SOAR Board of Directors

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The SOAR Family is very excited to announce our growth! We are now actively looking for a passionate individual interested in becoming a SOAR Board Member. If you are devoted to uplifting youth and empowering them to be the best versions of themselves, we want you!

SOAR appreciates your passion for giving back to the youth in our community and your willingness to serve as a board member.

Any individual with an interest or skills in nonprofits, marketing, accounting, fundraising, human resources, networking, policies and procedures, and law would be an added bonus!

Learn more about SOAR: https://www.soarcolorado.org/

The designated hours per month will be designated to:

• Setting up corporate sponsorships and driving fundraising initiatives, which includes driving one fundraising event per quarter (majority of the time)

• Attending two 1-hour tactical board meeting every month, which includes pre-meeting preparation and coordination

• Attending one 4-hour strategic board meeting every quarter, which includes pre-meeting preparation and coordination

• Regular meetings with the Executive Director to discuss the organization’s status, align on actions and provide accountability for outcomes.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Organization oversight, which includes but is not limited to:

• Organization compliance​

• Organization financial stability

• Organization programming

• Monitoring and assessing the organization’s programs and their impact

• Keeping informed by the organization’s leadership of significant developments and changes in the internal and external environment

• Developing, informing, and supporting the board and the board committees to carry out their governance functions

• Ensure the Board’s directives, policies, and resolutions are carried out

• Developing and maintaining beneficial relationships with donors, funders, supporters, collaborators, allies, vendors, and other stakeholders

Desired Qualifications

• Have served on a nonprofit board

• Board leadership experience is a plus

• Professional experience in the non-profit sector, in business, government, or philanthropy.

• A commitment and understanding of the people served by SOAR, preferably based on experience

• Savvy diplomatic skills and a natural affinity for cultivating relationships and persuading, facilitating, and building consensus among diverse individuals

• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a passion for improving the lives of at-risk youth

*Service on SOAR’s Board of Directors is without compensation or reimbursement for expenses related to Board Member duties.