Volunteer Board Development Coach

strongCompany Description:/strongpspan style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" data-mce-style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"The Aparecio Foundation is a nonprofit organization that was designed as an economic development strategy to lift women out of poverty and as a community development approach to build the leadership capacity of low-income women. The Aparecio Foundation provides academic support and scholarship programs for high-potential, low-income women in public high schools through an eight-year multiple-mentor program.br/span/ppspan style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" data-mce-style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"nbsp;/span/ppspan style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" data-mce-style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"The culture of Aparecio Foundation is characterized by an informal and laid back environment, where employees work independently and in teams to develop and carry out effective organizational structure and work processes. Employees are driven through self-motivation and passion for the not-for-profit sector. Through the development of quality services to the enhancement of the organization’s goals and objectives employees are able to use their strengths and skills the best ways they can! Therefore Aparecio Foundation employees are given freedom to be creative and energetic in performing their tasks and duties as professionals in their respective field of expertise.brbr/span/ppspan style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" data-mce-style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"strongThis is a unpaid Volunteer / Internnbsp; position./strongbr/span/pstrongJob Description:/strongpDescription of Duties / Responsibilities:br /br /• Develop goals and expectations strategic to the Foundation.br /• Maintain open communication of goals to board members.br /• Maintain attention and contribution of board members.br /• Encourage all board members toward executing action plan and other goals.br /Inspire change. Empower women. Believe in a better future.br /• Assist with recruitment of new board members when necessary.br /• Provide board members with required motivation and probable individual improvements required to achieve desired Foundation goals.br /• Manage flow of communication between Executive Director and board members.br /• Carry out tasks required by the Executive Director for board-related activities.br /• Provide information to board members by opening meetings when necessary.br /• Present information to board on behalf of the Executive Director.br /• Serve as mediator for the Executive Director and board members when necessary.br /• Serve as liaison between the Aparecio Foundation Executive Director and board members.br /• Conduct assessments of attitudes found among board members (on topics such as the foundation, their individual role, and contributions to the board and Foundation).br /• Attend all board meetings and conferences with the Executive Director and board members./pstrongQualifications:/strongulliBachelor’s Degree required in related discipline/liliMinimum of 2 years experience/liliFamiliarity with executive and legal environments/li/ulp/pstrongAdditional Information:/strongAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.