Board Liaison

What You’ll Do

As Board Liaison, you’ll report to the AVP Legal Affairs and work closely with the Board Chairs for HELP USA and HELP USA Fund, Board Members, and the CEO to ensure that all governance matters are handled smoothly and effectively. You’ll be responsible for supporting all administrative aspects of the Board including Board and committee meeting preparation, new member onboarding, Board chair support, Board communication, and preparation for and coordination of all Board and committee meetings. You’ll work with staff across the organization to ensure that the Board is highly effective in carrying out its essential duties and governance responsibilities and is able to attract and develop the highest caliber candidates to serve as members.

Schedule and Location

This is a part time role working on average 24 hours per week with a very flexible schedule. This is a work-from-home position, with occasional time necessary in our NYC office for meetings.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Helping the CEO, Chief of Staff, Board Chair, and Chairs of Board Committees in shaping an agenda for all Board and committee meetings.

• Planning and execution, including taking minutes, for Board meetings, committee meetings and conference calls, and post-Board meeting debriefs between directors and senior leadership.

• Creating and distributing all Board-related materials including meeting notices and details, briefing materials, presentations, minutes, and ongoing communications.

• Actively participating in the onboarding of new Board members, officers, and committee chairs.

• Building and maintaining strong and productive relationships with a wide variety of diverse stakeholders including the Board and Board Committee Chairs and their staff, all Board members and their staff, the HELP Leadership Team, and other key leaders.

• Tracking follow-up items and generating reports and materials as needed.

You’re a great fit for this role if you have:

• Significant experience as an Executive Assistant, with Board management as well as meeting and event coordination experience preferred.

• Ability to think creatively and strategically, bringing forward ideas that add value and accelerate continuous improvement in effective governance and strategy.

• Outstanding and precise oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated diplomacy and the ability to offer dissenting points of view in consistently constructive and positive ways.

• Ability to generate respect and trust from staff while fostering cross-functional collaboration and a strong sense of teamwork.

• Excellent organizational and project management skills with a commitment to detail, follow through, and timeliness.

• Strong computer literacy, specifically with the Microsoft Office suite of applications.

• Flexibility in terms of emerging and evolving responsibilities.

Who We Are

At HELP USA, we work to ensure that everyone has a place to call home. We’re one of the nation’s largest homeless services providers and low-income housing developers serving at-risk populations including families, individuals, veterans, survivors of domestic violence, people with physical and mental health challenges and disabilities, and seniors. With an annual operating budget approaching $150 million and 1400 employees working in nearly 60 programs, we have helped over 500,000 people facing homelessness and poverty to build better lives. We hope that you will consider joining our team in the fight against homelessness.

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