Volunteer Posting-Centrepointe Childcare Services
Position: Legal Background
Term: April 2023-2024 minimum or April 2023-2026 maximum
Time Commitment: 4-6 hours per month
Qualifications:
- Board Governance experience
- Holding one of the officer positions of the Board of Directors
- Legal background an asset
- Community minded
Job Description in accordance to the Governance Committee. (By-Law 2.1)
The Governance Committee:
Purpose and General Objectives
The Governance Committee is a standing committee of the Board of Directors. Striving to maintain high standards, it reviews the strategic plan, updates the Strategic Plan Action Register, addresses employment issues related to the program Directors subject to the Human Resource Policy .
Functions
- To formulate and recommend written human resource policies, procedures and practices to the Board of Directors;
- To ensure that human resource policies, procedures and practices are reviewed regularly;
- To ensure that the organization chart is reviewed on a regular basis;
- To deal with complaints and exceptional requests;
- To provide interpretations and clarification of human resource policies, procedures and practices.
Membership
Committee members are named by the Board of Directors and consist of Board members, Program Directors, Staff representatives and may include non-board members. The Committee may invite others to participate in advisory roles.
Certain meetings may be held to which staff members may not be invited due to conflict of interest i.e. when non-staff issues are discussed, or when discussion involves an individual staff member.
Accountability
The Governance Committee presents a written report at each meeting of the Board of Directors which falls after any meeting or action of the Human resource Committee.
Please submit your letter of intent and résumé to the Nomination Committee, Centrepointe Childcare Services, 75 Hemmingwood Way, Nepean, ON, K2G 5T6, attention Dana Sharkey.