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Original posting from Water Environment Federation
Description
Location : Hybrid (Alexandria, VA)
Salary Range : $105,000 -$125,000
The Director, Governance will play a vital role in nurturing the Water Environment Federation’s (WEF) mission by ensuring that governance frameworks and best practices align with WEF’s core values and strategic goals and objectives, supporting Governance Programs, and providing comprehensive support to WEF’s Board of Trustees (BOT). This position reports directly to the Managing Director, Community Engagement (MD, CE) and demands a dynamic individual with a profound understanding of nonprofit governance principles, regulatory compliance, ethical standards, and confidentiality principles. The Director, Governance will conduct regular assessments of governance practices and make recommendations for improvement, ensuring that WEF remains transparent, accountable, and focused on its mission. This role requires a strategic thinker who can effectively communicate complex governance concepts to various stakeholders, enhancing understanding and fostering a culture of compliance and ethical conduct. The Director, Governance will work collaboratively with WEF’s Board of Trustees and other senior volunteers, building trusted relationships and engaging them as strategic partners in advancing effective, ethical, and mission-driven governance.
The Director, Governance must thrive on initiative, problem solving, being agile, inclusive and a team player. The ideal candidate will have experience working on a high-performing team and had success working across and supporting a mission-based organization, to best help WEF serve the Water Community.
Principal Functions:
- Maintain and manage access to BOT and WEF policies and procedures and Board documents.
- Apply knowledge of applicable non-profit laws and information regarding governance best practices, bylaws, and conduct of meetings, to advise on board and management decision-making while maintaining observance of WEF’s policies and procedures.
- Develop, implement, manage, and regularly assess governance policies and practices that enhance organizational effectiveness.
- Collaborate with the BOT to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and ethical standards.
- Manage governance records in accordance with WEF’s retention policies.
- Maintain functional knowledge of Bylaws and serve as a vital resource for board members and staff on governance-related issues.
- Maintain up to date WEF Board roster, Board Committee roster, and all related member records in Fonteva.
- Maintain Board Information SharePoint site and Governance central files.
- On-board and train new BOT members.
- Responsible for building and maintaining strong and productive relationships with a wide variety of diverse stakeholders.
- Establish and maintain effective communication channels between the board, management, and stakeholders.
- Work with WEF leadership to establish methods and procedures to ensure Board member election process and BOT appointment requests are managed effectively.
- Manage and assess WEF’s OnBoard platform to recommend improvements and expand use of the platform.
- Manage the BOT Travel Calendars for the fiscal year and for the annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC).
- Lead training and development initiatives for board members and staff on governance practices and responsibilities.
- Provide administrative and logistical support for the governance work of the BOT.
- Facilitate board meetings, including preparation of agendas, minutes, and related materials accurately and in accordance with set timelines.
- Coordinate meeting logistics, including room set up.
- Coordinate with the Senior Team and other staff to ensure meeting preparation and post meeting action items are completed on time.
- Manage Board attendance records.
- Manage Board Travel Calendar and Outlook invitations and support Board and Senior Leadership Team staff scheduling.
- Track appointments to other organizations, facilitate staff group of organization liaisons, and ensure related required reporting requirements are met.
- Coordinate Board travel logistics.
- Support the Board throughout the year with all levels of engagement, communication, and service.
- Oversee and facilitate BOT access to WEF platforms, including but not limited to: Microsoft SharePoint, Emburse, Smartsheet, Melon, and WEFUnity.
- Assist in the development and implementation of programs designed to ensure a pool of effective future leaders through a robust nominations process.
- Ensure that organizational programs are efficiently and effectively delivered to external stakeholders and internal change efforts meet targeted deadlines accurately.
- Manage the budget for Special Projects and Governance, including review and approval of BOT expense reports, developing, monitoring, and updating budget projections and invoice coding.
- Oversee and maintain the BOT and BOT Applications webpages.
- Build and sust