ShareBuilt – Director – Nonprofit Board

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Position Title:

Director - Nonprofit Board

Company or Organization: Share Built

Location: Franklin

Salary Information: Unpaid

Job Description:

Share Built Director Position Description — Legal Background

Board of Directors Opportunity | Legal Expertise Desired | AEC or Real Estate Experience Preferred

Share Built is a faith-founded nonprofit organization that serves communities by helping make construction dreams a reality for nonprofits in need. Share Built connects nonprofit organizations with design, construction, real estate, and related business professionals who are willing to share their talents, relationships, and resources to collaboratively accomplish projects with purpose.

Our mission is to provide a collaboration platform for worthy recipients with project design and construction needs, enabling donors and professional partners in the broader Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) business community to engage in ways that align with their interests, capabilities, and values.

Share Built seeks a mission-aligned Director to join its Board of Directors and provide legal insight, governance perspective, and strategic counsel as the organization continues to grow. The ideal candidate will be an attorney or legal professional with experience advising organizations on governance, contracts, nonprofit compliance, risk management, real estate, construction, or business operations. Experience in architecture, engineering, construction, real estate development, or related industries is strongly preferred.

This is a volunteer board leadership role for someone who is energized by Share Built’s mission, comfortable engaging with business and community leaders, and willing to help strengthen the organization’s governance, legal readiness, public credibility, and long-term sustainability.

• Faithfully support Share Built’s mission, values, policies, programs, and organizational needs.
• Serve as an active advocate and ambassador for Share Built, helping expand awareness, credibility, partnerships, and financial support.
• Bring legal and governance perspective to board discussions, including bylaws, policies, conflict-of-interest practices, contracts, risk management, and compliance matters.
• Help the Board of Directors fulfill its fiduciary responsibilities, including strategic planning, organizational oversight, financial stewardship, fundraising, program monitoring, and board self-assessment.
• Review board materials, attend quarterly meetings prepared, and participate conscientiously in board discussions and decisions.
• Participate fully in one or more board committees or working groups, especially in areas related to governance, legal readiness, risk management, policy review, or strategic growth.
• Leverage personal and professional networks to help identify partners, donors, advisors, and service providers who can advance Share Built’s mission.
• Use Linked In and other appropriate professional channels to advocate for Share Built and sponsored projects.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding internal Share Built matters and disclose actual or potential conflicts of interest in a timely manner.

• Commitment to Share Built’s mission and Christian faith foundation.
• Attorney, legal professional, or individual with significant legal, governance, compliance, or risk-management experience.
• Professional standing, integrity, and sound judgment.
• Experience with nonprofit governance, corporate governance, contracts, real estate, construction law, development, employment, compliance, or related matters preferred.
• Experience in, or strong familiarity with, architecture, engineering, construction, commercial real estate, real estate development, or related business sectors strongly preferred.
• Ability to think strategically while also contributing practically to a growing, working board.
• Willingness to build relationships, make introductions, and open doors within the legal, AEC, real estate, business, philanthropic, and faith-based communities.
• Collaborative spirit, humility, and desire to serve nonprofits and communities through professional expertise.
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