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Help build the future of ethical PAT in Australia.
Three ways in: a university placement for students, or one of two volunteer roles for skilled professionals. All positions are remote and flexible.
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Three ways to get involved.
Open any role for the full position description, selection criteria, and how to apply. Applications go to Dr Lani Roy, Board Chair, and are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Now Recruiting · Board Role Board Treasurer ~5 hours per month · Remote · 1 year minimum
About the role
The Board Treasurer is a volunteer Responsible Person within AMAPP's governance structure. As a grassroots, community-driven organisation, AMAPP relies on passionate volunteers committed to building ethical and accessible PAT from the ground up. The Treasurer plays a pivotal role in safeguarding AMAPP's financial health, guiding strategic growth, and ensuring long-term sustainability.
The role requires approximately 5 hours per month, with peaks at budgeting, audit, and EOFY periods. All meetings are held online.
Key responsibilities: financial oversight
- Oversee budgets, financial statements, and bookkeeping
- Present financial reports at monthly board meetings
- Implement financial controls and risk management processes
- Advise on sustainable revenue models (grants, memberships, partnerships)
Key responsibilities: compliance and governance
- Ensure timely ACNC, ATO, and charity compliance
- Liaise with external accountants and auditors
- Oversee any bookkeepers or finance contractors
- Build financial literacy across the board
Responsible Person duties (ACNC Standard 5)
- Act with care and diligence in all matters
- Act honestly and in the charity's best interests at all times
- Not misuse their position or confidential information
- Disclose conflicts of interest promptly and appropriately
- Ensure financial affairs are managed responsibly
- Not allow the charity to operate while insolvent
Selection criteria: essential
- Financial competence in accounting, finance, or business administration
- Ability to communicate financial information clearly to a non-specialist board
- Strong attention to detail and reliability
- Tech proficiency with accounting tools and video conferencing
- Commitment to AMAPP's mission and values
- Current Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- Willingness to undergo a National Police Check prior to appointment
- Not listed on the ASIC/ACNC Disqualified Persons Register
Selection criteria: highly valued
- CPA/CA qualification or NFP governance experience
- Knowledge of ACNC compliance and charity reporting
- Experience with grants, fundraising, or donor engagement
- Previous board or treasurer role in a not-for-profit organisation
- Understanding of trauma-informed, equity-based approaches
- Lived experience with mental health or psychedelic therapy
Appointment process
New Treasurers begin with a 3-month trial period attending board meetings and performing Treasurer duties before formal appointment is notified to the ACNC. Ongoing terms are per AMAPP's constitution. As a grassroots volunteer organisation, we warmly welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health challenges, psychedelic experiences, or recovery.
Submit a brief cover letter and current CV to Dr Lani Roy, Board Chair. Please indicate your willingness to complete a WWCC, National Police Check, and suitability declaration prior to formal appointment.
Now Recruiting Grants and Funding Volunteer 3-5 hours per week · Remote · Flexible
About the role
The Grants and Funding Volunteer will support AMAPP in identifying and securing funding streams to advance our strategic goals. This includes resourcing First Nations membership funds, community education, research translation, national events, and infrastructure development (website, member tools, learning platforms). The role involves collaboration using co-design principles to ensure funding approaches reflect the diverse voices and needs within our community.
Key responsibilities
- Identify local, national, and international grants aligned with AMAPP's mission
- Draft compelling, values-driven funding applications
- Collaborate with board and advisors to gather supporting material
- Maintain a grants tracker with deadlines, reporting dates, and outcomes
- Assist in writing sponsorship documents and donor engagement materials
- Explore philanthropic partnerships, in-kind support, and crowd-funding opportunities
Selection criteria: essential
- Excellent research and written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, persuasive grant content
- Ability to work independently, manage timelines, and follow through with professionalism
- Alignment with AMAPP's values of integrity, safety, lived experience, inclusion, and co-design
- Capacity to manage sensitive information with discretion and confidentiality
- Confidence using a range of technology systems, including cloud-based platforms, document collaboration tools, and virtual communication platforms (Google Workspace, Zoom, etc.)
- Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new digital tools and systems in a remote, team-based environment
Selection criteria: desirable
- Experience in grant writing, fundraising, or philanthropic engagement
- Familiarity with the nonprofit, mental health, psychedelic therapy, or social justice sectors
- Understanding of culturally respectful language and engagement with First Nations communities
- Experience engaging with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), LGBTQIA+, and disability communities
What you'll gain
- Mentorship and guidance from experienced professionals in the PAT and mental health sectors
- Flexible, purpose-driven work in a pioneering national organisation
- Insight into emerging funding trends and systemic transformation in psychedelic care
- A voice in shaping the ethical, inclusive, and culturally informed future of psychedelic-assisted therapy in Australia
- Hands-on experience in funding strategy, grant writing, and nonprofit governance
- Participation in co-creating funding initiatives that influence access, education, and equity
- A values-aligned community of professionals, peers, and advocates committed to care, wisdom, and social change
- A trauma-informed, flexible work culture that honours personal pace, lived experience, and psychological safety
Compliance requirements
- Working With Children Check (WWCC) or equivalent in your state/territory
- National Police Check
Send a one-page expression of interest and your CV to Dr Lani Roy, Board Chair.
For Students University Student Placements 9 disciplines · Supervised · Flexible
About
AMAPP collaborates with a range of Australian universities to host student placements across a variety of disciplines. Our team provides supervision, mentorship, and opportunities for students to work on real projects that support healing, integration, and systemic wellbeing.
Placement fields
Students benefit from
- Supervised experience aligned with course requirements
- Mentorship from experienced professionals in psychedelic therapy, mental health, and community practice
- Opportunities to contribute to integration tools, ethics frameworks, education content, and harm reduction resources
- Involvement in events, advocacy work, and culturally responsive program design
We are committed to supporting students from diverse backgrounds, including First Nations and LGBTQIA+ communities, as well as those with lived experience of mental health or disability.
Interested in a placement with AMAPP? Email Dr Lani Roy, Board Chair, with a short note about your course, university, and what you'd like to work on.
Expressions of Interest
One short form for every role.
Not ready to write a full application? Register your interest here instead. Tick the roles that appeal, tell us a little about yourself, and attach a CV if you have one handy. Your answers are bundled into an email you send yourself, so nothing leaves your browser until you press send.
Prefer plain email? Write to chair@amapp.org.au.
Other Ways to Help
Don't see your role here? Get in touch anyway.
AMAPP is a growing, volunteer-run charity and we're always open to people who bring something useful: strategic planning, legal or governance support, research, design, comms, web development, or event coordination. If you think you can help, tell us how.
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis · chair@amapp.org.au
Support AMAPP
Short on time? Back the work another way.
If a regular role is more than you can take on right now, membership and donations keep a volunteer-run charity moving. Both make the roles on this page possible.
