Board Directors, SA Water

Mar 17, 2023 | Archived - Government

SA Government Job - VUCA
  • Multiple Roles
  • Adelaide

The SA Water Corporation is owned by the South Australian Goverment and provides water and wastewater services to more than 1.5 million South Australian customers. The Board provides strategic and governance oversight to SA Water ensuring the delivery of trusted water services for a sustainable and healthy South Australia.

SA Water has a board of seven directors; led by the Chair, five non-executive directors and the Chief Executive of SA Water, who is the sixth member of the Board. The Board reports to the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water. Appointments are for a period of up to three years, and Directors may be reappointed.

The Board is seeking up to four new Directors working closely with the Chair and CEO to ensure that the vision for the organisation is realised within a structure of governance and leadership, robust strategic planning, sound financial and commercial management and the highest standards of safety and quality. As part of Board renewal and retirements, it is an opportune time for new Directors to come on board to enhance the Board’s skills composition and provide strategic leadership to the CEO to achieve SA Water’s transformational vision and plans.

Applications are encouraged from appropriately qualified professionals with deep demonstrated Board experience, within large complex and highly regulated environments, particularly through periods of transformation. Your career history would ideally encompass:

  • Water, Utilities or Infrastructure development
  • Complex Finance & Accounting
  • Modern technologies and data analytics

Expressions of interest are invited from candidates with demonstrated astute financial, political, and commercial acumen and exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills. AICD credentials are highly desirable to the role as is strong experience of governance processes and strategic insight.

For a position description visit www.vuca.com.au/saw or for further enquiries contact VUCA Director, Christine Locher or Associate, Allison Dawe on 0418 845 495 during business hours, for a confidential discussion. Please forward your letter of application and CV in MS Word format to saw@vuca.com.au by Friday 31st March 2023.

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