy programs for children and adults with disability or disadvantage with up to 400 participants attending on a weekly basis. Emphasis is placed on participation, learning and sharing with the support of staff and volunteers.
We are currently in the planning stage of relocating which will enable the development of expanded services in the disability field with the key focus on on social and therapeutic horticulture.
We are seeking new Committee members in order to enhance our collective skill sets including ( but not limited to ) experience in the disability education sector, marketing/promotion, project planning and general finance skills.

LISA Inc is a Support and Lobby Group. We take no government funding, so we can call it as we see it!

We are looking for new perspectives to help us generate more effective ways of doing what we do without compromising our core value of 'call it as we see it'. We seek operational guidance and strategic planning assistance to help us achieve our objectives.

The name SPELD stands for SPEcific Learning Difficulties. SPELD is a non profit organisation that provides advice and services to children and adults with specific learning difficulties and those who care, teach and work with them.

We are seeking someone with relevant expertise to advise the CEO about connections and networking in the area of information technology with the aim of building assistive technology for those with dyslexia within SPELD Victoria.

One in Five is an events-based organisation that raises funds for medical research into mental illness. Since 2004 we have raised over $1.7m. One in Five currently supports a research project at the Mental Health Research Institute, Australia's premiere psychiatric research centre, in Parkville, Victoria.

One in five Australians suffer from mental illness. It is a major disease and the #1 cause of morbidity (illness) in Australia. However, the under-investment in medical research is significant. Most medical research his funded through the Federal Government's National Health and Medical Research Council, but only 9% of this goes to mental illness medical research.

Why medical research? Increased investment in cancer and diabetes research has radically changed these diseases; improving diagnoses, decreasing treatment required. For mental illness, better drug treatments will deliver real change for the sufferers of mental illness, their families and friends. We believe medical research will change mental illness.

Peers Inspiring Peers (PIP) offers peer support services for people impacted by acquired brain disorders. Our LifeMoves program is an 8 week structured program that is provided by people with similar lived experience, to share, support and inspire. The program originated at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and PIP was developed in 2009 to enable the LifeMoves program to become available to many more people across the state.

TreeProject is a non-profit community organization dedicated to providing opportunities for the community to participate in projects to re vegetate the Victorian landscape with indigenous trees, shrubs and grasses. They recruit and train volunteers in towns and cities to grow and plant native seedlings for rural Victorian landholders.

TreeProject has a large and geographically diverse audience. Their services are available to all landholders and land care groups across Victoria and to urban dwellers that want to assist with regeneration projects. Volunteers include schools, youth clubs, families, churches, business people, retirees and people in aged care facilities. Strong community links are forged through the interaction between volunteer growers, planters and rural landholders.
Over the next 6-12months it will be necessary to raise $50,000 to secure the future of the TreeProject.

The Fund Raising Team Leader,will need to develop strategic relationships with organizations and individuals to become engaged financial stakeholders and champions for the Organization either as suppliers, donors, members and volunteers.

The ideal candidate for Committee:
- Must have proven track record in professional fundraising strategy development with the ability to writing submissions and communication skills to turn into actionable plans with limited operational and financial support
- Must be able to develop realistic and practical fundraising concepts and events utilising Tree Project’s core competencies.