COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Luma is a Western Australian not-for-profit dedicated to the health and wellbeing of women and their families. Founded in 1977, we've spent nearly fifty years providing safe, supportive and accessible healthcare across the state.

Each year we support more than 7,700 women and their families through over 35,000 in-person and telehealth engagements, delivering integrated medical, mental health, family violence and psychosocial wellbeing care from our Northbridge and Joondalup sites.

Our vision is Healthy WA Women, and our purpose is to provide compassionate integrated care to WA women through every stage of life. Our integrated Model of Care was designed from the lived experience of thousands of women, coordinating clinical care, navigation, education and referral so that women receive continuous support rather than the fragmented care that still defines too many women's experience of the health system.

We are values-driven and community-led. Our values are respect, integrity, diversity and inclusion, and innovation. We welcome women of all ages, cultures, beliefs, identities and abilities.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

Chair, Board of Directors — non-executive, governance appointment, Perth WA.

Luma's Strategic Plan 2027–2031 is approved and delivery has begun: recent sites across the Perth metropolitan area, expanded telehealth, a digital health platform, a philanthropy program and a more diversified revenue base. We are seeking a Chair who can lead the board through that growth from day one. This is not a caretaker appointment.

Responsibilities

- Lead the board of directors, setting the tone, culture and standard of governance, and ensuring the board operates as an effective and cohesive team.
- Set board agendas and chair meetings so that strategy receives proper time, disagreement is surfaced rather than smoothed over, and decisions are well tested and clearly recorded.




- Partner with the Chief Executive Officer — providing support and constructive challenge while maintaining a clear boundary between board oversight and executive management.
- Oversee delivery of the Strategic Plan 2027–2031, holding management accountable for progress and testing the assumptions behind growth initiatives.
- Lead the board's oversight of clinical governance, risk, financial sustainability and organisational culture.
- Ensure the board discharges its obligations under the Associations Incorporation Act 2015 (WA), the ACNC Governance Standards and Luma's constitution.
- Oversee board renewal, succession, evaluation and director development.
- Represent Luma publicly and build relationships with government funders, health sector partners, philanthropic supporters, peak bodies and the community.

Remuneration: Paid position

Term: 2 years

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

- Healthcare sector experience. A working understanding of how the health system operates — how it is funded, regulated, commissioned and reformed. We are interested in your knowledge of the sector, not the role you held within it. That experience may come from governance, policy, funding, commercial or digital health, research, or clinical practice. You do not need to be a clinician.
- Board leadership. Demonstrated experience leading a board or a significant board committee, with the facilitation skills to run discussions that produce robust decisions.
- Experience governing growth or transformation. Board-level oversight of an organisation through a comparable period of scaling — new locations, new service or delivery models, or a material shift in the revenue base — with a practical understanding of where the risks sit.
- Strategic oversight.



Experience setting organisational direction and monitoring performance against objectives.
- Chair–CEO partnership. A productive, boundaried working relationship with a chief executive: providing guidance while respecting management's responsibilities.
- Financial literacy. Ability to interrogate budgets, financial reports and funding models, and to test the assumptions behind a growth business case.
- Governance and regulatory knowledge. Current understanding of directors' duties, risk management and the legal and regulatory frameworks applying to Australian not-for-profits, including the ACNC Governance Standards. GAICD or equivalent.
- Stakeholder credibility. Standing with government funders, health sector partners and philanthropic supporters, and the ability to advocate effectively for the organisation.
- Commitment to purpose. Demonstrated commitment to inclusive, community-focused services and to the health and wellbeing of women and families.
- Independence and capacity. No material conflict of interest, and realistic capacity for the demands of the role.

Desirable
- Previous experience as Chair of a board.
- Lived experience relevant to the women Luma supports, or Aboriginal cultural governance capability.

HOW TO APPLY Send your CV (maximum four pages) and a covering letter (maximum two pages) telling us why this role and how you would approach your first twelve months as Chair, including your current board and executive commitments, to [email protected] by 5pm 30th August 2026.

For a confidential discussion, contact Bethany Lord CEO on (phone hidden).

Luma welcomes applications from women of all ages, cultures, beliefs, identities and abilities, and strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.

Appointment is subject to referee checks, an ASIC banned and disqualified persons search, an ACNC disqualified persons search, and the appointment process set out in Luma's constitution.

📌 Chairperson (Perth)
🏢 Luma
📍 Perth