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Join the Beacon Board of Directors!

Beacon Community Services is a community-based charity that provides support to thousands of people on Southern Vancouver Island and outer Gulf Islands. It offers a wide range of programs and services, including family support, counselling, training & employment, seniors' services, housing, and volunteer services.

This is an exciting opportunity for dedicated individuals to join our volunteer Board of Directors. Our nominations committee is seeking candidates with real estate development and/or management; business operations and/or management; law; public service (provincial or federal); fundraising; health care services; youth services; and Beacon volunteer experience. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply, including those who self-identify as BIPOC, 2SLGBTQ+, and people with disabilities. 

Board of Directors Overview

Beacon Community Services delivers a broad range of community services. Additional information on is available on the website: https://beaconcs.ca. The Board of Directors is a governance board that oversees the management of the Society’s activities and internal affairs. This includes providing strategic direction and overseeing the Society’s operations and financial viability.

Regular Board meetings are 6-7 times a year (currently on a Thursday evening) in addition to a full-day retreat once a year.

Board Directors also sit on a minimum of two standing committees. Each committee typically meets 4-6 times a year, depending on the committee’s formal terms of reference and business requirements. Meetings will be more frequent if business issues arise.

Current committees (in addition to the Executive Committee and the Nominating Committee) are:

• Finance and Audit
• People and Culture
• Governance
• Quality Assurance and Improvement
• Real Estate

In addition to standing committees, the Board can create working groups or task groups to focus on specific issues. These committees include Board members.

Terms of Office

Directors are elected by the Society’s membership to serve for a 3-year term. A Director can serve a maximum of 2 consecutive terms.

Directors must have and maintain membership in Beacon Community Services (Beacon Community Association) at the time of their formal nomination and throughout their Board service. Directors serve on an unpaid, volunteer basis.

Beacon provides access to various relevant, professional interest and development opportunities, including paid membership in the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Nominations Process

• Please forward your candidate application form and your CV if you are providing one to [email protected] on or before 4:00 pm, March 21, 2025.
• The Nominations Committee will review all applications based on the skills and needs of the organization. For 2025 the Board is seeking four new members.
• Experience/background in the following areas are of particular interest: real estate development and/or management; business operations and/or management; law; public service (e.g., provincial or federal); fund raising, health care services; youth services; and Beacon volunteer experience.
• Diversity and community representation is important to the Beacon Board and the Nominations Committee encourages applications for those who self-identify as IBPOC, 2SLGBTQ+ or disabled.
• The Nominations committee will create a ‘short list’ of candidates to interview.
• When accepting a nomination, the candidate will also consent to a criminal records check and agree to a Code of Conduct.
• The Nominations Committee will finalize a ‘slate’ of nominees to be presented and elected by the Society’s membership at the Annual General Meeting.