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Board Coordinator

Toronto or Montréal

Applications will be accepted until 09:00am Eastern Time on Wednesday, 12 February 2025

A detailed job description is available HERE.

Salary Grade: Level 12 - $58,410 in starting year

At the core of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada’s identity is a commitment to medical ethics, independence, neutrality, and impartiality. We go where people’s medical needs are greatest. These ideals have driven every aspect of our work – from medical care and logistical coordination, to finance and communications – since MSF was established in 1971. 

The Board Coordinator is part of the Association & Board team that provides the link between the Association membership and the Board of Directors as well as MSF Canada employees, the volunteers who support MSF Canada’s associative activities and the associations of other MSF sections. The work of the team aims to encourage, support, and organize the Association to carry out two critical roles: the governance of the organization and sustaining associative life in Canada.

MSF Canada is looking for an individual who will be responsible for the following:  

  • Development and coordination of Board activities, dates, and events, including logistics for board members, ensuring roles of individual members are clear and goals and deadlines are met
  • Management of Board calendar of events, meeting minutes, and other documentation necessary for board function, owning the full scope of administrative activities
  • Drives coordination of all Board activities and events as well as coordination with the Association
  • Develops and drives board-related communications for various stakeholders
  • Independently contain operational tasks within the Coordinator role to ensure Board remains in a strategic framework

The successful candidate will bring to MSF Canada:  

  • Fluency in English
  • Proficiency in French (an asset)
  • Commitment to MSF principles
  • Cross cultural awareness
  • Planning and organizing competencies
  • Initiative and innovation
  • High level understanding of functional governance
  • Experience in a senior administrative or executive coordination position
  • Experience in crafting executive-level communications
  • Experience organising and coordinating an annual cycle
  • Demonstrated experience in a role with a high level of confidentiality
  • Demonstrated experience organising full/multi-day meetings with out-of-town participants
  • Experience working with Board of Directors’ a nonprofit or international humanitarian organization, or similar related experience
  • Experience coordinating priorities of diverse stakeholders into coherent workstreams

MSF Canada will provide:

  • Starting 4 weeks' of vacation per year 
  • Access to an Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) 
  • Flexible work hours and a hybrid working model (minimum 40% in office) 
  • An accessible open concept, shared office space with bookable workstations (consisting of sit/stand desks, swivel chair, laptop with dock and double monitors) and various sized meeting rooms  
  • A commitment to incorporating equity, diversity, and inclusion in everything  
  • 5% RRSP contributions (no employee matching required) 
  • Health Spending Account 
  • Lifestyle Spending Account 
  • Group insurance (Life, Dependent Life, AD&D) 
  • Peace of Mind plan (prescription drugs, accidental dental, hospital care, etc.) 
  • Annual professional development budget
  • A positive and innovative office culture is based on core values of humanity, integrity and results

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada; MSF Canada is not able to support or relocate candidates from outside Canada.

NOTE: Any questions or concerns regarding accommodation and accessibility may be addressed to ask.hr@toronto.msf.org.

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MSF Canada is a people-focused humanitarian organization that is proud to offer a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive work environment. We strongly believe this approach enhances our work and we’re committed to equity in employment. The organization seeks to attract and engage the best professionals to join and maintain meaningful, productive and lasting work relationships. We embrace diverse motivations and backgrounds of people working together to exhibit their passion in action for the social mission of MSF. / Organisation humanitaire se préoccupant des êtres humains, MSF Canada est fière d’offrir un milieu de travail diversifié, collaboratif et inclusif. Nous croyons fermement que cette approche valorise notre travail. Nous souscrivons aussi au principe de l’équité en matière d’emploi. L’organisation cherche à attirer et à embaucher les professionnels les plus compétents et à entretenir avec eux des relations de travail fructueuses, productives et durables. Nous favorisons les motivations et expériences différentes des personnes qui, en collaborant, expriment leur passion dans l’action en faveur de la mission sociale de MSF.  

MSF Canada acknowledges the existence of systemic racism and oppression and is committed to sustaining and strengthening its anti-racism and anti-oppression (AOAR) efforts. / MSF Canada reconnaît l'existence de l'oppression et du racisme systémiques, et s'engage à maintenir et à intensifier ses efforts de lutte contre le racisme et l'oppression.

As MSF Canada continues to grow and strive to remove barriers in its offices in Canada and in MSF work environments abroad, we welcome applications from individuals with unique experiences of intersectional oppression on the basis of their social markers such as their ethno-racial identity, age, gender identity, education, socio-economic status or place of origin. / Alors que MSF Canada continue de grandir et de travailler à l'élimination des barrières dans ses bureaux ici au pays et les projets MSF à l'étranger, nous encourageons les individus ayant des expériences uniques d'oppression intersectionnelle sur la base de leurs marqueurs sociaux, tels que l'identité ethnoraciale, l'âge, l'identité de genre, l'éducation, le statut socio-économique ou le lieu d

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