PARKDALE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Position Type: Unpaid Volunteer Position
Region: ON Metro Toronto Area
Location: Parkdale (Queen !u""erin#
T$e Parkdale %o&&unity 'ealt$ %entre (t$e (%entre)# *orks *it$ t$e co&&unity+ in all
o" its di,ersity+ to address its $ealt$ related needs t$roug$ a co&-ination o" co&&unity
de,elop&ent and action+ t$e deli,ery o" pri&ary $ealt$ care+ counselling+ ad,ocacy and
$ealt$ pro&otion.
T$e %entre is *elco&ing and accessi-le to t$e Parkdale co&&unity+ gi,ing priority to
indi,iduals and groups *$o encounter -arriers to $ealt$ ser,ices. T$e centre pro,ides
progra&s and ser,ices -ased on co&&unity needs and t$e deter&inants o" $ealt$+
especially po,erty+ racis&+ ,iolence and syste&ic discri&ination.
T$e %entre is a not/"or/pro"it corporation and also is a registered c$arita-le
organi0ation.
T$e Parkdale %o&&unity 'ealt$ %entre 1oard o" !irectors is a 23/&e&-er co&&unity
-oard *orking in a policy go,ernance &odel. 4e are currently seeking to "ill -oard
,acancies. T$e ter& o" a 1oard Me&-er is appro5i&ately t$ree years.
Responsibilities:
Attend &ont$ly 1oard Meetings on t$e last Tuesday o" t$e &ont$ and t$e Annual
6eneral Meeting7
Participate in at least one -oard co&&ittee+ *$ic$ includes occasional &eetings7
Attend t$e annual -oard orientation and additional occasional planning sessions
(typically $eld on *eekends#7
!eter&ine policies and procedures7
8nsure t$e organi0ation ad$eres to its &ission+ ,ision and ,alues
!e,elop t$e organi0ational ai&s (ends state&ents# and &onitor t$eir
ac$ie,e&ent t$roug$ organi0ational products+ e""ects+ -ene"its+ outco&es+
recipients+ and t$eir relati,e *ort$7
%reate constraints on e5ecuti,e aut$ority (e5ecuti,e li&itations# *$ic$ esta-lis$
t$e prudent and et$ical -oundaries *it$in *$ic$ all e5ecuti,e acti,ity and
decisions &ust take place
9peci"y $o* t$e 1oard concei,es+ carries out and &onitors its o*n task o" t$e
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Parkdale Community
Health Centre
1229 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON M6K 1L2
www.pchc.on.ca
Every One Matters.
go,ernance process
Monitor $o* po*er is delegated and its proper use including t$e 1oard/85ecuti,e
!irector relations$ip+ t$e 85ecuti,e !irector role+ aut$ority+ and accounta-ility.
Quli!i"tions#
'a,e li,ed e5perience or understanding o" oppression+ anti/$arass&ent+ anti/
discri&ination and anti/racis& or is a &e&-er o" t$e priority populations and
ot$er populations ser,ed -y P%'%
'a,e skills or kno*ledge in any o" t$e "ollo*ing areas:
co&&unication
organi0ational go,ernance and de,elop&ent
policy de,elop&ent
ad,ocacy
"inancing
"acilitation skills
$ealt$ care &anage&ent
$ealt$ care analytics
$ealt$ care :uality i&pro,e&ent
$ealt$ care sector
"undraising
4ant to &ake a ,alua-le contri-ution to i&pro,e t$e $ealt$ and :uality o" li"e "or
t$e people *$o li,e in t$e Parkdale co&&unity
'a,ing *orked *it$ partnering organi0ations o" P%'% or potential partnering
organi0ations is an asset
Pre,ious policy go,ernance -oard e5perience is $elp"ul+ -ut not re:uired
Parkdale %o&&unity 'ealt$ %entre is an e:ual opportunity e&ployer. T$e 1oard o"
!irectors o" Parkdale %o&&unity 'ealt$ %entre (P%'%# is co&&itted to e&-edding
anti/oppression in all aspects o" its go,ernance policies+ processes and practices.
;n our e""orts to -e re"lecti,e o" t$e co&&unities *e ser,e+ *e strongly encourage
indi,iduals "ro& e:uity seeking groups to apply and to sel"/identi"y in ter&s o" age+
gender+ se5ual orientation+ racial<et$nic -ackground+ gender identity+ disa-ility+ resident
or client status+ and religion<"ait$<spiritual -elie".
Appli"tion De$line# %un &' ()*+ , -#)) p./. No phone calls, please.
We would like to thank all interested candidates. We will contact those we are able to
invite for an interview.
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PARKDALE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE
BOARD MEMBER APPLICATION FORM
Please co&plete and return t$is "or& (attac$ e5tra s$eets i" necessary# *it$ a copy o" your
resu&e to P%'% -y %un &' ()*+ t -#)) p/.
9end t$e "or& and resu&e to us -y e&ail to -et$.*ier0-icki=pc$c.on.ca+ -y "a5 at >2?/@AB/
@2AA+ or -y &ail to 233C Queen 9treet 4est+ Toronto+ ON M?D 2L3
N/e#
A$$0ess#
Telep1one nu/be02s3#
PLEASE ANS4ER THE FOLLO4IN5 QUESTIONS#
2. 4$y you are interested in Eoining t$e P%'% 1oard o" !irectorsF
3. 4$ic$ o" t$e "ollo*ing skills+ a-ilities+ and<or e5perience *ould you -ring to t$e
1oardF
Ginancial kno*ledge H 9ectoral kno*ledge H
Ad,ocacy skills H Policy de,elop&ent<e,aluation skills H
%o&&unication skills H 6o,ernance skills H
Gacilitation skills H Gundraising kno*ledge H
Li,ed e5perience (speci"y# H IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Ot$er (speci"y# H IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A. 4$at is your pre,ious ,olunteer e5perience or co&&unity in,ol,e&entF
>. !escri-e your e5perience participating on a co&&ittee+ -oard+ or ot$er group
decision &aking process.
Plese 0e/e/be0 to tt"1 6ou0 0esu/e in"lu$in7 6ou0 "ont"t in!o0/tion.
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