Advisory Board

In connection with the Executive Director, Board Chair and other board members, members at large serve as a liaison to the general membership. Duties will change as defined in organization bylaws or as needed to fulfill board requirements and address overall organizational goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partners with the Executive Director to achieve HOSD’s vision and mission
• Acts as a spokesperson and a public advocate for HOSD
• Participates in the strategic planning process
• Discusses issues confronting HOSD with the Executive Director and Board Chair
• Helps guide and mediate Board actions with respect to organizational priorities and governance concerns
• Reviews issues of concerns with the Executive Director and Board Chair
• Monitors financial planning and reports
• Plays a leadership role in the organization’s fundraising activities.
• Helps recruit new Board members
• Works with the Board Chair to formally evaluate the performance of the Executive Director on an annual basis
• Annually evaluates the performance of HOSD and whether it is achieving its vision and mission
• Serve on at least one HandsOn San Diego committee (Executive, Development, Governance, Marketing, or Volunteer Engagement)

Fundraising

• In collaboration with the Board, generating substantial annual revenue and fostering HOSD’s overall financial health
• Personally, treating HOSD as a top philanthropic priority reflected in an annual financial gift
• Each individual board member will make an annual gift to ensure 100% annual participation
• Gifts will begin with a minimum of $500
• Board members are encouraged to fundraise
• Identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major individual donors, corporate, and/or foundation gifts

Qualifications:

• Ideal candidates will have the following qualifications:
  • Demonstrated success as a nonprofit board member
  • A commitment to and understanding of HOSD’s beneficiaries and mission preferably based on experience
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a passion for improving the lives of HOSD’s beneficiaries

Board Terms:

Board member is elected by the Board at-large and serves for a two-year term. Board member is eligible to be re-elected to a second, consecutive two-year term at the discretion of the Board at-large.

Service on HOSD’s board of directors is without remuneration, except with prior approval from the ED for administrative support, travel, and accommodation costs in relation to board members’ duties.