Board Member

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Volunteer Board Member guiding Ocean Outcomes, a global nonprofit improving fisheries and seafood supply chains. Providing governance, fiscal oversight, strategy, and fundraising support.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide organizational governance and fiscal oversight
  • Review organizational strategy and provide thought leadership
  • Support strategic fundraising
  • Advise and mentor the Executive Director and O2 team in developing and implementing the strategic plan
  • Approve annual budgets, audit reports, and material business decisions
  • Fulfill legal and fiduciary responsibilities
  • Measure organizational performance and effectiveness in meeting its mission
  • Hire, support, and evaluate the Executive Director
  • Assist with recruiting new board members
  • Consult with board members on their roles and assess overall Board performance
  • Monitor opportunities and challenges in key geographies and sectors
  • Act as an ambassador for Ocean Outcomes and reflect its values and culture
  • Ensure commitment to a diverse board and staff
  • Ensure a robust fundraising plan and business model
  • Support management of consulting services and earned-income activities
  • Consider O2 a philanthropic priority through annual charitable donations commensurate with capacity and cultural considerations
  • Support identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of major individual, corporate, and foundation gifts
  • Attend quarterly Board meetings, with a goal of one in-person meeting annually in the Portland, Oregon area
  • Participate actively in a committee meeting approximately every three months

Requirements:

  • Professional and/or lived experience in the Asia-Pacific region, including Taiwan and South Korea
  • Experience with fishworker organizations and fishworker rights
  • Experience in large/industrial-scale or small-scale fisheries
  • Experience in social change, environmental causes, social entrepreneurship, and corporate social responsibility
  • Experience in strategy development, measurement and evaluation
  • Experience in international law and policy/international relations
  • Experience in human rights due diligence, corporate social responsibility, and decent work
  • Relationships in the funding community, including foundations, corporations, or high net worth individuals
  • Savvy diplomatic skills and a natural affinity for cultivating relationships and convening, facilitating, and building consensus among diverse individuals
  • A collaborative attitude, coupled with interest in practical problem solving and strategy development
  • Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a passion for improving the lives of O2’s beneficiaries
  • Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
  • Previous nonprofit/public benefit organization leadership experience is a plus
  • Interest in serving a minimum of two terms, representing a four-year commitment
  • Active participation in one of two committees: Governance or Finance

Benefits:

  • Service on O2’s Board of Directors is without remuneration, except for administrative support, travel, and accommodation costs in relation to board members’ duties
  • Opportunity to gain new knowledge, experiences, insights and contacts through O2’s work and relationships