Election of one Non-Academic Salaried staff member to the Council

Call for Nominations

The Council is the University’s governing body, established under the Curtin University Act 1966 (WA) (the “Act”). The Council is responsible for the overall governance and effective management of the University. It normally meets 7 times each year and meetings are normally held at Curtin Perth.

Section 9(1)(e) of the Act provides that the membership of the Council shall include “one person who is a member of the non‑academic salaried staff of the University, and who is elected by the non‑academic salaried staff of the University in the manner prescribed by Statute”.

Non-Academic staff considering nominating for election are encouraged to read the University’s Corporate Governance Statement before nominating.

All members, whether appointed or elected, are required to act at all times in the best interests of the University.

The University encourages diversity on its committees and therefore particularly encourages nominations from people from diverse backgrounds.

Nominations are to be made using the nomination form which must be completed, signed and dated by both the nominee and nominator.

The Returning Officer may reject any nomination that does not comply with the requirements set out in this process.

Nominations should be returned to the Secretariat by 5:00pm on Monday, 10 February 2025 via email (scan and send to Secretariat@curtin.edu.au)

Nominations, candidate statements and photographs will only be accepted during this time.

Candidates are strongly encouraged to provide a short statement (not exceeding 150 words) and/or a passport-sized photograph (in jpeg format) for circulation with the voting material, should an election be required. The Returning Officer reserves the right to reject any statement exceeding 150 words and to re-size the photograph to ensure consistency of the voting material for each candidate.

Section 9(1)(e) of the Act provides that the membership of Council shall include “one person who is a member of the non‑academic salaried staff of the University, and who is elected by the non‑academic salaried staff of the University in the manner prescribed by Statute”.

Staff members eligible for election
All non-academic salaried staff members of the University are eligible for election to Council..

Staff members eligible to nominate a candidate
All non-academic salaried staff members of the University may nominate themselves, or may nominate another non-academic salaried staff member, to be a candidate for this election.

Key governance documents include
Curtin University Act 1966 (WA)
Corporate Governance Statement
Council membership

The term of office is from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028

If more than one valid nomination is received, that staff member shall be elected unopposed;
If more than one valid nomination is received, an election will be conducted to fill the position;
The system of voting will be Optional Preferential;
The election will be conducted by Curtin’s electronic voting system Simply Voting; and
The candidate that receives the highest number of votes following the distribution of preferences will be declared elected to Council.

Key dates in relation to this elections are as follows

If an election is required, all non-academic staff members will be notified via Staff News on Wednesday 12 February 2025.
An electronic ballot form will be prepared and will incorporate the candidate statements and photographs (where provided).
An email will be sent from Simply Voting on Tuesday 18 February 2025 to those eligible to vote with details on how to access the Simply Voting site.
Those eligible to vote will be able to use this link to vote from receipt on Tuesday 18 February 2025 until the close of the voting period.
The voting period will end at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 4 March 2025. After this time it will no longer be possible to access the Simply Voting site to vote in this election.
Votes will be counted as soon as practicable after the voting period ends.
The result of the election will be declared by the Returning Officer on Thursday, 6 March 2025.

Nomination Form

If you have any questions, please contact the Secretariat at secretariat@curtin.edu.au

Frequently Asked Questions

You can read more about the election process, and find answers to frequently asked questions on the elections page.