Amethyst Women's Addiction Centre is seeking dedicated women with experience on or with boards to become members of our
Board of Directors Recruitment Amethyst Women’s Addiction Centre is seeking dedicated women with experience on or with boards to become members of our Board of Directors If you would like to contribute to an organization that helps women in Ottawa build healthier lives by taking control of factors affecting their wellbeing through a holistic, women-centered approach, this opportunity may be for you. We are seeking new members for our board of directors, which is responsible for assisting in developing and updating policies and procedures, participating in strategic planning sessions, hiring personnel and monitoring the finances and other areas of governance of the organization. The successful candidate must be a woman who: has demonstrated in her paid or volunteer work, or studies, a feminist commitment to bettering women's lives is able to make a contribution to the work of Amethyst through several means, including her expertise, life experience and support is genuinely interested in working with Board members of different background and interests is willing to work by consensus with other Board members, using its feminist model of decision-making has sufficient time to attend Board and committee meetings, read the required reports and other material, and is willing to chair a committee of the board - please note that Amethyst has a working Board and members are expected to take part in committee work is open and able to adapt to alternative ways of making decisions is 18 years of age or older We encourage nominations from francophone women, women with disabilities, women of colour, and lesbian, bisexual or transgendered women. To apply for one of these positions, please email your resume and a short statement stating your interest in volunteering with Amethyst Women’s Addiction Centre to Genevieve Charest at
[email protected]. Interviews will be held in September. Amethyst Women’s Addiction Centre was the first addiction treatment centre of its kind, in that the services provided incorporated a gender-based analysis in order to recognize the specific ways in which women experience substance use and addiction. Since that time, Amethyst has evolved through many incarnations to meet the ever-changing needs of women in our community and currently serves close to 700 women every year.
· 488 rue Wilbrod Street · Ottawa · Ontario · K1N 6M8 · · Tel: 613.563.0363 · Fax: 613.565.2175 · TTY/ATS: 613.563.2995 · · www.amethyst-ottawa.org ·
