Volunteer Treasurer for Elements Calgary Mental Health Centre

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Description of Charity/Foundation:
Elements is an established presence in the Calgary mental health community. We provide a range of integrated mental health services to inspire, build and advance the abilities of adults with mental illness.

We need you, because you have enthusiasm and care about mental health. Come join us, it places you in an amazing position to help us make a difference as we continue to change the lives of people with a mental illness.
Description of Role:
Treasurer position for 1 Year to 2 Years term.

– Attend monthly Board of Directors meetings.
– Oversee the financial matters of the Centre, in collaboration with the Centre’s Executive Director and Centre’s Accounting Analyst.
– Ensure that appropriate and effective financial measures and controls are in place and that accurate records are kept.
– Provide high level advice to Executive Director and Board of Directors as needed.
Certification or Education Required:
CA, CPA with interest in mental health.
Contact:
Anneisa Lauchlan at anneisa.lauchlan@elementscmhc.ca

Volunteer Controller for Youth Centres of Calgary (YCC)

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Description of Charity/Foundation:
YCC – Youth Centres of Ogden is a charitable organization that provides free after school drop-in activity and mentorship to youth, in grades five to ten, in the vulnerable and underserved community of Ogden in Calgary’s south-east. We know that many of Calgary’s youth struggle in school, have lives of neglect and poverty and are otherwise unable to access after school activity. After school is the time during which the majority of crime that happens within this cohort occurs. YCC provides youth was incorporated in 2O18 and has successfully provided homework help, sports, music lessons, a place to read, meet friends, have a daily hot meal, between the hours of 3 and 6 daily. YCC is a place for kids to “be kids” and safe, in a community that is economically and socially challenged. This model was developed by its founder and Executive Director when she operated another similar centre in Calgary’s NE and we believe that it can be replicated in other communities of Calgary, in a cozy home, walking distance from school and home and across from a green space. During covid, with many facing job loss and food insecurity, YCC has pivoted to provide “grab and go” lunch and snack packs, made in a commercial kitchen, as well as grocery packs, sports equipment, books and pantry food. The food is distributed outdoors, at 5 pop-up sites, including the Ogden site. Kids and families pick up the food, they connect with each other outdoors daily.
Description of Role:
Controller Duties
YCC is seeking a volunteer to join our team reporting to the volunteer Treasurer. The successful candidate must capture all financial transactions, reconcile accounts, prepare financial reports and participate on the Finance Committee of the board.

The successful candidate must have:
• Strong accounting and finance skills and understand accounting related to not-for-profit organizations
• Ability to communicate in English


Responsibilities:
• Capture financial transactions accurately, payroll reconciliations, recording donations, (posting and applying bank deposits) and accounts payable (including processing credit card expense transactions, vendor bills, etc).
• Overseeing month-end close this includes reconciling balance sheet accounts, making journal entry adjustments and verifying accuracy of income statements.
• Provide forecasts by reviewing your balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows.
• Meet all tax-related filing deadlines including payroll, GST and yearly filings.
• Provide financial requirements for grant applications.
• Keep the books of account and accounting records of the organization as required by law.
• Review and prepare proper financial statements to treasurer.
• Deliver audit-ready financials. Liaise with the treasurer/auditor to ensure the organization’s accounts are reviewed/audited as required by law.
• Provide advice and assist with financial planning and operating budgets.


Certification or Education Required:
Please email the Treasurer at info@youthcentresofcalgary.com . Provide your resume and tell us about your experience with and/or interest in our organization and the skills and knowledge you are willing to bring to the position. Please include your contact information with email address and/or phone number where you can be reached.

CPA or currently in CPA program.
Experience with non-profit accounting would be an asset.
Committed to serving the needs of youth.
Willing to commit to 2 Years or more.

Contact:
info@youthcentresofcalgary.com

Volunteer Taxation Researcher with Connections

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Description of Charity/Foundation:
Connections supports parents with cognitive challenges to parent successfully. Since poverty is the biggest factor in affecting families’ success, Connections has a Financial Coach program, along with its parenting skills education and other supports.
Description of Role:
Taxation researcher: We have a periodic need for a taxation expert who enjoys research and interpreting policy for analysis of disability policy changes. Connections’ Financial Coach helps clients apply for CRA and provincial credits and benefits for which they are entitled. Programs are complex and adults with cognitive challenges struggle to understand immediate implications and have particular difficulty projecting into the future. From time to time, policy changes are announced without information to understand potential net impact on an individual. We anticipate that a deep-dive but short-term project could be needed a few times each year.

Disability supports and taxation are the primary areas of focus for this research.

Contact
Erin Waite @ erinw@connectionscounselling.ab.ca

Various volunteer roles with Start2Finish

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Description of Charity/Foundation:
Start2Finish’s mission is to break the cycle of child poverty by providing ongoing educational support to Canada’s at risk children throughout their school years, nurturing mind, body, and social health so they are empowered to succeed and become role models for change.

https://www.start2finishonline.org/

Each year, thousands of Canadian youth will drop out of high school. This seemingly simple and personal act alters the course of their lives forever. It’s a move that costs them their education and future earning potential. Taken collectively, it costs their community by ingraining a culture of failure. Nationally, it costs our economy through a reduced employment pool and tax base, and an enormous strain on public expenditures.

Tens of thousands of youth in Canada’s lower-income neighbourhoods have the potential to succeed in school but are unable to overcome the barriers to education that are created by poverty. Low literacy as early as grade 1 increases the risk of a child dropping out of school by 134%, Insufficient financial means, lack of positive role models in the community, absence of parental support, and integration into a new country and culture, are all barriers that can make high school graduation seem like an impossible dream.

The Pathway of Hope: Creating Cycles of Success

The Pathway of Hope is providing building blocks to help kids graduate and succeed. Everyday at Start2Finish, stakeholders, staff, donors and volunteers work hard to help kids create their cycle of success.

Step One: The Backpack Program
Step Two: The Running & Reading Club
Step Three: The Junior Coach Program
Step Four: The Scholarship Program
Step Five: Giving Back
Description of Role:
Running & Reading Clubs will meet (virtually) twice a week, after-school – each session will be about 30 minutes, for a total of 1 hour a week! Students will be placed into teams of 8-10, with 2-4 Coaches per team, and we will be using Google Classroom for our meets and activities. Each week we will combine literacy, fitness, and social-emotional
learning activities!

You can volunteer in three ways: as a Coach, Parent Liaison, or Team Leader.

Coaches will assist Team Leaders with program activities & mentoring, and must have access to reliable internet and device

Parent Liaisons will connect with guardians bi-weekly to check-in and follow up, connect with families when children are absent from the program, and develop positive relationships with families to help extend programming into the home.

Team Leaders will virtually lead a team of kids, connect with your team of participants (8-10/team) 2x a week for 30 min’s; progress through a developed program curriculum, designed by S2F, over 30 weeks, encourage participants to continue literacy/physical activity outside the program, let S2F head office or regional manager know if team members are absent, and must have access to reliable internet and computer or tablet.
Certification or Education Required:
Police check & references required.

Mentoring
Coaching
Facilitation
Sports
Children & Youth

Contact:
Anna Giesbrecht (anna.giesbrecht@start2finishonline.org)

Volunteer Treasurer for Sage Theatre Society

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Description of Charity/Foundation:
Sage Theatre’s mission is to produce evocative plays with rich emotional stories from the Canadian and international canon. We strive to take our audience on intimate theatrical journeys that explore what it is to be human in contemporary society. Sage celebrated its 20th anniversary in the fall of 2019.

Sage Theatre Society hosts the IGNTIE! Festival for Emerging Artists every June. This festival allows for young artists to showcase and develop their skills as they begin their artistic career.
Description of Role:
Sage Theatre Society is seeking a volunteer treasurer for a two year term commencing October 1, 2020. The treasurer role ensures the Society manages its financial resources in the best way possible. A list of responsibilities is shown below.

– Serve on the Executive and Audit Committees
– Chair the Finance Committee
– Coordinate cheque runs as needed with the volunteer bookkeeper
– Attend monthly board meetings and prepare bank reports for the meetings
– Coordinate monthly bookkeeping packages to be provided to volunteer bookkeeper and review work done
– Prepare year-end working papers to send to the auditor and communicate with the auditor where needed
– Assist in preparing casino reporting and casino application process with the Alberta Gaming & Liquor Commission
– Update directors with Canada Revenue Agency as needed
– Assist in review of the annual budget
– Prepare financial forecasts where necessary
– Pay annual member dues of $25
– Attend performances where necessary (either online or in person)
Certification or Education Required:
Skills and education required are as below.

– Accounting designation
– Knowledge of Quickbooks Online
– Effective communicator with a proven ability to translate complex financial concepts to simple and easily-understood plain language
– Leadership skills
– Experience in strategic planning and financial forecasting
– An appreciation for the arts
– Enthusiastic about giving back to communities
Contact:
Dany Allard at president@sagetheatre.com if interested.
You can learn more about us on our website.

Volunteer Treasurer for CARFAC Alberta (Filled)

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Description of Charity/Foundation:
CARFAC Alberta is a non-profit organization for visual artists and the Affiliate for the National Arts Service Organization CARFAC in the province of Alberta. CARFAC Alberta has a Board of Directors, an Executive Director working 110 hours/month and three part-time staff each working 80 hours/month or less. In Alberta, CARFAC Alberta operates as one of eight provincial arts service organizations (PASO) and a branch for CARFAC (Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens), Canada’s national voice for visual artists – an organization of artists working for artists.The goal of CARFAC Alberta is to work with all Alberta artists and to give them the tools to become more professional in their practice.

https://www.carfacalberta.com/
Description of Role:
Treasurer (information taken from the Board Responsibilities document)
• Serves on the Executive Committee.
• Oversees the organization’s finances, and gives regular reports to the Board on the financial state of the organization.
• Assists Executive Director in keeping financial reports up to date and on file.
• Orients the new Treasurer.
• Acts as one of the signing officers for cheques and other documents.
• Treasurer has a responsibility to oversee the financial functioning of the organization and provide reports for the board.
• Oversees an independent audit from an outside accounting firm.
• Reviews all employee deductions, board receipts, and disbursements for Board-related expenditures.
• Speaks for the budget in partnership with the executive director
• Reviews all necessary financial reports for funding bodies in partnership with Executive Director.
Note: in policy governing boards such as ours, the duties of the Treasurer do not interfere with the executive director’s financial accountability to the board.


Duration of Term:
2 Years or More
Certification or Education Required:
We are looking for a Board Member willing to take on the position of Treasurer for a two year period beginning October 1st, 2020. We do not require any specific education, only that the person has an interest in numbers, an interest in serving on a community Board and bookkeeping skills.


Volunteer Director for CKUA Radio Foundation

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Description of Charity/Foundation:

Are you looking for an opportunity to exercise your business skills while giving back to your community?
CKUA’s Board of Directors is seeking your expertise to help build our legacy and vision, and support CKUA’s growth on-air, online and in-person in communities across Alberta.

CKUA is a donor-supported arts organization that inspires and connects through the power of music, arts, culture and story. With a focus on musical discovery, we showcase the best creative work from Alberta and beyond and deliver it on-air, online and in-person. With eclectic and engaging programming, colourful characters, and incredible music, CKUA has been a vital part of the Alberta community since 1927.
The Board of Directors serves the Foundation and its members with representatives from across Alberta. The Board works with CKUA’s management team to oversee the development of the strategic plan. The board sets the direction and objectives of the organization. The CKUA Management team executes on the strategic plan and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the organization.


Description of Role:

As stipulated in the CKUA By-Laws, Board Directors are elected for two-year terms, and limited to serve a maximum of six years. Although recruitment for board members is taking place during summer 2020, the term for new board members starts in January 2021.

Skills we are seeking:
● Senior management experience leading people, strategy, and transformative change.
● Finance and accounting experience, along with a CPA designation.
● Human resources or labour relations experience.
● Legal experience, ideally in the areas of media regulation and/or contracts.
● Fund development or donor relations experience.
● Strong governance experience in a corporate or not-for-profit environment
● Board experience as a committee chair and/or board chair.
● Industry experience in broadcasting or digital media.
● An ICD.D designation is considered an asset.

Attributes you possess:
● A demonstrated commitment to actively promote the vision, mission, and values, of the CKUA Radio Foundation;
● Demonstrated ability to communicate the vision, mission and values of the CKUA Radio Foundation and the Radio Network to partners, stakeholders and the broader community;
● Willingness and time available to participate in board, committee, as well as project meetings and activities;
● Access to technology to attend board and committee meetings virtually.
● Critical and creative thinkers.
● CKUA strives to be an inclusive and diverse organization. The board is looking for diverse voices and perspectives that represent a diversity of ethnicity, gender, ability, and age.


Prerequisites:
● 18 years of age or older.
● Enthusiasm for community support and engagement.
● An annual CKUA Radio Foundation member fee and minimum annual donation.

Please include the following in your application:

  1. Cover Letter
    a. Briefly tell us why you’re applying to serve on the CKUA Radio Foundation Board of
    Directors, and what contribution you can make on our dedicated team.
  2. A resume highlighting your experience and qualifications including:
    a. Business/work experience that aligns with any of the areas of expertise we are seeking.
    b. Previous board experience
    c. Previous community and/or volunteer activities

Contact:
Please submit your cover letter and resumé to CKUA Radio at board@ckua.com.
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Volunteer Treasurer/Director for Canadian Skin Patient Alliance (CSPA)

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Description of Charity/Foundation:
The Canadian Skin Patient Alliance (CSPA) is a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting skin health and improving the quality of life of Canadians living with disorders that affect skin, hair and nails.
We educate and raise awareness about the impacts of skin disorders, support patients, and advocate on behalf of our community for improved access to treatment and care across the country. We also serve as an umbrella organization for Canadian patient groups and organizations that deal with specific skin disorders. By working together, we advocate for the needs of skin patients across the country and provide a broad range of education and support.
Description of Role:
The Canadian Skin Patient Alliance is seeking a dedicated volunteer with a background in accounting and/or finance and an interest in skin health to join our national Board of Directors.

Treasurer Duties
CSPA is seeking a volunteer to join our Board of Directors as Treasurer. The successful candidate must prepare for and attend Executive Committee meetings every month and Board meetings every two months (in addition to special meetings that may occur throughout the year) and participate on the Finance Committee of the board. The Treasurer is also welcome to join other committees or working groups of the board.
The successful candidate must also:
• Have strong accounting and finance skills and understand accounting related to not-for-profit organizations
• Assist with preparing the organization’s financial plans and operating budgets
• Oversee accounts receivable and accounts payable and the organization’s overall finances
• Keep the books of account and accounting records of the organization as required by law
• Review, prepare, and present proper financial statements to and for the board
• Liaise with the accountant/auditor to ensure the organization’s accounts are reviewed/audited as required by law and presented to the members at the Annual General Meeting
• Be prepared to assist with a transition from a not-for-profit organization to a charity
• Provide advice and assist with financial planning of the organization.

Requirements and Commitments
• Committed to serving the needs of people with skin disorders and their families
• Ability to communicate in English
• Prepare for and attend meetings on average up to 2 hours per month (including Treasurer duties, preparing for and attending regular Executive Committee, Finance Committee and board meetings)
• Present the CSPA’s financial statements to the Executive Committee, Board of Directors and Finance Committee
• Be prepared to commit for a two-year term as a director. Directors may be elected to up to three consecutive terms
• Additional assets include:
• Experience in fundraising
• Knowledge of the health care system in Canada and awareness of the health policy environment
• Ability to communicate in French or languages other than English.

CSPA aims to reflect the communities that we serve so we welcome candidates with varied backgrounds and experiences to apply.

To Apply
Please email the Executive Director (Rachael Manion) at executivedirector@canadianskin.ca. Provide your resume and tell us about your experience with and/or interest in our organization and the skills and knowledge are you willing to bring to our board. Please include your contact information with email address (preferred) and/or phone number where you can be reached.

Duration of Term: 1 Year to 2 Years. This opportunity is largely remote with limited face-to-face meeting.
Contact: Website https://canadianskin.ca/

Volunteer Bookkeeper/Office Manager with NorthernStar Mothers Milk Bank

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Description of Charity/Foundation:
NorthernStar Mothers Milk Bank (NMMB) is Canada’s only community-based milk bank. We screen and accept excess milk from mothers who are breastfeeding their own babies. The milk is then pasteurized and dispensed to 34 hospitals across Canada. Human milk is just as much a medicine as it is a food to these compromised/premature babies.

Description of Role:
NMMB has a full time Bookkeeper/Office Manager who handles all the day-to-day roles. We are looking for someone who could assist with the following:
• Preparing annual government reporting; T4’s & T4 summary, Charity Return, WCB Return (oversight)
• Quarterly & annual management reports (oversight)
• Working knowledge of Quickbooks
• Oversee and be available for consultation with the office administrator/bookkeeper
• Oversee and approve payroll and CAFT automatic deposit process
• Ensure any financial data representing the organization is accurate
• Ensure government guidelines for Non-Profit Organizations are followed
• Attend and Participate in Board of Director meetings
• Development of Policies and Procedures

Certification or Education:
CPA/CA/CFA

Applicable Interests:
 Interest or experience with the mother/baby dyad would be beneficial.
NMMB is a close knit community that works well with respect and sharing of information.
Duration of Term: 1 Year to 2 Years

Contact: Jannette Festival at director@northernstarmilkbank.ca
Charity/Foundation Website: https://www.northernstarmilkbank.ca/

Volunteer Finance Leader with Youths Can Fish

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Description of Charity/Foundation:
To provide youth with the opportunity to attend a sponsored summer camp to learn fishing, Conservation, Survival Skills and Canadian Studies. Volunteer based and grassroots.

Description of Role:
1. Data entry, Bank Reconciliation, Cloud file organizer assistance, Bookkeeper duties on all financial transactions, reports, reconciliations;
2. Attend in person quarterly charity meetings (video meetings are used for now);
3. Filing of Provincial government related financial reports;
4. Reports on outstanding/upcoming expense and revenues;
5. Provides leadership,dedication and contribution towards financial health of the charity’s fundraising goals established.
6. Minimum average of 15 hours of volunteerism per month, remote work is the majority of the work.
Other volunteer opportunities are available if like to email your interest on how you would like to contribute volunteer time.

Certification or Education Required:
Accounting Designation. Perfect for Students.

Duration of Term:
1 to 2 Years

Contact:
Carla Tetzat youthscanfish2@shaw.ca
http://www.youthscanfish2.ca