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Volunteer Board Member

2 weeks ago

Burlington, Canada The Learning Place Full time

Board Member Position Postings:
**Note: All positions are volunteer and not paid. Time commitment requirements are 2-4 hours a month**
- HR
- Legal
- Operations
- Fundraising/Grant Writing
- Education
- Project Management
- Sales and business development
- Marketing expertise.
- Other Committee experience

Board Positions would entail the following responsibilities:
**Non-executive Board person**:

- Understand and demonstrate a commitment to the organization’s mission and programs
- Keep up to date with issues and trends that affect the organization and the sector
- Prepare for meetings by reading agendas, minutes, reports and other documentation required to actively participate in them
- Attend meetings regularly
- Participate in at least 1 sub-committee as agreed to by board
- Help with events as agreed to by the board and various internal sub-committees
- Contribute skills and knowledge by participating actively in meetings and committee work
- Make inquiries when clarification or more information is needed
- Understand and monitor the organization’s financial affairs
- Avoid any potential conflicts of interest
- Understand and maintain confidentiality about students and the organization
- Ensure the organization is complying with all legal and regulatory requirements

**Executive Board Member Positions**
- **Treasurer**_
- Same as above with added responsibilities for the below:

- Provides support to ED in managing the finances of the organization, including the board’s review of and action related to, financial responsibilities
- Ensures appropriate financial reports are made available to the board
- Regularly reports to board on key financial events, trends, concerns, and assessment of fiscal health if applicable.
- Provides annual budget to the board for members’ approval
- Ensures development and board review of financial procedures and systems
- Chairs the Finance Committee and prepares agendas for meetings
- Recommends to the board whether the organization should have an audit
- Assists in the selection of an auditor, if needed, and meets with him or her annually
- **Secretary**:_
- Same as above with added responsibilities for the below tasks:

- Records and maintains the board meeting minutes and other records management as needed
- Ensures that meeting minutes are distributed to members in a timely manner after the meeting
- Is sufficiently familiar with legal documents (articles, by-laws, etc.) to note applicability during meetings
- **Committee Chairperson and/Vice Chair **_
- Same as above with added responsibilities for the below:

- Plans and oversees the logistics of committee operations
- Reports to the President/Chair
- Presents committee decisions/recommendations to the board
- Assigns work to committee members
- Ensures committee members have the information needed to do their jobs
- Sets the agenda for and runs committee meetings
- Ensures distribution of committee meeting minutes
- Works with applicable staff in achieving the objectives of the committee
- Evaluates committee effectiveness in reaching goals and objectives

**Job Type**: Volunteer

**Salary**: $1.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person