Each year, voting members are invited to nominate and elect individuals to the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Australia Board of Directors (“The Board”). This is an important opportunity to have your say and elect individuals who can make a valuable contribution in shaping the direction of our organisation.
About the EWB Board
The Board guides the long-term strategic direction of EWB in partnership with our voting members, volunteers, CEO and Staff and partners. The Board oversees the finance, risk and governance of the organisation, makes decisions to ensure the organisation remains financially solvent and acts in the best interest of the organisation.
Who can join?
EWB Australia is committed to welcoming people from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, culture and experience, including those from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background and we strongly encourage women to apply. At heart, the Board consists of a diverse group of individuals who bring a range of skills and experience across areas like business management, fundraising and have a desire to see EWB thrive. To view skills and capabilities that are being sought in this year’s elections, please read the Board Capability Gap and Diversity Statement.
How to apply
To nominate to become a member of the Board, please complete the online nomination form process. Potential nominees may wish to read the Elected Director Position Description and Board Capability Gap and Diversity Statement. Nominations close Thursday, 31 October 2024. Nominees and seconders must be paid voting members of EWB Australia as at time of nomination. Seconders must be continuous voting members for at least 1 calendar year. To allow for sufficient time (at least 2 days) for seconders to be contacted, we recommend nominees submit applications by Monday, 28 October 2024.
To become a paid voting member, please complete this application form.
If you have any trouble accessing or completing the application form, please contact companysecretary@ewb.org.au.
Important dates
- Friday, 4 October 2024 – Nominations for Board Elections Open
- Thursday, 31 October 2024 – Last day to nominate for the Board Elections
- Monday, 4 November 2024 – Details of the AGM Notice of Meeting, all Board vacancies, the candidates nominated and a link to the online proxy voting form will be published and circulated to all voting EWB Australia members
- 4.45pm on Saturday, 23 November 2024 – online proxy votes close
- 5pm on Monday, 25 November 2024 – EWB Annual General Meeting and Board Elections