Fundraising & Grants Committee Chair

We are looking for industry experts who want to give back to their community in an executive capacity by volunteering to be among the first board members of The Social Justice + Engineering Initiative. You should be motivated and willing to commit for at least three years to this new non-profit so as to lay the groundwork for something special.

Fundraising and Grants Committee Chair:

For this specific position, we are looking for individuals with past experience working with small and/or large non-profits in the Social Justice, Environmental Justice, or Engineering industries. If your experience does not match this and you are still interested please go ahead and apply and we will review on a case by case basis.

As a fundraising and Grants Committee Chair you will work directly with the Fundraising & Grant Director and the Board of Directors to develop, implement, and manage all fundraising and grant activities to ensure our projects, programs, staff, administration are funded in order to support our mission.

Board Member General Responsibilities may include some of the following in addition to specific role:

Governing

• The board evaluates itself and the organization, ensures financial and program accountability and transparency, includes ---reviews effectiveness of programs; mandates needs assessment of constituency every few years, sets meeting agendas, creates necessary committees, keeps minutes, and recruits effective members.

Planning

• Creates the mission and vision, sets goals and objectives, develops a strategic plan and fashions organizational procedures)

Oversee use of resources

• Ensures sufficient funds are raised (includes marketing and public relations) and spent appropriately.

Compliance

• Conflicts, insurance, file required papers and act as a trustee/fiduciary; creates and abides by the bylaws.

Evolving Role of the Board Members

• Governance (oversight of operations, including financial accountability)
• Support (fundraising, public relations and providing individual expertise)