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TWST4Girls Mission

TWST4Girls mission is to help youth (ages 11-17) from low-income families to discover and achieve their goals through 1:1 mentorship, life skills development, career exposure, and cultural experiences at no cost to the children that we serve! For more information on our programs and impact, please visit www.twst4girls.org.

Position Responsibilities

The Board will support the work of TWST4Girls and provide mission-based leadership and strategic governance. While day-to-day operations are led by TWST4Girls' Executive Director (ED), the Board-ED relationship is a partnership, and the appropriate involvement of the Board is both critical and expected.

Specific Board Member responsibilities include:

• Serving as a trusted advisor to the ED as she develops and implements TWST4Girls' strategic plan
• Reviewing outcomes and metrics created by TWST4Girls for evaluating its impact, and regularly measuring its performance and effectiveness using those metrics; reviewing agenda and supporting materials prior to board and committee meetings
• Approving TWST4Girls' annual budget, audit reports, and material business decisions; being informed of, and meeting all, legal and fiduciary responsibilities
• Assisting the ED and board chair in identifying and recruiting other Board Members
• Partnering with the ED and other board members to ensure that board resolutions are carried out
• Serving on committees or task forces and taking on special assignments
• Representing TWST4Girls to stakeholders; acting as an ambassador for the organization
• Ensuring TWST4Girls' commitment to a diverse board and staff that reflects the communities we serve.

TWST4Girls Board Members will consider TWST4Girls a philanthropic priority and make annual gifts that reflect that priority. So that TWST4Girls can credibly solicit contributions from foundations, organizations, and individuals, TWST4Girls expects to have 100% of Board Members make an annual contribution that is commensurate with their capacity.

Board terms and participation expectation

TWST4Girls' Board Members will serve a two-year term with the potential for re-appointment. Board meetings will be held monthly and committee meetings will be held monthly or in coordination with organization activity level.

Qualifications

This is an extraordinary opportunity for an individual who is passionate about TWST4Girls' mission. Selected Board Members will have achieved leadership stature in business, government, philanthropy, or the nonprofit sector and preferably has prior board leadership. His/her accomplishments will allow him/her to attract other well-qualified, high-performing Board Members.

Ideal candidates will have the following qualifications:

• Extensive professional experience with significant leadership accomplishments in business, government, philanthropy, or the nonprofit sector preferably in one of the following functions:
  • HR
  • IT
  • Legal
  • Finance
  • Education
  • Program Development
• A commitment to and understanding of TWST4Girls' beneficiaries
• Savvy diplomatic skills and a natural affinity for cultivating relationships and persuading, convening, facilitating, and building consensus among diverse individuals
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a passion for improving the lives of TWST4Girls' beneficiaries

Remuneration

Service on TWST4Girls' Board of Directors is without remuneration, except for administrative support, travel, and accommodation costs in relation to Board Members duties.

Responsibilities for Board Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Vice Chair

Board Chair

• Oversee board and executive committee meetings.
• Work in partnership with the Executive Director to make sure board resolutions are carried out.
• Call special meetings if necessary.
• Appoint all committee chairs and, with the Executive Director, recommend who will serve on committees.
• Assist Executive Director in preparing board meeting agendas.
• Assist Executive Director in conducting new board member orientation.
• Oversee searches for a new Executive Director.
• Coordinate Executive Directors annual performance evaluation.
• Work with the governance committee to recruit new board members.
• Act as an alternate spokesperson for the organization.
• Periodically consult with board members on their roles and help them assess their performance.

Board Secretary

• Attend all board meetings.
• Serve on the executive committee.
• Ensure the safety and accuracy of all board records.
• Take board meeting minutes or review minutes if that task is assigned to a staff member.
• Assume responsibilities of the chair in the absence of the board chair, chair-elect, and vice chair.
• Provide notice of meetings of the board and/or of a committee when such notice is required.

Board Treasurer

• Attend all board meetings.
• Understand financial accounting for nonprofit organizations.
• Serve as the chair of the finance committee.
• Manage, with the finance committee, the boards review of and action related to the boards financial responsibilities.
• Work with the Executive Director and the chief financial officer to ensure that appropriate financial reports are made available to the board on a timely basis.
• Present the annual budget to the board for approval.
• Review the annual audit and answer board members questions about the audit (if there is no audit committee).

Board Vice Chair

• Attend all board meetings.
• Serve on the executive committee if one exists.
• Carry out special assignments as requested by the board chair.
• Understand the responsibilities of the board chair and be able to perform these duties in the chairs absence.
• Participate as a vital part of the board leadership.