Company Secretary

About the role

The Role

Coast Shelter is seeking to engage the services under contract of a firm or individual with business experience in providing company secretarial services. The company secretary will be accountable directly to the board, through the chair, on all matters to do with the proper functioning of the board.

Duties of the role include:

- Monitoring board and committee obligations under the ACNC Regulation and Corporations Act to ensure they are followed.
- Coordinating the timely preparation of the regular board agenda and issue of board papers.
- Ensuring that the business at board meetings is accurately captured in minutes.
- Supporting the appointment of directors and recording of appointments with ACNC & ASIC.
- Lodgment of annual AIS with ACNC.
- Updating the company registers (register of members, register of interests & related party transactions).

Time commitments

We anticipate that this role will involve a commitment of attendance at:

- 7 - 8 scheduled meetings of the board. Meetings will generally be held at Coast Shelter’s premises at Gosford, usually late afternoon for a period of approximately 3 hours.
- Occasional circulating resolutions of directors if needed.
- 1 AGM of members, at Gosford & via Teams.

Qualifications and Experience

We are seeking a company secretary with:

- Qualifications in governance, business, law, or other relevant discipline.
- Experience in related roles such as company secretary, board roles, audit and compliance, risk assessment, governance.
- Understanding of the regulatory framework and governance standards.
- An interest in the NFP sector and time to fulfill the duties of the role.

Membership of the Governance Institute of Australia would be considered an advantage.

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