AS A result of a recent vacancy, Shepparton Foodshare (SF) has the opportunity to appoint one new board member.
SF is seeking Expressions of Interest (EoI) from suitably experienced people to be considered for appointment to its volunteer board of directors.
Established in 2012 as a result of community need, SF remains the only local food rescue agency, providing food to those that are hungry or experiencing food insecurity.
SF had distributed 3.7M kilos of food, or equivalent of 7.4M meals, to people in need and has redirected more than 3M kilograms of edible food from entering landfill.
To deliver this service, Foodshare partners with supermarkets, business and other food rescue agencies statewide to provide nutritious food. SF runs predominantly on volunteers, including board members.
SF seek a board member with proficient experience in business, legal, human resource management or accounting, and/or prior board service in the not-for-profit section, and/or multicultural relationships/leadership experience. The term is one year.
Board members are expected to:
- Attend 75 percent of monthly meetings and actively participate in meetings (meetings are generally up to two hours in duration)
- Stay informed about board matters, prepare for meetings and comment on minutes and reports where necessary
- Serve on sub-committees (as necessary)
- Attend events or meetings to represent SF as necessary Support fundraising initiatives
- Utilise own skills, experience, knowledge, and networks to support the success of SF and to foster existing or build new necessary partnerships and relationships.
EoI’s close Monday, February 27. To submit, forward a letter outlining your experience and why ‘addressing hunger in our diverse community,’ is important to you, to ATTENTION: Shepparton Foodshare Executive Officer, Glenn Peric at executiveofficer@sheppartonfoodshare.org.au.
For more information contact SF executive officer at executiveofficer@sheppartonfoodshare.org.au, or phone 0427 774 579.
