Recruiting Chairman of the Board of Directors

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Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mission

The mission of H.Y.P.E. to Empower, Inc. is Championing programs that empower HIV-positive youth to succeed individually and flourish as leaders who advocate the rights of people living with HIV in their communities.

Position

As a partner to the Executive Director (ED) and other board members, the Board Chair will provide leadership to H.Y.P.E. TO EMPOWER, INC. Nonprofit as it transitions from a newly formed 501(c)(3) organization into a sustainable national entity. The Board Chair will support and sustain the work of H.Y.P.E. TO EMPOWER, INC., and provide governance, leadership and strategic fundraising support. Specific responsibilities include:

• Being a trusted advisor to the ED as s/he develops and implements H.Y.P.E. TO EMPOWER, INC. ’s strategic plan
• Developing and managing relationships and communicating with: funders, partners, and other stakeholders
• As a board member, approving H.Y.P.E. TO EMPOWER, INC. ’s annual budget, audit reports, and material business decisions; being informed of, and meeting all, legal and fiduciary responsibilities
• Reviewing outcomes and metrics created by H.Y.P.E. TO EMPOWER, INC. for evaluating its impact, and regularly measuring its performance and effectiveness using those metrics
• Coordinating an annual performance evaluation of the ED
• Assisting the ED and in recruiting board members
• Periodically consulting with board members on their roles and helping them assess their performance
• Planning, presiding over, and facilitating board and committee meetings; partnering with the ED to ensure that board resolutions are carried out
• Acting as an ambassador for the organization
• Ensuring H.Y.P.E. TO EMPOWER, INC. ’s commitment to a diverse board and staff that reflects the communities H.Y.P.E. TO EMPOWER, INC.
• Work with the ED to create and find training for board members
• Ensure minutes are complete and accurate, retained, included and reviewed at the next meeting
• Ensure there is sufficient time during the meeting to fully discuss agenda items

Fundraising

• In collaboration with the ED, generating substantial annual revenue and fostering H.Y.P.E. TO EMPOWER, INC. ’s overall financial health
• Personally treating H.Y.P.E. TO EMPOWER, INC. as a top philanthropic priority reflected in an annual financial gift
• Identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major individual donors, corporations, and/or foundation gifts

Board terms

H.Y.P.E. TO EMPOWER, INC. ’s Board Chair will serve a one-year term to be eligible for re-appointment for an additional term. Board meetings will be held monthly and committee meetings will be held in coordination with full board meetings.

Meeting (s):

• The board of directors meets January through December on the last Sunday of the month, 2:00 p.m., at Georgia Equality (Philip Rush Center) in the annex building in the back.
• Committees meet on minimum one time per month, pending their respective work agenda.
• Chair and Executive Director will meet regularly
• Meeting year: January-December

Qualifications

This is an extraordinary opportunity for an individual who is passionate about the success of H.Y.P.E. TO EMPOWER, INC. ’s beneficiaries and who has a track record of board leadership. The selected Board Chair will have achieved leadership stature in business, government, philanthropy, or the nonprofit sector. His/her accomplishments will allow him/her to attract other well-qualified, high-performing board members.

Ideal candidates will have the following qualifications:

• Extensive professional experience with significant executive leadership accomplishments in business, government, philanthropy, or the nonprofit sector
• Able to attend some, not all important and community meetings during and after business hours.
• Demonstrated success as a nonprofit board member or board chair
• Track record of building credibility in the funding community that has resulted in major gifts to a nonprofit
• A commitment to and understanding of H.Y.P.E. TO EMPOWER, INC. ’S beneficiaries and mission, preferably based on experience
• Savvy diplomatic skills and a natural affinity for cultivating relationships and persuading, convening, facilitating, and building consensus among diverse individuals
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a passion for improving the lives of H.Y.P.E. TO EMPOWER, INC. ’s beneficiaries
• Understand how to use email, internet search engine, cell phone

Service on H.Y.P.E. TO EMPOWER, INC. ’s board of directors is without salary.