Chair, Board of Directors

Areyouanenergeticcommunitymember,passionateaboutsupportingacharity?

Doeshelpingwildlife align with your values?

Ifso, thismay be thepositionfor you!

Chair, Board of Directors

Membership of Wildlife Rescue Association of BC

Co-Executive Director(s)

12–15 hours per month

The Board chair role renews every 2 years, when the vice-chair may move into the chair position and the outgoing chair serves as Past Chair for another 2 years. Candidates are asked to consider making a minimum two-year commitment from the time of appointment/election.

The WRAWildlife Rescue Association of BC (WRA) is a charitable non-profit that rehabilitates wildlife affected by human activity and provides education to the public on co-existing with urban wildlife. We have a wildlife hospital on the south side of Burnaby Lake and treat animals from across the Lower Mainland, the rest of BC, and further afield.

WRA has steadily evolved since it started in 1979. More recently, we have worked to re-align organizational strengths to accomplish greater mission achievements in response to an ever-increasing number of wildlife needing help. This allows WRA to operate one of the busiest wildlife rehabilitation facilities in Canada.

WRA is now looking to recruit Board members to contribute to our renewed growth and relevance.

The role of the WRA Board of Directors is to:

• Provide leadership and oversight of the organization and its activities
• Represent the interests of its members and the broader community
• Ensure broad organizational accountability and transparency
• Facilitate active and meaningful external relationships

Board members are passionate about WRA’s mission and are committed to the organizational values of caring, collaboration, creativity and respect. In addition, as WRA embarks on innovative fund development initiatives moving forward, board members will be working collaboratively with senior staff to achieve critical philanthropic goals.

The WRA Board of Directors has a governance mandate and develops policies and practices to allow senior staff to align operations with WRA’s mission, vision and values, as well as strategic objectives.

The Board meets 10 times per year and oversees the work of Board committees that meet periodically to carry out specific roles. The Board reports annually to the membership and is individually and severally responsible for ensuring that the bylaws of the organization are followed. Ongoing work includes board recruitment, strategic planning, and performance evaluations of senior staff (Co-Executive Directors).

All members of the Board have the following duties:

• Commit to the WRA mission, vision, and values
• Represent and report annually to the WRA membership
• Assist Chair and Vice Chair with delivery of strategic plan
• Keep Co-Executive Directors and organization accountable for strategic plan execution and upholding identified key performance indicator metrics
• Follow WRA’s Bylaws and best practices in non-profit governance
• Maintain arms-length relationships with each other and third parties
• Practice high standards of confidentiality and avoid conflicts of interest
• Participate in strategic planning and performance review for the organization
• Establish policies and procedures to meet regulatory and other legal requirements
• Develop, review and approve new governance and operational policies
• Attend and participate in all meetings of the Board and membership
• Serve on one or more board committee(s) and actively engage in work
• Participate in the recruitment, management and evaluation of the Co-Executive Director(s)
• Support ongoing activities of the Board, including recruitment and self-evaluation
• Support the organization’s development and culture of philanthropy as a donor
• Represent WRA as an ambassador to professional and personal networks
• Know the community issues relevant to the mission and objectives of WRA
• Other duties as assigned

Ideal candidates will have the following attributes:

• Ability to actively listen to multiple views and work well as part of a multi-dimensional team
• Skilled at cultivating…