Nominations - Board & DOGAC vacancies 2026

We’re seeking nominations for two vacancies on our Board and Committees.

You can nominate for any number of the following voluntary positions:

• Board of Directors: Responsible for overall governance of the CBF, providing direction on organisational objectives, policy and practice. One position is available for an Independent Director*.  
• Development & Operations Grants Advisory Committee: provide independent advice on how Development & Operations Grants should be distributed and help to shape funding policy. One position is available. 

*Independent Directors join us from diverse sectors of Australia and bring their experience outside the community broadcasting sector to bear on the Board’s decisions. They bring their care, skill and diligence to our work and offer additional perspectives. The Board relies on their experience and knowledge.

The Board position is a casual vacancy for a term commencing immediately until 31 December 2026 with the opportunity to renew for a further term in Jan 2027. 

The DOGAC position is for a three year term from 1 January 2027 - 31 December 2029. 

People can be appointed to the Board and Committees for up to three consecutive terms.

The benefits of being a CBF Board or Grants Advisory Committee member include:

• gaining broad insight into current and emerging community broadcasting issues, policy and practice
• greater understanding of CBF decision-making, internal structures and processes
• improved skills in assessment, grant-design, grant-writing, funding policy, strategic thinking.
• working as part of a passionate, diverse group of volunteers from the community broadcasting sector to make collective decisions
• being a strategic leader and having input into grant-making decisions that help build a resilient future for the community media sector 
• the opportunity to ‘give back’ to the community broadcasting sector by ensuring grant funds are distributed in an equitable, impactful way.

For more information, see:

• Board Roles and Responsibilities (including Position Description)
• Current Board Members
• DOGAC Roles and Responsibilities (including Position Description)
• Current DOGAC members
• Annual Report
• Strategic Plan

Board of Directors: There is one vacancy for an Independent Director (see definition above). 

Advisory Committees: Nominations can come from community broadcasting stations, sector organisations or directly from individuals who are self-nominating.

Board members and Staff (excluding casual and short-term positions) from the following national peak sector organisations are not eligible to apply to CBF Board and Grants Advisory Committee positions: the CBAA, CMTO, CMAA, FNMA, NEMBC, RPH Australia and ACTA.

Appointments are made by the CBF Board via a nomination process that ensures the CBF Diversity, Access & Equity Policy is met and the required experience and skills are optimised. 

Nominations will be assessed against the following criteria:

Skills - The nominee demonstrates appropriate skills for the role, including specialist knowledge, as detailed in the skills matrices.

Attributes - The nominee demonstrates qualities that would be beneficial to the work of our Board and advisory committees, including a commitment to fair, ethical and transparent processes, hard-worker, ability to make difficult decisions, collaborator, ability to contribute insight, creative ideas and devise innovative solutions to problems, analytical skills, attention to detail.

Values - a commitment to the values of community broadcasting and the values of the CBF.

Experience - The nominee demonstrates relevant experience in a similar role (e.g. Board Director experience and/or qualifications for Board nominations), experience at a community radio or TV station, a broad understanding of the media industry, and/or experience writing or assessing grants.

Other - The nominee has sufficient time to participate with regular online access.

Diversity - 

The CBF welcomes volunteers from the following backgrounds to apply: 

• First Nations Australian peoples
• Women
• Gender diverse people
• People with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• People with a disability
• LGBTIQA+ people
• Young people
• People from non-metropolitan areas

Each year Community Broadcasting Foundation receives funding from the Australian Government’s Community Broadcasting Program to redistribute in grants to community media organisations, content producers and sector organisations.

Every year, we distribute more than $20+ million in funding to strengthen and support over 450 community broadcasting services across Australia to communicate, connect and share knowledge with their communities through radio, television and digital media. This includes First Nations, ethnic, LGBTIQ+ and print-disabled Australians, as well as others in our communities who are underrepresented in other media. Our funding helps to connect people across the country, including over 5 million people who tune-in to their local radio station weekly.

Our funding decisions are guided by the sector-wide ten year plan for greater impact, Roadmap 2033, the Community Broadcasting Foundation strategic plan, guidelines for each of the grant streams as well as our operational policies and guidelines.

Our funding supports organisations to enrich people’s lives with a diversity of choice in our media. We provide funding that helps produce local stories, news and cultural content reflecting the many perspectives, people and communities that make up Australia; to ensure community broadcasting is at the heart of every community.

Collaboration and partnership are central to the way we work, building on decades of strong relationships and expertise. Together with community broadcasters, content producers and sector organisations around the country, we are helping to build a thriving, impactful and resilient future for community media.