LGBTIQA+ Advisory Board
We have just opened expressions of interest. At least three seats are reserved for members based in Victoria, and expressions of interest are welcome from across Australia. The board will co design The State of LGBTIQA+ Business in Australia with us, and advise Just Gold on how to increase its impact in LGBTIQA+ communities, including through its programs, campaigns and client work. Volunteer and remunerated positions.
The role at a glance
- Board
- Just Gold LGBTIQA+ Advisory Board
- Victorian seats
- At least three seats for members based in Victoria. Expressions of interest are welcome from across Australia
- Role
- Co design the research, and advise Just Gold on how to increase its impact in LGBTIQA+ communities
- Funding
- The board is funded through the Victorian Government’s LGBTIQA+ Organisational Development program. The research is funded by Just Gold
- Members
- Five to eight
- Positions
- Volunteer and remunerated positions are available
- Term
- Twelve months, renewable by mutual agreement
- Meetings
- Quarterly, for approximately two hours, in person or by video
- Chair
- The Founder and CEO of Just Gold convenes and chairs meetings
- Applications close
- 6 December 2026
Co designing the research
The board’s first task will be to co design The State of LGBTIQA+ Business in Australia before the research begins in March 2027. Members will shape its method, the interviews and how the findings are presented to procurement officers, policy staff, journalists and LGBTIQA+ business owners.
The research framework is the starting draft. The research brief sets out the four questions.
Purpose of the board
The LGBTIQA+ Advisory Board will advise Just Gold on how to increase its impact in LGBTIQA+ communities. It provides independent advice and constructive challenge on Just Gold’s LGBTIQA+ work: the programs, campaigns, research and client advice that affect LGBTIQA+ communities, including Think Pride and our work with organisations such as Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. It holds that work to the standard of the community it serves.
At least three seats are reserved for members based in Victoria. The board is funded through the Victorian Government’s LGBTIQA+ Organisational Development program. The research is funded by Just Gold. The research is national, and expressions of interest are welcome from across Australia.
About Just Gold
Just Gold is Australia’s first certified social enterprise management consultancy and creative agency. We are Autistic and LGBTIQA+ owned and led, with offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and work nationally with government, peak bodies and major organisations across strategy, communications, disability inclusion, social procurement and creative production.
What members do
- Give independent advice and constructive challenge at each quarterly meeting.
- Read the agenda and papers, which are circulated five business days before each meeting.
- Provide occasional input out of session, which is advice on the same terms as advice given in a meeting.
- Declare actual, potential and perceived conflicts of interest on appointment and as they arise.
Scope
Within scope: co design of The State of LGBTIQA+ Business in Australia report in 2027, the direction and integrity of Just Gold’s LGBTIQA+ programs and campaigns, how Just Gold advises clients on LGBTIQA+ inclusion, community trust and consultation, and the impact of our LGBTIQA+ work.
Outside scope unless expressly invited: day to day management, employment matters, client engagements, and any matter that would require a member to direct staff or deal with third parties on Just Gold’s behalf.
What we are looking for
- Lived experience as an LGBTIQA+ person
- Leadership in LGBTIQA+ community, health or advocacy organisations
- Policy, government and public sector inclusion
- Research, evaluation and data on LGBTIQA+ communities and LGBTIQA+ owned businesses
- Small business, supplier diversity and social procurement
- Campaigns, media and the creative industries
We are seeking a board that reflects the breadth of LGBTIQA+ communities, including trans and gender diverse people, First Nations people, people from multicultural backgrounds and people with disability.
Just Gold is an Autistic and LGBTIQA+ owned certified social enterprise. We welcome applications from people with disability and neurodivergent people, and provide adjustments at any stage of the process on request.
Volunteer and remunerated positions
Both volunteer and remunerated positions are offered on this board. Remunerated members receive a fixed fee per meeting, inclusive of preparation and reasonable out of session input, applied equally across remunerated members. Reasonable expenses incurred at Just Gold’s request and approved in advance are reimbursed. Please tell us in your expression of interest which you are seeking.
How the board works
The board is advisory only. Members are not directors, officers, employees or agents of Just Gold Digital Agency Pty Ltd, have no authority to make decisions for or represent the company, and do not take on directors’ duties. All decisions remain with the company’s director.
All papers and discussions are confidential, and each member signs a confidentiality deed on appointment. Members may state the fact of their membership, but make no public comment for or about Just Gold without prior approval. Members keep their own intellectual property and methodologies.
Either party may end an appointment with thirty days written notice.
How to express interest
Use the expression of interest form below. If you would rather apply by email, send a one page expression of interest and your CV to [email protected], with the name of the board in the subject line. Expressions of interest close on 6 December 2026.
Apply to join the board
Tell us who you are and what you would bring. Questions marked optional can be left blank. Expressions of interest close on 6 December 2026.
