Community Sector Secretaries
Community Sector Secretaries is a three-session program designed to help secretaries understand their role on the board, and the responsibilities to the board.
The sessions will cover the secretary's role in:
- Regulatory and legislative compliance, decision-making and ethical obligations
- Keeping the board on track with responsibilities and timelines
- Supporting inclusion and accessibility and ensuring effective induction and onboarding of new board members.
Participants will learn alongside other community sector secretaries, in sessions designed to enable them to connect and network with their peers. This training takes place online.
Those who complete all three sessions will receive a Certificate in Community Sector Secretaryship, a micro-credential accredited by the Institute of Community Directors Australia.
This course costs $440.00 inc GST.
Dates:
Session 1: Regulatory and legislative compliance, decision-making and ethical obligations
Wednesday, May 15, 2024. 3pm to 5pm AEST. Via Zoom.
Session 2: Keeping the board on track with responsibilities and timelines
Wednesday, May 22, 2024. 3pm to 5pm AEST. Via Zoom.
Session 3: Supporting inclusion and accessibility and ensuring effective induction and onboarding of new board members
Wednesday, May 29, 2024. 3pm to 5pm AEST. Via Zoom.
What’s covered?
- navigating the regulatory body requirements for compliance, annual reporting and board membership updates
- ensuring the organisation's compliance with all other legislative requirements
- maintaining an accurate and timely decision register for all board meetings
- ensuring that COI and appeals processes are observed
- effective minute taking.
- best practice approaches to ensuring board meetings are efficient and effective
- juggling minute-taking and board contribution roles effectively
- supporting the chair to keep the board meetings focused and productive.
- ensuring that all board members feel psychologically safe and able to contribute effectively
- supporting best practice approaches to board member engagement by considering neurodiversity, power differences, meeting access issues, language and numeracy.