He held the Lions'coaching job for five years but says his decorated playing career with Brisbane helped land him that job.
"More my name won me me first role. I'm hoping that skill sets win me my second,"Voss told reporters on Tuesday.
"There's no doubt that clearly my name was an influencing factor the last time around.
"The time[since] has been spent to try and ... make yourself better at what you do and hopefully it's for different purposes this time."
The 43-year-old has yet to be approached by North,who split with Brad Scott three weeks ago,or Carlton,who axed Brendon Bolton a fortnight ago.
Asked whether he would apply at either club,Voss said:"We will worry about that when that comes to it. It's certainly not on the radar as I speak today.
"Right now,you have got to appreciate that it's a public nomination only.