Mentally healthy people in a healthy society.
Join Our Board
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Mid-Island Branch is seeking qualified people to join its volunteer Board of Directors. We are looking for individuals whose skills, passion, and experience align with CMHA's vision, mission, and values.
Who we are
Who is CMHA Mid-Island? We are inclusive, proactive, steadfast, compassionate, collaborative, and community social service leaders. Our organizational culture is at the heart of who we are and what we do. At the same time, we manage a growing multi-site and hybrid remote work environment for approximately 50 diverse employees and many incredible peer workers.
As an employer, CMHA Mid-Island strives to create a workplace that respects and values all individuals, minimizes bias, and promotes the equity, diversity, and inclusion of different perspectives and ideas. At CMHA Mid-Island, that means welcoming diversity in mental health, race, ethnicity, and culture. It also means diverse abilities, age, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, gender identities, education, marital status, language, and physical appearance. These values are embedded in the work CMHA Mid-Island does every day.
Who you are
Being part of our team means you are passionate, committed, people-centred, empathetic and compassionate. A Board Director must be able to "walk the talk" and set the example as a leader of a mentally healthy organization, particularly while navigating challenges of organizational growth and change as we respond to community needs. The Board of Directors plays a critical role in CMHA Mid-Island's long-term success. You will be crucial to ensuring our organization is healthy, stable, resourced, adaptive, and resilient.
Role of a governance board
As a Board Director, your influence is direct and significant. You will help shape our high-level strategy and provide crucial oversight and accountability for the organization. A strong board is essential in guiding us past obstacles and identifying opportunities and risks. This, in turn, empowers our staff to embody our values and focus on making a profound impact in our community through their daily work.
Primary duties, tasks and responsibilities
Approves CMHA Mid-Island’s strategic plan and goals.
Approves how CMHA Mid-Island spends the annual budget provided by its funders.
Ensures that CMHA Mid-Island provides services that improve and support the quality of life for the people it serves.
Ensures CMHA Mid-Island maintains financial well-being, compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and its vision, mission and values.
Review anything that might be a risk to CMHA Mid-Island’s work.
Ensures a plan is in place for the right people, including board members and the executive director, to lead CMHA Mid-Island’s work.
Creates and maintains strong relationships within CMHA Mid-Island and the community.
Requirements and Expectations of a Board Director
A minimum term of two years, with possible re-election for two additional two-year terms.
Regular attendance at board meetings (approximately 2 hours every second month)
Active preparation for meetings by reading and considering agendas, minutes, reports, and other documentation (approximately 3 hours every second month)
Attendance at board training and/or retreats (approximately 6 hours twice per year)
Attendance at the annual general meeting and any other special general meetings
Participation on one or more committees of the board (approximately 2 hours per month plus preparation and related project work between meetings)
The Application Process
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