Volunteer Board Member

Job Description

We are currently seeking an individual with previous non‑profit and board experience to join the Board of Directors at Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers ("MVCS") in Vancouver, BC. Legal experience or familiarity with governance, compliance, or regulatory matters would be considered an asset.

• Provide input to emerging trends and issues.
• Review and approve the organization’s strategic plans, including significant capital allocations and expenditures.

• Monitor MVSC’s performance against strategic and business plans.
• Evaluate performance reporting.
• Assist in making corporate connections within the community to raise money that will support the organization.

• Appreciate the role of MVCS as an instrument of public policy.
• Monitor the performance of MVCS to its stated strategic objectives.
• Identify principal risks of MVCS operations and ensure that appropriate systems are in place to manage these risks.
• Ensure ethical behavior of MVCS and compliance with all laws and regulations.
• Ensure accuracy of financial information and compliance with all accounting and audit principles.

• Ensure personal integrity in all dealings with and on behalf of MVCS, including ongoing responsibility to disclose conflict of interest.

• Establish appropriate governance structures to ensure efficient and prudent stewardship of MVCS.
• Asses MVCS’s effectiveness including monitoring the effectiveness of its board members.

• Necessary experience and demonstrated skills to enable them to contribute to board decision‑making and oversight.
• Previous experience working with non‑profit organizations and/or serving on a board of directors.
• Legal expertise or professional experience in governance, compliance, risk management, or regulatory matters is an asset.
• Knowledge about and interest in the community.
• High ethical standards and integrity in professional and personal dealings.
• Flexible, responsive, and willing to consider others’ opinions.
• Able and willing to fulfill the time commitment required to carry out responsibilities.

This is a volunteer commitment requiring about 10–12‑hour commitment per month. Each board member is required to attend monthly meetings (except during the summer months).

Crime Stoppers is a non‑profit society and registered charity that receives anonymous tip information about criminal activity and provides it to investigators in communities. Tip information is provided to a wide variety of provincial, federal, and international investigative agencies.

Citizens may witness all or part of a crime without being aware of the importance or value of what they have seen. As a result, they may unknowingly possess key information that could assist police in solving the crime or taking a criminal off the street.

Many times, citizens don’t want to get involved with police directly because of concern that they may have to go to court or provide information out of fear that if they reveal their identity, they will expose themselves or their families to acts of retaliation by the criminal.

Crime Stoppers programs play a vital role by maintaining confidentiality for individuals who provide information, while ensuring that tips reach the appropriate authorities to help combat crime in our communities. The program offers private citizens a safe and effective way to work with law enforcement to solve crimes, without fear of reprisal. Our programs serve as a chance for private citizens to relay criminal information to police and remain anonymous.

For more information, please visit our website:  If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your cover letter and resume through the website or directly by email to our Administrative Services Coordinator at