Melbourne, AU Hybrid

Future Evidence Foundation is hiring a Non-Executive Board Member - EOI - global search - remote with annual in-person event in Australia

Requirements

  • Passion for improving societal outcomes through evidence-based decision-making
  • Ability to work effectively in a diverse, global, remote board environment
  • High ethical standards and personal integrity
  • Prior board experience in non-profit, academic or technology sectors
  • Strong strategic thinking and comfort with complexity and ambiguity
  • Experience with governance, risk and compliance frameworks
  • Financial literacy and ability to oversee complex organisational finances
  • Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

Nice to Have

  • Experience leading development and growth of AI- or data-focused products
  • Understanding of emerging AI capabilities, opportunities and risks
  • Chartered Accountant or CPA qualifications
  • Ability to chair the Finance, Audit & Risk Subcommittee
  • Experience with organisational growth, partnerships and structural change
  • Experience working with governments, multilaterals, professional groups or practitioners
  • Understanding of how evidence is used to support decisions in complex systems
  • Networks in research, health, education, climate or technology sectors

Additional Information

  • 5–7 Board meetings per year (2 hours each + 2–4 hours preparation)
  • Quarterly subcommittee meetings
  • One annual in-person meeting in Melbourne (travel support provided)
  • Term 3-year appointment, renewable up to a maximum of 3 terms
Required Skills
non-profitacademic or technology sectorsgovernanceriskcompliance frameworksorganisational growthpartnershipsstructural change non-profitacademic or technology sectorsgovernanceriskcompliance frameworksorganisational growthpartnershipsstructural change
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Future Evidence Foundation

The pace of research is accelerating, overwhelming our systems for scientific understanding and leading to confusion, misinformation and poor decisions. We are here to fix that.

Our mission is to change the way the world creates and uses trustworthy knowledge. From health to climate to all of science, we are creating innovative ways for making sense of science. We work with scientists and technologists worldwide to find points of leverage that can tip the system toward more trustworthy, actionable knowledge.

We support evidence synthesis through tools like Covidence, the world’s leading evidence synthesis technology, and promote the 'Living Evidence' approach — regularly updated, up-to-date summaries of scientific knowledge. Our work empowers decision-makers to solve the world’s biggest problems with current, reliable research.

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