Opportunities

Description of Position: Attend and participate in Board meetings, activities and programs. Support the mission of The Forest Park Aquatic Center with time, talent and other resources commensurate with ability and interest.

Description of Position: Together with other members of the Board, is legally and morally responsible for all activities of the agency. Board members are solely responsible for determining agency policy in the following areas: Human Resources, Planning, Finance, Community Relations, and Organizational Operations. Human Resources: 1) Recruit and orient new board members and assess board performance 2) Select, support and assess the performance of the Executive Director 3) Personnel policies (which include providing policy guidance, addressing salaries, benefits and grievance procedures) 4) Volunteer involvement, (which includes setting policy regarding how volunteers should be used, in what areas, and generally how the organization should treat, recognize and celebrate its volunteers) Planning: 1.) Setting and reviewing the organization’s mission/philosophy and goals 2.) Planning for the organization’s future, on a long and short-range basis 3.) Determine, monitor, and strengthen the organization’s programs and services. Finance: 1) Ensuring financial accountability of the organization 2) Overseeing an ongoing process of budget development, approval and review 3) Raising funds and/or ensuring that adequate funds are raised to support the organization’s mission 4) Managing and maintaining properties or investments the organization possesses Community Relations: 1) Ensuring that the organization’s programs and services appropriately address community/client needs 2) Marketing the organization’s services/programs 3) Enhance the organization’s public standing 4) Cooperative action (which includes occasions when the organization could/should take part in coalitions, joint fundraising, etc.) Organization Operations: 1) Assuring that the organization’s administrative systems are adequate and appropriate 2) Assuring that the Board’s operations are adequate and appropriate 3) Ensuring that the organizational structure is appropriate 4) Ensuring that the organization and its board members meet all applicable legal requirements 5) Ensure ethical integrity and maintain accountability

Description of Position:

Board members serve a 3-year term and are required to attend one meeting on the second Monday of every other month from 4:00 to 6:00pm.

Each Board member is expected to be actively involved by serving on one of the task force committees that provides oversight for the affairs, property, and expenditures of the organization.

Special executive sessions may be called by the President of the Board as necessary. 

Description of Position: The Stormwater Advisory Board will make recommendations to the Fishers Town Council on implementation and rates of the stormwater utility in order to fund Environmental Protection Agency and Indiana Department of Environmental Management programs.