Joining the board of Happy City

If you’re passionate about civic engagement and making your city a better place, or if you know someone who could help us steer Happy City through this crucial upcoming year, joining our board could be a great opportunity to develop new skills, share your experience, meet other civic-minded people, and of course help make St. John’s a better place. Consideration of new potential board members will take place at our upcoming Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 18th September, so if you are interested, please let us know before then.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Happy City St. John’s has an active volunteer board, and members should expect to spend at least 10-15 hours per month working with colleagues, volunteers and partners on our events and long term projects. We encourage all members to bring their own ideas for projects and partnerships, and we help each other to develop and deliver new initiatives.
WHO SHOULD APPLY
We are seeking board members with a variety of skill sets, including but not limited to policy, advocacy, communications, and fundraising and financial management. Happy City St. John’s believes all citizens’ experiences must be at the centre of the work we do and therefore we strongly encourage nominations from people of diverse backgrounds and different lived experiences. If you are passionate about making your community a better place, we’d love to hear from you.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Individuals can simply nominate themselves by completing this online form. Anyone can stand for election, except current elected government officials or candidates. You will be asked to provide a brief bio which will be shared on the website and via email in advance of the general meeting to inform members who are planning on attending and voting. You will also be asked to share a little bit about yourself and why you are interested in a board role during the AGM.

The election of new board members takes place at the AGM. Members will vote following the introduction of all candidates (this can also be done by those watching online), and the newly-elected board will decide which members will be on the executive at the following board meeting.

If you have any questions about the whole process, please contact Elizabeth Oliver, our Secretary, at secretary@happycity.ca