Help HIF make proportionate, documented decisions across charity governance, partnerships and cross-border work.
Location
Australia
Arrangement
Remote
Commitment
2–4 hours per week
Duration
Ongoing advisory role
Level
Senior professional
Contribution track
Build HIF
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Role mandate
Help HIF make proportionate, documented decisions across charity governance, partnerships and cross-border work.
Why this role exists now
Growing programs create legal and governance questions that must be surfaced early and escalated to qualified advice where necessary.
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Outcomes you would own
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A prioritised governance workplan rather than an unmanaged issues list.
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Current core policies, delegations and agreement templates.
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Clear escalation triggers for jurisdiction-specific legal advice.
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Decision records for material governance questions.
Core responsibilities
Maintain a legal and governance issues register with accountable owners.
Review policies, agreements and delegations within agreed scope.
Map regulatory questions for Australian and international initiatives.
Support conflicts, privacy, insurance and board-governance processes.
Identify when external, jurisdiction-specific legal advice is required.
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Your first 90 days
Days 1–30
Listen, learn and locate the work
Complete HIF induction, role boundaries and required checks.
Review the Governance brief, evidence, partners and unresolved decisions.
Agree a 90-day workplan, communication rhythm and escalation map.
Days 31–60
Build the first useful thing
Prototype the priority system, policy or operating rhythm.
Invite review early from the people who will use or be affected by the work.
Record changes, risks and decisions instead of hiding uncertainty.
Days 61–90
Deliver, learn and hand over
Complete the agreed first milestone or document why it should change.
Review progress against success measures with your supervisor.
Publish a next-quarter plan and keep files ready for another volunteer.
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What you need
Essential criteria
Australian legal, governance, risk or company-secretarial experience.
Ability to distinguish general guidance from formal legal advice.
Strong confidentiality, independence and conflict management.
Desirable, not required
Charity, privacy, health or cross-border partnership experience.
Legal practising qualification where relevant.
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How good work will be judged
Success measures
Material risks are surfaced before commitments are made.
Advice is practical, documented and clear about its limits.
Policies match how HIF can realistically operate.
Decision rights & escalation
Set day-to-day priorities within the approved role brief and agreed hours.
Recommend changes to scope, timing or method and document the rationale.
Pause your own activity and escalate when safety, consent, quality or capacity is unclear.
Escalate budget commitments, external promises, partner agreements and material changes to Board / Founder & Managing Director.
Clinical, safeguarding, privacy and public-claim decisions remain with the named qualified approver.
Role boundaries
This is an unpaid volunteer role. It does not create an employment relationship or expectation of future paid work.
Do not represent HIF publicly, sign agreements or commit money unless authority is explicitly documented.
Use only approved systems for personal, partner or program information.
The agreed weekly commitment is a ceiling to manage, not a minimum to exceed silently.
This role does not provide clinical advice, diagnosis, treatment or unsupervised patient contact.
No travel is assumed. Any future travel would require a separate brief, risk review and written approval.
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Support, learning and wellbeing
Direct access to executive and board decision-makers.
External advice only where separately approved.
Secure storage for restricted governance records.
Scope and safety
Volunteers must not work outside their competence. Clinical, safeguarding and community-facing work requires role-specific supervision and escalation pathways.
Checks before you begin
Identity and right-to-volunteer confirmation.
One or two role-relevant references for leadership or higher-trust appointments.
Confidentiality, conflict-of-interest, privacy and code-of-conduct declarations.
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How selection works
Evidence to include
A short statement explaining why this role and HIF’s health-equity mission fit your experience.
One specific example showing how you handled work relevant to legal & risk.
Your realistic availability against the published commitment of 2–4 hours per week.
Any required qualifications, registrations, portfolio links or work samples.
Conflicts, access needs or support adjustments you want the selection panel to consider.
Selection stages
Eligibility and completeness review
Assessment against the published essential criteria
Structured interview or practical conversation, if required
Relevant reference, credential and safeguarding checks
Outcome, induction and role-specific onboarding
Final selection decisions are made by people. AI is not used to automatically reject applicants.