Volunteer Board Director

ENFHS Board of Directors Volunteer Position Hybrid 2-Year Term

We are excited to invite a dedicated individual to serve on the Entre Nous Femmes Housing Societys (ENFHS) Board of Directors who shares our commitment to enhancing peoples lives by creating affordable safe and secure housing communities in Metro Vancouver.

Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society (ENFHS) is a charitable not-for-profit housing organization that began over 40 years ago by three single mothers looking to create more affordable housing for families like theirs. As one of Canadas first women-led charitable housing organizations we are deeply committed to social equity and enhancing peoples lives particularly those of women single-parent families and other equity-deserving groups by creating communities that provide affordable safe and secure housing.

True to our namesake we take a women-first intersectional approach to serving those most in need. We apply three lenses of priority to our community of focus: Women and Gender-Diverse People Single-Parent Families Indigenous Peoples and other Equity-Deserving Groups. We currently serve over 1200 low-income women children single-parent families seniors and people with disabilities across 500 affordable rental homes in thirteen properties in Burnaby New Westminster North Vancouver Vancouver and Surrey. We have ambitious plans to more than double our impact over the next five years to meet the regions critical demand for affordable housing. We currently have over 500 affordable homes under construction and 1000 in development.

Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society respectfully acknowledges that we work and provide affordable homes on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples specifically the qicəy (Katzie) Qw ntlen (Kwantlen) kʷikʷəƛləm (Kwikwetlem) xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam) Qiqá:yt (Qayqayt) Semiahmoo Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish) scəwaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. We are grateful to live and work on these lands. We are committed to working in a good way with Indigenous peoples and organizations through anti-racist and anti-colonial actions continued commitments to reconciliation and working in solidarity and partnership with Indigenous Peoples to ensure everyone has a safe and secure place to call home.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that reflects our community where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. We encourage women and gender-diverse individuals people of colour Indigenous and other equity-deserving groups and those with lived experience in social housing and single-family households to apply.

ENFHS is proud to be a Certified Living Wage Employer by The Living Wage for Families Campaign. For more details about ENFHS please go to our website or email

THE OPPORTUNITY

Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society (ENFHS) is seeking one (1) dedicated individual who shares our commitment to enhancing peoples lives by creating affordable safe and secure housing communities in Metro Vancouver to serve on the ENFHS Board of Directors as a volunteer for a renewable two-year term.

As an ENFHS board member you will also serve as a board member of SPAHS 1997 a nonprofit organization that ENFHS owns and operates. Board meetings and AGMs for SPAHS 1997 are held concurrently with ENFHS meetings.

The ENFHS Board of Directors (Board) is an eleven (11) member volunteer board that is responsible for the governance monitoring and oversight of the Society ensuring that ENFHS is:

1. Achieving the outcomes consistent with the organizations Vision Mission and objectives in accordance with the Societys mandate and current Strategic Plan.
2. Operates and stewards the assets of the Society in a fiscally sound and prudent manner.
3. It operates in accordance with its Constitution and Bylaws as well as all applicable Acts Statutes Regulations policies and procedures that are considered best practice.
4. Provide strategic guidance oversight and support to the Chief Executive Officer who is responsible for the organizations day-to-day operations and strategic management.
   

KEY EXPECTATIONS

Board members are expected to commit approximately 5-10 hours a month to Board business (including meeting preparation meeting time and committee meeting time). The Board meets virtually nine times yearly (January February March April May June September October and November). There are at least two in-person meetings a year. There are four (4) Board Committees for Board members to join: The Development Committee Finance & Audit Committee Governance Committee and Nominating Committee.

Board members are expected to:

• Attend at least seven out of nine Board meetings.
• Attend an in-person Annual General Meeting in November.
• Serve on at least one Committee of the Board. Committee members are expected to attend Committee Meetings as scheduled.
• Attend Board education and training as provided by the Society.
• Be available to attend special events such as site visits socials and resident events that may be scheduled throughout the year.
• Be available to represent the Society at conferences functions and meetings on an occasional basis.
• Promote the organization in the community.
• There is no financial compensation for this volunteer position. However Board members are reimbursed for meals during virtual Board meetings and invited to an in-person Board Social housing conferences and other events.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be a member of Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society and SPAHS 1997
• Understand and be willing to carry out the duties and responsibilities of a Board of Directors
• Have an understanding of and commitment to the work of ENFHS and the organizations Mission Vision and Values
• Be committed to a just and equitable world for women gender-diverse people single-parent families Indigenous and racialized groups and other equity-deserving groups and allies and should be knowledgeable about gender equity
• Hire and Supervise the Chief Executive Officer
• Support the CEO to implement the Societys Strategic Plan
• Be a champion of short- medium- and long-term goals for the organization
• Ensure Board governance policies are developed and implemented to support sound decisions
• Conduct Board evaluations of effectiveness and engagement.
• Ensure fiscal accountability by thoroughly reviewing quarterly financial reporting and annual audit
• Approve the annual operating budget
• Approve major projects purchases investments and loans

QUALITIES AND EXPERIENCE
Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society is committed to the 50-30 Challenge which aims to increase the representation and inclusion of diverse groups within our workplace senior leadership and Board of Directors. For 2025 the Board is seeking a candidate residing in the Metro Vancouver region to fill one board position who self-identifies as a member of one or more of the following
groups:

• Women and gender-diverse individuals
• Racialized individuals
• Indigenous peoples
• Lived experience

While not a requirement the Board is seeking candidates with the following experience:

• Accounting & Finance
• Law (i.e. Contracts Commercial Real Estate Labour)
• Non-profit housing operations and development

APPLICATION PROCESS
If you are excited about this opportunity to volunteer with Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society on our Board of Directors we invite you to submit your application by Tuesday September 30 2025.

Required Experience:

Manager