Volunteer Opportunities
Board Member

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Specific duties: Establishes and/or continues the legal or corporate existence of the agency. Ensures that the agency meets the legal requirements for the conduct of the agency business.  Responsible for adopting, reviewing and/or modifying by‑laws and ensuring that the agency operates within them.  Adopts policies which determine the purposes, and governing principles of the agency.

DETERMINATION OF SERVICES OFFERED BY THE AGENCY
Specific duties: Reviews and determines what services will be offered by the agency. Ensures sufficient financial support to continue products and services offered by the agency to its clients.

EVALUATION
Specific duties: Evaluates and reviews the agency's operations, products, services and activities. Monitors the activities of the agency, including: reviewing reports of appropriate committees; reviewing minutes of meetings; confirming grants and/or contracts applied for by the agency; reviewing evaluation data and reports.

APPELLATE BOARD
Specific duties: Serves as appellate board regarding personnel and policy decisions of the Executive Director. Provides direction and guidance to the Executive Director regarding procedures for implementing policy decisions of the Board.

PERSONNEL
Specific duties: Selects and employs the Executive Director.  Approves policies which govern the administration of personnel. Participates in recruitment, selection and development of board members, where primary responsibility for this activity is assigned to a nominating committee.

FINANCE
Specific duties: Monitors the corporate finances of the agency through the review of appropriate reports.  Creates a financial climate for fulfilling the agency's purpose. Ensures that sufficient funds are available for the agency to meet its objectives and obligations.

PUBLIC AWARENESS
Specific duties: Gives sponsorship and prestige to the agency and inspires confidence in its services. Understands and interprets the work of the agency to the community. Relates the services of the agency to the work of other agencies/constituency groups. Provides information about the work of the agency to local and community groups. Provides information to the board regarding the needs of the local community or constituency groups represented by the board members. Promotes the products and services offered by the agency.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

APPLICATION PROCESS:
If you are interested in applying for the position of board member, please complete the application form and submit it to Heather Thalheimer, Executive Director. The completed forms will be forwarded to the Nominating Committee for their review and action.

Application form - MS Word format

Application form - PDF format