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Board Opportunity to Lead a National Moving Service For Survivors Fleeing Abuse
Remote Volunteer Position
Shelter Movers - Transit Secours is a national volunteer-powered charitable organization providing moving and storage services at no cost to individuals and families fleeing abuse. We collaborate with local businesses and community agencies to support people primarily women and children as they transition to a life free of violence.
We are looking for interested individuals to lend their time talents and connections as part of Shelter Movers national Board of Directors. The ideal candidate has prior board experience and can commit to evening board meetings (remote or in person) six times annually along with 2-4 hours of committee work per week with occasional training and strategic planning sessions. Directors are expected to serve at least one two-year term.
As a member of the Board a Director is responsible for the effective governance of the organization. The Board of Directors is collectively accountable to the organizations stakeholders including volunteers clients community partners institutional funders and addition they are accountable for Shelter Movers fiscal behaviour and legislative compliance.
We are recruiting for positions with a priority on the following expertise:
- Fund Development
- Law
- Human Resources
- Finance/accounting
- Gender-based violence sector
along with the following qualifications:
- Previous board experience
- Multilingualism and lived experience are considered strong assets.
- Demonstrated dedication to addressing gender-based violence
- Ability to contribute 7 - 10 hours per month
- A commitment to Shelter Movers mission vision values and strategic direction
Shelter Movers mandate is national in scope but local in application. We are currently looking for board representation from across Canada.
Core responsibilities include:
- Preparing for attending and participating in approx. six annual board meetings in person or remotely as appropriate;
- Serving and actively participating on at least one committee;
- Providing guidance and strategic direction for the organization prioritizing long-term stability and growth;
- Participating in regular reviews of Shelter Movers mission objective and core values while also ensuring Shelter Movers embodies each; including making mission-driven Board-level decisions;
- Writing reviewing and abiding by policies that apply to the Board and in some cases the organization;
- Monitoring the organizations financial and operational performance including budget setting forecasting regular review of results against plan and overseeing major financial commitments including fundraising capital expenditures and expansion plans;
- Ensuring the integrity of financial reporting and legal/regulatory/statutory compliance monitoring;
- Contributing to performance evaluations and management of the CEO;
- Participating in the recruitment of board members and the nominations process as appropriate;
- Representing Shelter Movers at events including a willingness to reach out to your network or provide contacts to fundraising staff. Board members are expected to make a financial commitment to the organization. There is no minimum donation;
- Maintaining engagement in relevant community issues and news impactful to the organization and sector; and
- At all times being an ambassador for Shelter Movers work and mission supporting the CEO and staff as appropriate and keeping confidential all matters discussed at Board meetings.
Directors are elected by the membership at the Annual General Meeting (typically October of each year).
Membre du conseil dadministration: Service national de dmnagement pour les survivantes fuyant la violence base sur le genre
Nous recherchons des personnes intresses pour mettre leur temps leurs talents et leurs relations au service du conseil dadministration national de Shelter Movers - Transit Secours. Le candidat.e idal.e possde une exprience pralable au sein dun conseil dadministration et peut sengager participer des runions du conseil en soire ( distance ou en personne) six fois par an ainsi qu 2 4 heures de travail en comit par semaine avec des sances de formation et de planification stratgique occasionnelles. Les administrateurs sont censs exercer un mandat dau moins deux ans.
En tant que membre du conseil dadministration un administrateur est responsable de la gouvernance efficace de lorganisation. Le conseil dadministration est collectivement responsable devant les parties prenantes de lorganisation notamment les bnvoles les clients les partenaires communautaires les bailleurs de fonds institutionnels et les plus il/elle est responsable de la gestion financire et de la conformit lgislative de Shelter Movers - Transit Secours.
Nous recrutons pour des postes axs sur les expertises suivantes :
- Dveloppement de fonds
- Droit
- Ressources humaines
- Finances/comptabilit
- Secteur de la lutte contre la violence fonde sur le genre
ainsi que les qualifications suivantes :
- Exprience antrieure au sein de conseils dadministration
- Le multilinguisme et une exprience vcue sont des atouts importants
- Dvouement dmontr la lutte contre la violence fonde sur le genre
- Capacit consacrer 7 10 heures par mois
- Engagement envers la mission la vision les valeurs et lorientation stratgique de Shelter Movers - Transit Secours
Le mandat de Shelter Movers - Transit Secours a une porte nationale mais une porte locale. Nous recherchons actuellement des reprsentants au sein de conseils dadministration de partout au Canada.
Les principales responsabilits comprennent :
- Prparer assister et participer environ six runions annuelles du conseil dadministration en personne ou distance selon le cas ;
- Siger et participer activement au moins un comit ;
- Fournir des conseils et une orientation stratgique lorganisation en privilgiant la stabilit et la croissance long terme ;
- Participer aux revues rgulires de la mission des objectifs et des valeurs fondamentales de Shelter Movers tout en sassurant que Shelter Movers les incarne y compris la prise de dcisions au niveau du conseil dadministration axes sur la mission ;
- Rdiger rviser et respecter les politiques applicables au conseil dadministration et dans certains cas lorganisation ;
- Suivre la performance financire et oprationnelle de lorganisation y compris ltablissement du budget les prvisions lanalyse rgulire des rsultats par rapport au plan et superviser les engagements financiers majeurs notamment la collecte de fonds les dpenses dinvestissement et les plans dexpansion ;
- Assurer lintgrit des rapports financiers et le suivi de la conformit lgale rglementaire et statutaire ;
- Contribuer aux valuations de performance et la gestion du PDG ;
- Participer au recrutement des membres du conseil dadministration et au processus de nomination le cas chant ;
- Reprsenter Shelter Movers - Transit Secours lors dvnements notamment en tant dispos contacter votre rseau ou fournir des contacts lquipe de collecte de fonds. Les membres du conseil dadministration sont tenus de sengager financirement auprs de lorganisation. Il ny a pas de don minimum ;
- Maintenir lengagement sur les enjeux communautaires pertinents et les actualits ayant un impact sur lorganisation et le secteur ; et
- tre un ambassadeur permanent du travail et de la mission de Shelter Movers - Transit Secours soutenir le PDG et le personnel le cas chant et prserver la confidentialit des sujets abords lors des runions du conseil dadministration.
Les membres du conseil dadministration sont lus par les membres lors de lassemble gnrale annuelle (gnralement en octobre de chaque anne).
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