BA Call for nominations for Board Elected Director Positions (x2)
Bowls Australia (BA) is calling for nominations for the two elected Director positions due at its upcoming Annual General Meeting 2024.
BA’s Board of up to nine comprises up to six elected positions and up to three appointed positions. All elected positions are 3-year terms.
Of the two elected positions due in 2024, neither of the incumbents will be re-standing. Any of BA’s eight (8) State/Territory Associations (STAs), or any individual member of an affiliated Bowls club within an STA, can nominate someone for an elected Director position on the BA Board.
Pertinent to these Director roles, BA’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025, adopted and overseen by its Board, can be viewed here: https://www.bowls.com.au/about-ba/key-documents/strategic-plan/. Previous Annual Reports are available at https://www.bowls.com.au/about-ba/key-documents/annual-report/
Criteria
The ‘Criteria’ for these Board positions are as follows:
1. Demonstrated experience and understanding of best practice organisational governance and especially:
(i) The leadership role of a Board, and of its Directors (relevant to of a company of ~$9M annual turnover and 35-40 FTE staff)
(ii) The financial management and planning of such a business
(iii) The capacity to focus on strategic rather than operational issues, and corresponding
ability to distinguish between matters for the Board and matters for management
(iv) The development of innovative ideas
(v) The cooperation and teamwork of a Board of Directors
(vi) The understanding of the value of diversity and inclusion to good governance
(vii) The work and meeting preparations, and availability and time commitment, of a Board Director.
2. An appreciation for, and understanding of, the role that community through to high performance sport plays in Australia.
3. Australian Institute of Company Directors’ (AICD) qualifications, or similar, will be highly regarded.
Additional Information and Instructions
a. Reflective of the sport’s participation base and endeavours – from community Bowls through to the international stages of Bowls and Para Bowls – Bowls Australia is committed to diversity and inclusion on its Board of Directors and encourages nominations that will engender such.
b. In particular, this year, female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
c. Nominations from metropolitan and regional areas are equally encouraged.
d. Positions on the Board are honorary. There are six (6) Regular Board Meetings per year, with additional Special Board Meetings scheduled as required. Meetings may be scheduled in-person (for which travel costs are covered) or virtually via the use of technology. Additionally, all Board Directors are likely to fill positions on one or more sub-committees of the Board.
e. Applications for the above position close at 5pm AEDT on Monday 28th October 2024. To be submitted to the attention of the BA CEO via mkennedy@bowls.com.au.
f. The attached Application Form must be completed and accompanied by the requested Additional Information of a 1-page CV/resume, and up to a further 2-page covering letter / submission from the nominee addressing the above ‘Criteria’ 1-3.
For any queries about this process, please contact Bowls Australia’s CEO Matthew Kennedy directly on mkennedy@bowls.com.au or 0412 416 506.
