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Job Description
The Class Consulting Group is a boutique management consulting firm headquartered in SFOBay Area that provides consulting services to senior management and Board of Directors of nonprofit/philanthropic organizations. It also offers community leadership opportunities to professionals. CLASS collaborates with its clients the NonProfit Organizations to help them realize their mission and create tangible value. CLASS offers business consulting services in Marketing Strategy Human Resources/ Organization Finance and IT.
We are looking for motivated and committed individuals to join our volunteerdriven teams.
Position Type: Volunteering (All volunteering positions at Class Consulting Group are unpaid)
Location Remote
General Responsibilities:
- Maintain current knowledge of the organization its programs bylaws and articles of incorporation.
- Review outcomes and metrics created by CLASS for evaluating its impact and regularly measuring its performance and effectiveness using those metrics.
- Be a trusted advisor to the President as s/he develops and implements CLASSsstrategic plan.
- Develop and manage relationships and communicating with funders partners and other stakeholders.
- Assist the President and hiring committee in recruiting board members.
- Provide sensitivity and support to staff member and other board members as they perform their duties.
- Ensure CLASSs commitment to a diverse board and staff that reflects the communities the organization serves.
- In collaboration with the President generate substantial annual revenue and foster CLASSs overall financial health by identifying cultivating and stewarding major individual/ corporate donors and/or foundation gifts.
- Exercise loyalty to CLASS and respect confidentiality regarding internal affairs.
- As a voting board member the Board Chair will attend monthly board meetings vote on motions be actively involved with Board Members in development of CLASS strategy initiatives and annual goals approve annual budget audit reports and material business decisions; being informed of and meeting all legal and fiduciary responsibilities.
- Must attend inperson post pandemic monthly board meetings.
- Ensure that the board performs a governance role that respects and understands the role of management.
- Ensure that the board adopts an annual workplan and objectives that are consistent with the CLASSs strategic directions mission and vision.
- Ensure that the work of the board committees is aligned with the boards role and annual work plan and that the board respects and understands the role of board committees and does not redo committee work at the board level.
- Ensure board succession by ensuring there are processes in place to recruit select and train directors with the skills experience background and personal qualities required for effective board governance.
- Strongly believes in and advocates organizational values and sets strategic direction and overall policy.
- Act as an ambassador for the organization and promote organizations image and public standing.
- Establish an organizational culture that embraces strategic planning sets clearly defined goals and promotes diversity.
- Oversee the boards evaluation processes and provide constructive feedback to individual committee chairs and board members as required.
- 15 years of experience in the area of expertise.
- Knowledge of nonprofit practices nonprofit laws record keeping committee management rules and conducting board meetings.
- Prior experience with a NonProfit Organization and as a Board President/Board Member is preferred.
- Demonstrated interest/passion in the nonprofit/social responsibility sector.
- Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment and taking initiative. Willing and able to make asks on CLASSs behalf ambassadors.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Desire to play lead role in CLASSs growth strategy.
- Demonstrated effectiveness in meetings and task forces seen as a leader. Strong teambuilder and team member.
- Solid professional reputation. Honesty integrity and respect for others.
- Leadership skills visionary selfconfident future orientation openminded and articulate and outgoing personality.
- Attend monthly inperson or virtual Board meetings.
- Estimated time commitment: 1015 hours/month excluding meeting time depending on the need.
Requirements:
Education Qualification & Experience
- Masters degree in Business/Management from a reputed business school.
- 15 years of experience in the area of expertise Management Strategy Marketing Nonprofits Sales Consulting Academia etc.with 8 years of prior leadership background.
- Direct experience developing and implementing marketing and branding strategies.
- Demonstrated interest/passion in the nonprofit/social responsibility sector.
- Demonstrated effectiveness in meetings and task forces seen as a leader.
- Solid professional reputation.
Skills/Abilities
- Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment and taking initiative.
- Visionary orientation. & leadership skills. Desire to play lead role in CLASSs growth strategy.
- Strong teambuilder and team member.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Selfconfident and outgoing personality.
- Willing and able to make asks on CLASSs behalf ambassadors.
- Honesty integrity and respect for others.
Commitment
- Minimum commitment of 1term 3 years for the unpaid / probono position.
- Attend Monthly Board meetings.
- Attend Weekly Meetings: Virtual MS Teams
- Time: 1015 hours per month excluding meeting time depending on the need.
- Continuous learning
Benefits:
- Leadership development opportunities.
- Networking opportunities.
- Group based learning.
- Satisfactory volunteering experience.
The CLASS Consulting Group believes in equal opportunity and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race color religion creed gender national origin age disability marital or veteran status sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.
Employment Type
Remote
Company Industry
Key Skills
- Time Management
- Diplomatic Skills
- Risk Management
- Influencing Skills
- Organizational Skill
- Accounting & Finance
- Strategy Management
- People Management
- Industril Knowledge
- Communication
- Negotiation Skills
- Strategic Thinking Skills
- Leadership Skill
- Problem Solving Skills
- Regulatory&Governance
