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Join Our Board of Directors - St. Joseph's Care Group
Date: 2025-01-10
St. Joseph's Care Group is looking for candidates to apply for open positions on our volunteer Board of Directors.
If you are a passionate and caring person who wishes to make a meaningful contribution to building equitable, compassionate healthcare, the volunteer Board of Directors of St. Joseph's Care Group (SJCG) may be for you. We welcome applications from all candidates; labour relations experience is an asset.
SJCG combines tradition and innovation in responding to the unmet needs of the people of Northwestern Ontario since 1884. We offer a broad range of programs and services in Mental Health & Addictions, Rehabilitative Care, Long-Term Care, and Supportive Housing across more than eight sites in the City of Thunder Bay, ON. For more information about SJCG, please click here.
About the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of SJCG (the Board) has overall responsibility for the governance of SJCG, providing strategic leadership in establishing its mission, vision, and values and setting policy direction to achieve them. Through a policy governance model, the Board adopts policies to ensure there is effective management of the organization's human and financial resources. The Board is also responsible to its funders and the community at large for the operations of SJCG.
Directors are appointed for to a term of up to three years, with eligibility for reappointment for two additional terms. The Board of Directors holds regular meetings once per month from September-May, plus the Annual General Meeting in June. Participation on at least one committee is also required as part of the terms of service.
Application Process
SJCG is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals of Northwestern Ontario including women, visible minorities, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, and other equity-seeking groups. We invite all applicants to complete our voluntary self-identification as a part of the application process.
All applicants are required to live in Northwestern Ontario. Please click here to learn more about our Board.
Accommodation due to a disability will be made available throughout the application process on request. Application deadline is Friday, February 14, 2025.
Interested candidates are invited to bring their skills, experience and enthusiasm to serve on our Board of Directors or a Board Standing Committee via a submission of their curriculum vitae to boardrecruit@tbh.net.
Further inquiries can be directed to:
Executive Coordinator
Office of the President & CEO
St. Joseph's Care Group
PO Box 3251, 35 Algoma St. N.
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5G7
Tel: 807-343-2450
Fax: 807-345-4994
Email: boardrecruit@tbh.net
