About Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS)

Directors Australia is delighted to be working with Invasive Animals Limited (IAL) trading as the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS) to manage the Director recruitment process for 2024.

The CISS Board is governed by an independent skills-based board of directors and this year they are looking to appoint two independent Directors to be filled at the AGM to be held 20 November 2024. One director is retiring due to serving their maximum term and another Director is at the end of term, eligible to renominate and has indicated they will be renominating.

CISS is a not-for-profit, member-based organisation formed to address the impact of invasive plants and animals across Australia. Its revenue is approximately $8M per annum.

CISS operations to date have been primarily funded by state governments, the ACT Government, the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and industry Research and Development Corporations (RDCs). CISS is currently progressing diversification of funding sources.

The board is seeking candidates who are passionate about CISS’s work and meet the selection criteria outlined below.

Key selection criteria

The successful candidates must be able to meet the following criteria.

1. Demonstrated skills and experience in ONE or more of the following is desirable:
   • Entrepreneurship: Successful founding and management of a STEM-related start-up company,
   • IP commercialisation: Demonstrated experience in intellectual property commercialisation, which may include activities such as capital raising, and/or
   • Technology development: Prior experience in technology development as a software or hardware developer with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) solutions.
2. The ability to play an active role in strategic planning including critically assessing strategic opportunities and threats for CISS
3. Experience at board level including a sound working knowledge of corporate governance systems and frameworks, and an ability to apply that support in the context of a commercially focused member-based organisation.
4. The ability to work effectively liaising with and gaining the trust and respect of key government stakeholders.
5. The ability to critically assess company financial and operational performance through the application of skills, experience and personal qualities

In line with CISS’s focus on diversity and inclusion, applications are encouraged from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disabilities.

CISS is seeking director applicants from across Australia who have a strong claim to the selection criteria.