Are you passionate about the Arts? Do you live or work in Jackson County and want to become more involved in the growth of the arts and artists in Jackson County?
The JCAC Board of Directors is the governing body of the organization – primarily ensuring financial health and providing strategic direction.
The JCAC Board works in partnership with the JCAC staff to ensure that the organization’s culture, practices, and relationships align with the values, mission, and vision we set forth
Board Member Job Description
The Board of Directors of JCAC shall frame the issues and think creatively of opportunities and challenges to be met for the Council to be an exemplary countywide nonprofit support organization.
The legal duties and responsibilities of the Board Members are generally outlined in the JCAC Bylaws. Each Board Member should be conversant and compliant with the Bylaws and their contents.
Most fundamentally, each Director has a duty of loyalty and a duty of care. The following provisions list many of the specific responsibilities and actions required to meet those legal and ethical duties and effectively govern the organization.
Responsibilities of the Board
Governance
- Adopt and regularly review JCAC’s Mission and Vision statements, and review performance in achieving them.
- Adopt, and regularly review, JCAC’s Statement of Ethics and Values, and monitor the organization’s performance in accordance with those principles.
- Adopt, and regularly review, broad written policies reflecting the Mission and Values of the organization, within which the President is authorized to manage the organization and to develop and implement operational plans to carry out the Mission.
- Regularly assess the environment for the nonprofit sector and, in partnership with the President, develop strategies to be responsive.
- Serve as a model for North Carolina nonprofits on best practices in governance.
- Hire, monitor, appraise, advise, stimulate, support, reward, and, if deemed necessary or desirable, replace the Office Administrator.
- Ensure that management succession is properly planned.
- Meet as a Board monthly. Focus on “what matters most,” and apply the knowledge and experience of individual Board members to the organization’s major challenges.
- Establish the Committee structure; adopt and regularly review the Committee’s duties.
- Annually review and approve the Executive Committee’s performance review of the Office Administrator, and establish compensation based on recommendations of the Executive Committee.
- Ensure that the organizational strength and employee base can sustain the Mission and achieve long-range goals.
- Propose prospective board members and fill vacancies as needed. Ensure adequate orientation of new members. Ensure the adoption and adequacy of the Board leadership succession plan.
- Periodically conduct a self-review of Board performance (including its composition, organization, and responsibilities) and take steps to improve its performance.
- Ensure that JCAC has established appropriate policies to define and identify conflicts of interest throughout the organization and is diligent in its administration and enforcement.
- Review compliance with relevant material laws affecting JCAC and its programs and operations.
Financial Responsibilities
- Ensure that JCAC’s financial structure and funding plans will adequately support its current needs and long-range strategy.
- Ensure that the Board is fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities, including reviewing monthly and annual financial statements, funding plans, budgets, and financial goals.
- Review results achieved against JCAC’s Mission, annual, and long-range goals. Compare performance to that of other regional nonprofit associations.
- Approve major actions on all projects over authorized limits and major changes in programs and services.
- Ensure that the Board, its committees, members, donors, and the public are adequately informed of the organization’s financial condition and operations through internal and published reports and other appropriate methods.
- Ensure that published reports properly reflect the organization’s operating results and financial condition.
- Appoint independent auditors, review audit reports, and review management letters with the President.
- Ensure that adequate risk management policies are established and implemented.
Responsibilities of Each Individual Board Member
- Be loyal to JCAC, always exercising Board powers in the interest of JCAC, and not for the interest of the individual Director or others
- Be informed about JCAC’s Mission and Vision, Operating plans, policies, and programs. Work with the rest of the Board to review, approve, and oversee JCAC’s Mission, and review performance in achieving it. Be an avid proponent of the Mission, and inform others about JCAC, its Mission, Vision, and programs.
- Ensure legal and ethical integrity, and maintain accountability and transparency to members, funders, donors, other constituents, and the general public.
- Prepare for, attend, and actively participate in Board and Committee meetings and special events. Serve on Committees and undertake special assignments willingly and enthusiastically when asked. Provide candid and constructive advice, comments, and criticism. Ask timely and substantive questions at Board and Committee meetings, consistent with conscience and conviction, while supporting the majority decision on issues decided by the Board.
- Make a personal, tax-deductible contribution once a year at a level reasonable to the individual.
- Be familiar with and follow conflict-of-interest policies and submit an annual Conflict of Interest Report.
- Participate in the generation and approval of policies focusing on mission, finances, and income. Ensure that programs are consistent with the Mission.
- Suggest possible nominees for election to the Board who can make significant contributions to the work of the Board and the organization.
- Keep up to date on developments in and affecting the nonprofit sector.
- Provide moral and professional support and be available as a resource to the President.
- Avoid involvement in any political campaign in the name of JCAC, unless directed by the Board to question or present an advocacy issue on behalf of the organization to a potential candidate.
- Maintain confidentiality of the Board’s executive actions.
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