Director (volunteer board member)

My Oral Village (MOVE), a Canadian not-for-profit corporation headquartered in Toronto, is seeking a volunteer director (board member) who lives in the GTHA and is comfortable wearing both a governance and an advisory hat.

MOVE is dedicated to making formal financial services accessible to people who cannot read, write, or work with numbers in conventional ways. The organization addresses the needs of the 1+ billion adults worldwide with limited literacy and numeracy, living in ‘oral’ cultures, ensuring they are not excluded from safe savings, payments, borrowing, and financial decision‑making.

At its core, MOVE’s mission is to:

• Design ultra-inclusive financial tools: interfaces, forms, mobile apps, and processes that rely on visual and intuitive cues rather than text or complex numbers
• Enable low-literacy households to manage money safely, especially in low-income environments where financial mistakes can be catastrophic.
• Partner with financial institutions, NGOs, and regulators to embed oral-friendly design into real products and systems.
• Advance research and global standards for financial inclusion that recognize literacy & numeracy barriers as a major structural exclusion factor.
• Empower vulnerable populations, especially women, to build financial confidence, autonomy, and resilience.

My Oral Village works to ensure that no one is excluded from the financial system because they cannot read or handle numbers.

For more information, visit www.myoralvillage.org and https://www.linkedin.com/company/my-oral-village-inc-/posts/?feedView=all

Core board member responsibilities include:

• Strategy: Setting mission, strategic priorities, and annual plans;
• Governance: Ensuring the mission of the organization is supported by sound practices & proper oversight;
• Financial oversight: Approving budgets, reviewing financial statements, ensuring sound controls;
• Risk oversight: Identifying and mitigating organizational risks (e.g., liability, insurance);
• Hands-on contribution: Directors actively support operations — communications, fundraising, program delivery — alongside governance duties.