Company Secretary

2 weeks ago

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Day One Recruitment Full time
ASIC and ACNC regulations, Australian Charity, and Company Law focused

  • Hybrid working and NFP salary packaging on offer.
Our client

Deaf Connect is the largest whole-of-life service provider for Deaf, Deafblind and hard of hearing Australians, with offices across Queensland and New South Wales, Adelaide, Melbourne and Darwin.

The company's focus is on community and empowerment, supporting Deaf Australians and their families to make choices and actions to thrive in life, while delivering on a national agenda to improve equity for the Deaf community, and to remove systemic cultural and language barriers.
Deaf Services have had a productive couple of years which sees them today with an Australian wide representation. This not-for-profit organisation has a vacancy for a Company Secretary.

The position reports into the Board's Chair and Chief Executive Officer to deliver Deaf Services Limited's corporate governance and strategic goals, in line with leading governance practices.


This position entails:

  • Facilitating the company's corporate governance processes and holding primary responsibility for ensuring that all board processes run efficiently and effectively.
  • Providing support and high quality advice to the Board of Directors on matters of corporate governance, Board, and Board Committee operations.
  • Knowledge of ASIC and ACNC regulations, Australian Charity, and Company Law in terms of governance and risk and the regulatory environment including familiarity with obligations imposed by the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
  • Relevant Business Qualifications;
  • Sound understanding of company legislation as well as experience overseeing board processes and procedures;
  • High level interpersonal and communication skills including experience communicating with Senior Executives and Boards of Management both verbally and in writing;
  • Demonstrated ability to provide practical advice and exercise sound judgment within a complex regulatory environment and across multiple issues;
  • Demonstrated experience in dealing with or advising on organisational compliance issues that relate to sound governance of the entity, relevant to the sector and industry in which Deaf Connect operates;
  • Demonstrated experience in corporate risk management;
  • Ability to use Auslan or an openness to learn Auslan; and
  • Well developed organisation skills, including the ability to ensure deadlines are met by all stakeholders.


Deaf Connect offer a hybrid working style and the Company Secretary will need to visit their Moorooka office at times.

You can expect an inclusive culture of dedicated, passionate, and professional team members and a competitive salary which includes NFP salary packaging.

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