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Calling for Nominations to the NZSL Board 2025

The Ministry of Disabled People, on behalf of the Minister for Disability Issues is seeking nominations from those who would like to be considered for appointment to the New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) Board. These appointments will be for terms of up to three years. 

Nominations open Monday 27 January 2025

Nominations close Friday 14 February 2025 at 5 pm

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The work of the NZSL Board is aligned with the NZSL Strategy and has responsibilities that extend across leadership, advice, strategy, co-ordination, and monitoring of NZSL. In addition, the work of the Board helps Government meet its commitments under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD) and its obligations under the New Zealand Sign Language Act (2006).

Members appointed to the NZSL Board are required to have certain skills, including fluency in NZSL, and the majority of members must be Deaf NZSL users. The NZSL Board members appointed also need to represent the diversity of the Deaf community and NZSL users.

Terms of reference

1.    Read the Terms of Reference for the NZSL Board. This specifies the desired skills and attributes and explains what is expected of members.  

It also sets out its:

  • Vision
  • Principles                 
  • Purpose           
  • Role and functions
  • Composition
  • Governance
  • Processes
  • Support (by way of Secretariat)

 2.     Nominees:

  • should be able to demonstrate the desired skills and attributes of Board members
  • should be able to understand the views of, and communicate with, the NZSL community
  • cannot be an employee in the public service working on issues relevant to NZSL.

3.     Each member will be paid per day and pro-rata for a half day, for each day that they undertake work arising from their membership of the NZSL Board, including attending meetings. Remuneration will be in accordance with the Cabinet fees framework.

 

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Making a nomination

Please include the following documents to complete the nomination process.

  1. A cover letter explaining your relevant skills and experience
  2. A video submission (3 minutes)
    • Introduce yourself
    • Describe the current issues relating to the promotion and maintenance of NZSL
  3. Completed Nomination Form (DOCX 203 KB)
  4. Completed Cabinet Committee Curriculum Vitae (CAB 50/01) (DOC 67 KB)
  5. Completed Nominee Declaration Form (DOC 90 KB)
  6. Completed Police vetting form (PDF 797 KB)
  7. Completed Police vetting ID (DOCX 54 KB)

Send the completed nomination documents and video by email (Word document and video link) to nzsl@whaikaha.govt.nz.   

More information about the NZSL Board can be found on the About the NZSL Board webpage.

 

Past members share their experience

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