Board Director
Job No:
107463
Location:
Port Hardy, BC
- Use your skills to help the KEDC Board make important decisions.
- Receive an honorarium and appropriate travel costs.
- Don't miss this chance to make a true difference to the vibrant community of Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Nation in Port Hardy, BC!
About KEDC
The k'awat'si Economic Development General Partner Corporation (KEDC) was created in 2014 to capitalize on a strong desire by the community to grow opportunities. As a distinct entity reporting to the Chief and Council, KEDC is tasked with creating, operating, and supporting business that will be profitable, environmentally sustainable, and culturally significant while simultaneously respecting the unique cultural values of the Gwa'sala 'Nakwaxda'xw people.
More information can be found on our website.
About Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw First Nation
The Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw First Nation is located adjacent to the community of Port Hardy, British Columbia and on the Tsulquate reserve. Our residents stay true to their traditional lifestyle and still participate in activities including hunting, and fishing.
We are a small, semi-rural community of about 500 on-reserve community members, with about 450 of our band members living off-reserve. The Tsulquate reserve, where most of our members live, is adjacent to the town of Port Hardy on the North-eastern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Tsulquate is within the boundaries of the Regional District of Mt. Waddington.
Prior to 1964, the Gwasala people and the Nakwaxda people lived as two separate tribes. The Gwa'sala people mostly lived and travelled around Smith Inlet while the 'Nakwaxda'xw people lived around the Seymour Inlet. While many of our practices were similar, we spoke different dialects and each tribe had our own distinct culture. In 1964 we were amalgamated with each other and relocated to the Tsulquate Reserve.
For more information, please visit our website.
About the Opportunity
Currently, Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw First Nation is seeking two Board Directors to join the KEDC for a term of three years.
The KEDC was created in 2014 and its mandate is to investigate and realize revenue, prosperity, skills, and development in the community.
As a board member of the KEDC you will be required to attend in person meetings for two days every month (reducing to two days every other month after six months).
More specifically your duties alongside your fellow board members will include:
- Overseeing the CEO and approving business plans.
- Serving as a link between KEDC and its shareholders.
- Producing written governing policies that, at the broadest levels, address each category of an organizational decision. These would include the ends (organizational product, effects, benefits, outcomes, recipients, and their relative worth ie what goods for which recipients at what cost), executive limitations (constraints on executive authority that establish the boundaries within which all executive activities and decision making must take place), governance process (specification of how the Board conceives, carries out, and monitors its own tasks), and the Board-CEO linkage (how power is delegated and proper use monitored along with the authority and accountability of the CEO role).
In order to qualify for this role, you will need to have an understanding of business, an understanding of financial matters, and have excellent communication skills.
Individuals with strong stakeholder management skills and a background in Finance, Human Resources Management, Legal, or Business will excel in this role. As will individuals with experience in strategy, business plan development, and the assessment and management of risk.
Finally, candidates with previous experience working with First Nations communities or with previous experience as a member of a Board of Directors will have an advantage.
About the Reward
For your hard work and determination you are paid an honorarium along with appropriate travel costs to attend required meetings.
Do you want to make a lasting difference to a vibrant First Nation community? Here’s your chance.
If you share our values and have the skills necessary to bring success to the role, then we invite you to apply today!