Position Title: Strategic Planning Volunteer
Organization name: Organization for Transformative Works
Committee: Strategic Planning
Reports to: Strategic Planning Committee Chair
Time Requirements: 2 – 4 hours/week
Term: 1+ years (with 2-week mandatory break and optional additional 2 weeks, separate from any hiatuses)
Role overview: The members of the Strategic Planning Committee are responsible for conducting the strategic planning process for the organization, including: collecting information on the functioning of the org; analyzing trends; identifying problems, best practices, and future goals; presenting findings to the Board, the OTW as a whole, and the wider OTW community; facilitating the drafting, review, and implementation of the strategic plan.
Key Responsibilities:
- Attend meetings and participate in discussions
- Share equally in committee work, including:
- Drafting and editing documents
- Implementation monitoring
- Information collection (surveys, email and chat interviews, questions and feedback from the contact form)
- Minutes
- Documentation of committee procedures and decisions
- Committee administration duties
- Actively work to understand the issues the committee and each team of the Org faces, as well as the bigger picture of the organization
- Research and keep up to date on the theory and practice behind the committee’s work
- Maintain a commitment to confidentiality regarding the work of the committee and all internal discussions and information
Experience:
- Must not hold a seat on Board of Directors
- Must not be chair of any other committee, but may be volunteer
- Strategic Planning welcomes volunteers with no prior experience volunteering with the OTW
Skills and attributes:
- Strategic planning experience or understanding of strategic planning best practices
- Understanding of information processing/statistics and/or survey construction (helpful)
- Impartiality
- Ability to share tasks and contribute to a group environment
- Commitment to clear and open communication
- Reliability
- Ability to work with a variety of personalities
- Experience and/or training in conflict management and resolution
- Commitment to confidentiality
- Ability to approach issues with an open mind
Training Requirements:
Strategic Planning Volunteers will :
- Be trained in accordance with the Strategic Planning Training Procedure
- Be open to mentoring and/or coaching other volunteers in specific bailiwicks if requested or needed
- Be open to being mentored or coached if other volunteers have knowledge or experience to share