RDA Committee Chair

Regional Development Australia

The RDA Committee Chair has overall responsibility for setting strategic direction and ensuring that objectives and outcomes of their RDA Committee are achieved. They appoint the Deputy Chair (following Ministerial agreement) and the members.

The Chair has a hands-on role and is active in facilitating economic development opportunities for the region.
The RDA Committee Chair is required to lead a diverse organisation of individuals working in a complex environment to deliver high value outcomes for their region.

The Chair will be a recognised regional leader who will drive economic growth, innovation and entrepreneurship in regions through facilitating investment in people, places, services, and industries and local economies.

Read more about RDA chairs here

Persons interested in applying should refer to the RAD Chair Information Pack - click here.

Applications can be submitted online to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (the Department) using the Online Application Form link on the Join your RDA page of the RDA network website. This is the preferred method for submitting an application.

Alternatively, you can download a copy of the Application form from Join your RDA, complete it electronically offline and then email it to the Department’s RDA applications mailbox rdaapplications@infrastructure.gov.au. The Department will not accept handwritten applications.

All applications must include a brief Curriculum Vitae (CV). The online Application Form includes provisions for attaching a CV. If submitting a downloaded Application Form by email, a brief CV must also be included as an attachment.

Women, people from Indigenous and diverse cultural backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.

Applications close at 5pm local time on Monday, 23 December 2024.