Impact-Driven Board Member, Governance & Growth

Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project; Chicago (IL); On-site; Full time

Job description

Position: FLAP is seeking candidates for its Board of Directors to help set policy and recommend guidelines for the Bilingual Chief Executive Officer to execute the organization’s mission and goals.

Compensation: This is an unpaid position

Board Member Roles

• Ensure effective executive leadership
• Hire, support, evaluate, and, if necessary, terminate the organization’s Bilingual Chief Executive Officer.
• Ensure the continuity of the organization through the recruitment and development of the Bilingual Chief Executive Officer.
• Provide leadership on organizational transition, in conjunction with the Bilingual Chief Executive Officer.
• Approve compensation and benefit policies.
• Protect and increase financial resources
• Review and approve the annual budget.
• Review and approve major financial decisions, commitments, and plans including expenditures, loans, leases, investments, and accounting services.
• Develop and implement fundraising plans.
• Make a personally significant philanthropic contribution and/or secure and help raise funds for the organization.
• Set programmatic and organizational priorities
• Set long and short-range priorities and strategies of the organization.
• Evaluate progress toward program and financial goals.
• Review and strengthen the structure of the organization on a regular basis, including its bylaws and board and staffing structures.
• Provide strong board participation and leadership
• Encourage and achieve high participation in regular and special board meetings.
• Conduct the affairs of the board including board development and transition.
• Provide orientation to new board members.
• Ensure board documentation including agendas, minutes, and other materials.
• Develop and maintain an appropriate board structure, including officers and committees (as needed).
• Assure compliance with all federal, state, and local regulation and reporting requirements and recognized best practices for nonprofit boards.
• Elect officers every other year.
• Represent the organization vis-à-vis the public and community
• Serve as the organization’s “ambassadors” to the community.
• Represent the organization at public functions and vis-à-vis other organizations as appropriate.

Specific Board Member Responsibilities

• Dedicate an average of two hours of time to board-related activities each month.
• Attend board meetings regularly, notifying the Board Chairperson and/or Bilingual Chief Executive Officer of the inability to attend in advance of the meeting. Meetings are held virtually via ZOOM.
• Accept specific individual responsibilities, including work on an ad hoc committee or a standing committee.
• Introduce the organization to potential corporate, foundation, law firm, and individual supporters.
• Suggest names of individuals who could be potential board members, contact such individuals and, if needed, participate in meetings to introduce them to the organization.
• Must comply with all provisions of the bylaws, specifically portions pertaining to board members.

FLAP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and has an affirmative policy to maintain the work place free of sexual harassment and intimidation!