Director positions on its Board of Directors

Hockey Alberta is seeking candidates for three Director positions on its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is focused on being a diverse group comprised of individuals with a variety of skill sets and experiences. Directors have the ability to make an impact on hockey across the province. Hockey Alberta Bulletin: Board of Directors Recruitment Notice
 

Hockey Alberta is the governing body for organized amateur hockey in the Province of Alberta. The Board of Directors builds and monitors the strategy of the organization through its vision, mission, values and strategic direction. The Board operates under a Policy Governance Model and delegates operations to the President and Chief Executive Officer. The Board is elected by and accountable to the members of Hockey Alberta. The Board holds regular meetings, either in-person in Red Deer or via phone/ online platform.

The Board of Directors is focused on being a diverse group comprised of individuals with a variety of skill sets and experiences. The Board of Directors believes in the benefits diversity brings and recognizes that diversity of thought makes prudent business sense. Having a Board composed of individuals with diverse skills, experience, backgrounds and perspectives, as well as individuals of diverse gender identity, will provide:

• competitive advantage;
• robust understanding of opportunities, issues and risks;
• inclusion of different concepts, ideas, and relationships;
• enhanced decision-making and dialogue; and
• heightened capacity for oversight of the organization and its governance.

For purposes of Board composition, diversity includes, but is not limited to, business and industry skills and experience, gender, ethnicity, and geographic location (perspectives from different areas of the Province enhance the thought diversity of the Board and provide necessary insight for making decisions). The Board will make good use of these differences and distinctions among individuals in recruiting for the optimum composition of the Board.

Recruitment for Board members must collectively reflect the diverse nature of the business environment in which the organization operates and be made on merit, in the context of the skills, experience, independence and knowledge which the Board requires to be effective.

Target Skills, Experience and Background

Industry Knowledge

• Experience with aspects of the game at various levels; or
• Knowledge/ experience with Membership Relations.

Technical Skills

• Legal expertise; or
• Fund Development and Revenue Generation for Non-Profit expertise; or

Governance

• Advocacy experience related to Government relations and/ or stakeholder relations; or

• Knowledge and experience with Board Governance models and/ or previous experience as a Board Chair; or

• Strategic Planning.

Gender

• At least one (1) of the recommended candidates must be a woman.