Job Title: Corporate Governance Assistant
Hourly Rate: $17/hour
Hours / Week: 35
Number of Weeks: 12
Tasks and Responsibilities:
The Corporate Governance Assistant will support the office of the President & CEO, the Board of Directors and their committees in the governance practices of the Association. The candidate will assist in the management of projects, activities, and resources within the governance structure and will provide a variety of specialized administrative support and services to the President & CEO, including scheduling meetings, coordinating Board and Committee meeting materials, preparing documents, and supporting the development and maintenance of corporate governance communications materials and records.
Description of the supervision plan:
The Corporate Governance Assistant will be supervised on a daily basis by the CFA’s President & CEO. The candidate will meet regularly with the President & CEO to review daily tasks, ask questions, and receive direction and feedback. The candidate will also participate in the Association’s performance management program to set goals, track success, and report on their performance.
Identify the type of mentoring plan:
The Corporate Governance Assistant will be mentored by the CFA’s President & CEO on the management of not-for-profit Boards of Directors and Committees. As part of the performance management program, the President & CEO will also offer a personalized development plan to provide exposure to work experience the candidate identifies as areas they wish to explore.
What skills will the participant develop during this placement?
- Client service
- Teamwork
- Communications
- Digital Skills
- Leadership
Describe how the client service skills will be developed:
As a membership organization serving over 700 corporate members, all CFA staff members interact directly with its members on a regular basis. The candidate will be responsible for communicating efficiently and professionally with the CFA’s Board of Directors, Committees, and general members (predominantly via e-mail) as a representative of the Association. The candidate will receive coaching as required when it comes to appropriate messaging, tone, and the most efficient and effective way to communicate important information in a business context.
Describe how the teamwork skills will be developed:
As a not-for-profit, small business membership organization, the CFA’s staff collaborate with each all across all departments on a regular basis and cultivates teamwork as a core value and business practice.
The Corporate Governance Assistant will have many opportunities to develop and hone their teamwork skills through collaboration with team members in other departments. Under the guidance and mentorship of the President & CEO, the candidate will also work closely with Committees of the Board in coordinating meetings and governance activities. This will be an excellent learning opportunity, as the candidate will be an active member of a cross-functional team and will learn more about how all team members need to coordinate tasks, share resources, and solve conflicts together.
Describe how the communication skills will be developed:
Communication skills are a strong component to the role as the Corporate Governance Assistant will need to clearly and succinctly communicate (primarily in writing) to the CFA Board of Directors and Committees, which is comprised of executive and C-Suite leaders of some of Canada’s most successful franchise systems. The President & CEO will provide coaching and direction to the candidate to ensure the appropriate messaging and tone are utilized. The candidate will develop written and verbal communication skills through the experience of participating in regular meetings, creating minutes, and composing e-mails.
Describe how the digital skills will be developed:
The Corporate Governance Assistant will develop a variety of digital skills in several business software. In addition to computer office software skills in MS 365 (Outlook, WORD, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.), the candidate will also gain skills in DEXT (expense management software) and in managing digital meeting software through coordination and hosting of Zoom and Teams meetings.
Describe how the leadership skills will be developed:
The Corporate Governance Assistant will develop leadership skills in their role through participation in the Association’s performance management program to set goals, track success, and report on their performance. This participation develops staff initiative, accountability, and responsibility for delivering on their goals as well as experience in performance management programs, goal setting, and time management.
Field of Studies:
- Business Administration
- Corporate Governance
- Non-profit Management
Does this job support a national priority?
Yes.
Indicate which national priority:
- Black and other racialized youth
- Small Businesses and Not-For-Profit organizations that self report as having leadership from groups that are underrepresented in the labour market. The CFA President & CEO is Sherry McNeil who is part of the underrepresented demographic of women in the labour market, which is particularly true in non-profit sector in Ontario and in franchising in Canada. Women in the non-profit sector in Ontario is underrepresented in leadership positions (only 20-25% of all leaders in the sector are women). Additionally, women are even more underrepresented in franchising in Canada, with only 4% of all leadership positions being held by women.
Describe how you will provide services to, or intend to hire, youth who self-identify as being part of the groups which are underrepresented or as having additional barriers to entering or staying in the labour market.
As an equal opportunity workplace, the CFA welcomes all qualified candidates to apply. The CFA will also include optional self-identification of applicants as being BIPOC on its recruitment application form.
However, all candidates will be evaluated on their ability to handle the responsibilities, not their race, sexual orientation, or gender. The role can be an entry-level position.
Describe how your job will support small businesses, in recognition of their contribution to the creation of jobs.
The Corporate Governance Assistant will support small businesses and recognition of their contribution to the creation of jobs through their support of the corporate governance of the CFA. The efficient and effective governance and strategy development of the CFA’s Board of Directors directly impacts the Association’s mission and purpose of educating, advocating, and promoting the power and opportunities of small business ownership through franchising. The Canadian franchise industry is comprised of over 73,000 small business franchises (franchisees and franchisors) and employs 1.5 million FTE. The majority of franchised business locations are small businesses: about half employ 1 to 5 full-time FTE and/or 1 to 5 part-time FTE.
Does this job support your Member of Parliament’s local priorities?
- Yes. Support for a specific type of project: Projects supporting not for profit organizations