FOOTBALL CANADA SEEKING APPLICANTS TO JOIN ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

by Jamie Geisler

Football Canada is seeking interested applicants to join its volunteer Board of Directors. No football experience is required but a passion for the game is considered a strong asset.

For more information, please consult the application package below:

2021 Positions: 3 vacancies – three directors

Directors shall fulfill all requirements of the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act and further, shall be a permanent resident of Canada and of legal age.

Directors of Football Canada commit themselves to ethical, businesslike and lawful conduct, including proper use of authority and decorum when acting as Board members. Accordingly, Directors must be able to represent unconflicted loyalty to the interests of all Football Canada members. This accountability supersedes any conflicting loyalty such as to advocacy or interest groups, and membership on other boards. It also supersedes the personal interest of any Director acting as a consumer of Football Canada’s services, or having a family member who is a consumer of Football Canada services.

Directors will be recruited based upon their demonstrated ability to contribute significantly to the leadership of Football Canada and to fulfill their statutory fiduciary responsibilities. The core competencies that ideally will be reflected in the Board as a whole are:

Characteristics

  1. Commitment and capacity (time, energy, expertise) to fulfill the commitment as a Director
  2. Knowledge about roles and responsibilities of a Director, Board and Staff
  3. Experience in formulating policy
  4. Experience in thinking strategically
  5. Knowledge about the sport of football
  6. Ability to identify principal business risks and ensure implementation of appropriate systems to manage those risks
  7. Knowledge of organizational performance mechanisms and ability to monitor, evaluate and report
  8. Ethical and values based behavior
  9. Representative of client population (athlete & coach)
  10. Other attributes valued by the Board of Directors:
    • Accounting designation (CA, CMA, CGA)
    • Legal designation (LL.B)
    • Professional qualifications (MD, PhD, MBA, Sport Science)
    • Personnel Management (Human Resource Professional designation)
    • Media/Marketing/Public Relations contacts/experience
    • Fundraising and funding source contacts
    • Administration/Management experience
    • Government relations/contacts
    • Organizational development/Strategic Planning experience

Application deadline

Applications must be received by June 15, 2021.

Please complete the application form and submit it to:

Football Canada

Email: sdonovan@footballcanada.com

Mail: Suite 205 – 825 Exhibition Way Ottawa, Ont.  K1S 5J3

Fax: 613‐564‐6309

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