Expertise Desired:
NonProfit Board Leadership
Committee Needs:
Board Chair
Annual give required?
Yes
Minimum give amount (if required):
Commensurate with capacity.
Contact Details:
Nurys Camargo
Email
(857) 209-4401
Additional Details:
Board Chair Description: Chica Project (CP) seeks a mission-driven, passionate and
enthusiastic Board Chair who will lead the organization through its next growth phase. As the
Board Chair you will provide leadership to CP as it transitions from a Founder Board Chair. The
Board Chair will support and sustain the work of CP, and provide financial oversight,
governance leadership and strategic fundraising support, while assuring the Board of Directors
fulfill their responsibilities for the governance of the organization. This is a volunteer board
position with an average of 5 to 10 hours a week depending on peak season.
Leadership Governance and Oversight:
▪ Being a trusted advisor to the Executive Director (ED) as they develop and implement
Chica Project’s strategic plan
▪ Developing and managing relationships and communicating with funders, partners, and
other stakeholders
▪ As a board member, approving CP’s annual budget, audit reports, and material business
decisions; being informed of, and meeting all, legal and fiduciary responsibilities
▪ Coordinating an annual performance evaluation of the ED with the governance
committee
▪ Assisting 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 CP’s commitment to a diverse board and staff that reflects the communities we
serve
▪ Reviewing outcomes and metrics created by CP to evaluate its impact, and regularly
measuring its performance and effectiveness using those metrics
▪ Presides at all meetings of the Board and develops an agenda for such meetings
▪ Appoints Committee chairpersons and members of committees in collaboration with ED
▪ Monitors fundraising (resource development), financial planning and financial reports
▪ Must be available for consultation to the ED, and other Board members
▪ All messages from staff or board should be responded to within 24 to 48 hours
▪ Chair is the head of the Executive Committee
Fundraising:
▪ In collaboration with the ED, generating substantial annual revenue and fostering CP’s
overall financial health
▪ Personally, treating CP as a top philanthropic priority reflected in an annual financial gift
▪ Ensuring that 100% of CP’s board members make an annual contribution that is
commensurate with their capacity
▪ Identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major individual donors,
corporate, and/or foundation gifts
Board Term:
CP’s Board Chair (and board members) will serve a three-year term to be eligible for reappointment for one additional term. Board meetings will be held quarterly, and committee
meetings will be held in coordination with full board meetings. Board chair should at minimum
serve 2 years.
Qualifications:
This is an extraordinary opportunity for an individual who is passionate about the success of
Chica Project’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. The Board Chair’s accomplishments will allow CP to attract other wellqualified, high-performing board members.
Ideal candidates will have the following qualifications:
▪ Experience and or knowledge with positive- youth development related field
▪ Extensive professional experience with significant executive leadership accomplishments
in business, government, philanthropy, or the nonprofit sector
▪ 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 CP’s beneficiaries and mission preferably based
on experience
▪ Savvy diplomatic skills and a natural affinity for cultivating relationships
▪ Facilitating, and building consensus among diverse individuals
▪ Excellent written and oral communication skills coupled with natural affinity for public
speaking
▪ Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a passion for improving the lives of CP’s
beneficiaries
▪ Bi-lingual in Spanish is preferable but not a must
To Apply: please submit a thoughtful cover letter and resume to boardchair@chicaproject.org
subject line: Board Chair
We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We strongly believe that diversity of
experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and
community. This is something we value deeply
Position posted: 07/20/2020
