Just as we’re about to start our exciting 2024/25 season, DanceHouse is delighted to announce our recruitment drive for new members to the DanceHouse board of directors.
Are you passionate about the performing arts and looking for ways to give back to your community, build your network and become more engaged?
We are currently looking for volunteers to support our governance and committee work.
We are especially interested in Board Members with a background in:
- Leadership
- Accounting/finance
- Corporate/business law
- Fiduciary thinking
- Fundraising/development
- Information technology
- Marketing/communications
- Network development
In addition, the ideal candidate(s) will have the following qualifications:
- Some knowledge of non-profit governance and sector
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Strong communication and networking skills
- Public speaking
- Enthusiasm for DanceHouse’s mission and willingness to contribute to the cause
Committees: DanceHouse One, Finance, Fundraising, Governance & Nominating, Venues
DanceHouse operates with a culture of fundraising, with everyone in the organization engaged in this culture.
We especially encourage applications from members of communities that are marginalized or that experience structural discrimination including those identifying as Indigenous; people of colour; members of non-dominant ethnic, religious, linguistic and/or cultural groups; women; (im)migrants/newcomers; people with (dis)abilities; and LGBTQ2S+ people. We invite applicants to self-identify in their application if they feel comfortable doing so. In order to achieve a representative team, preference may be given to applicants self-declaring as being a member of one or more of the groups identified above.
DanceHouse is committed to full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, we will ensure all persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations.
Interested candidates should email nominations@dancehouse.ca by the close of November 1, 2024. Please include your CV or bio and let us know why you think you’d be a good fit in no more than 300 words.
More details here.
DanceHouse acknowledges that it is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the x?m??k??y??m (Musqueam), S?wx?wú7mesh (Squamish), and s?lilw?ta? (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
