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Join the Queensland Positive People (QPP) Board
Are you living with HIV and a Queensland resident?
As QPP continues to grow and Queensland’s HIV response enters a dynamic new chapter, we need passionate people living with HIV to help guide our future.
Queensland Positive People (QPP) is seeking two new Board Members to join our governing Board. This is an exciting opportunity to give back to the community in a meaningful way while helping shape the future of HIV services, advocacy and peer support across Queensland. We are particularly interested in appointing someone who lives outside the south-east corner of the state.
About QPP
Queensland Positive People (QPP) is a peer-led, community-based organisation committed to improving the lives of all people living with HIV and helping reduce new transmissions of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) across Queensland.
QPP delivers accredited community health and social services throughout Queensland, including:
- HIV and STI testing and treatment services
- Peer navigation and case management
- Community development and social support
- Advocacy for people living with HIV and affected communities.
QPP currently employs 43 staff and manages an annual budget of more than $5 million.
Who We’re Looking For
We encourage applications from people living with HIV who are passionate about improving health and wellbeing outcomes for our communities.
Previous board experience is welcome but not essential. We are seeking people who are committed to good governance, strategic thinking and community leadership.
We are particularly interested in hearing from people with skills, experience or interest in areas such as:
- Governance and leadership
- Finance, accounting or risk management
- Strategic planning
- Human resources
- Legal or compliance
- Communications and stakeholder engagement
- Community advocacy and lived experience leadership
Most importantly, you will bring your lived experience, commitment to our communities, and a passion for QPP’s peer-led approach.
Commitment
Board members serve in a voluntary capacity, with remuneration available in accordance with the Health Consumers Queensland Remuneration Guidelines. All reasonable travel and meeting expenses are reimbursed.
The Board meets 5-6 times per year:
- Four to five online meetings of approximately two hours each
- One annual full day in-person strategic planning and governance meeting
Why Join the Board?
- Make a meaningful contribution to the lives of people living with HIV across Queensland
- Help shape the future direction of a growing and influential organisation
- Develop your governance and leadership skills
- Work alongside committed community leaders and experienced directors
- Be part of a dynamic and important period in Queensland’s HIV response
QPP needs strong community voices at the Board table. If you’re ready to help shape the future, we’d love to hear from you.
Visit our Nominate for our board page for more information or to register your interest.
For further enquiries, please contact:
Melissa Warner
Phone: 0403 893 190
Email: mwarner@qpp.org.au
Working with QPP
Queensland Positive People (QPP), is a peer-led, community-based organisation committed to improving the lives of all people living with HIV across Queensland. We provide programs and services including peer support and navigation, peer HIV/STI prevention and testing, HIV treatment and management, together with support and advocacy around stigma and discrimination, ageing and disability, mental health and community education. In short, we help people live well with HIV.
At Queensland Positive People, we pursue a workforce that is as diverse as our community – in race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and belief – and reflects the communities we work in. We recognise diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and we are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect.
We strongly encourage applications from people living with HIV, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with a disability, and people of diverse genders and/or sexual orientations.
Our Team
Meet our team of dedicated, skilled, and passionate professionals and community members that make QPP who we are.
Our Mission
Queensland Positive People’s mission is to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV, and help reduce new transmissions of HIV and STIs.
Our Board
All members of the QPP board are all people living with HIV, bringing their lived experience and diverse professional experiences to their roles.
GIPA & MEPA
The Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV (GIPA) and Meaningful Engagement of People with HIV/AIDS (MEPA) principles are at the core of what we do.
