Job description

Note: This role is without renumeration.

About Sean’s Legacy:

Sean’s Legacy is a public health nonprofit redefining primary prevention of suicide through education, support, and mentorship. Founded in 2019, ten years following the passing of Sean Myers, Sean’s Legacy honors a vivacious dancer and honors student who died by suicide at age 13. To preserve his legacy, we are working to increase LGBTQIA+ representation and identity education as a primary prevention method to reduce suicide and provide support to the LGBTQIA+ population. In the future, it is our hope to launch a program offering free mental healthcare services to underserved youth and young adults.

We are taking LGBTQIA+ representation a step further with our professional mentorship program in development. Through our program, mentors and mentees will share mutual interests, industries, gender identities, and/or sexualities. Young professionals who identify as LGBTQIA+ aged 18-25 years will be matched with LGBTQIA+ mentors based on their commonalities. Conversely, LGBTQIA+ adults established in their careers have the opportunity to volunteer as a mentor to be the role model they needed when they were younger. Our work champions transparency and safety for both parties throughout the design process. We are roughly 18 months from program launch and need to generate funds to support the maintenance of the online platform.

About the role:

Sean’s Legacy is seeking our inaugural Chairperson of the Board to assist our head of the executive board search committee in developing an inaugural board to serve our organization. We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate who is supportive of the mission of Sean’s Legacy and who has an affinity to serve LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults.

As a partner to the Managing Director and other board members, the Board Chair will provide leadership to Sean’s Legacy (SL), support and sustain our workstreams, provide governance leadership and strategic fundraising support. A key part of the Board Chair’s responsibility will be leading and tracking the progress of the succession planning process for our organization.

Specific responsibilities include: Leadership, governance, and oversight.

General responsibilities:

• Develop and manage relationships and communicate with funders, partners, and other stakeholders
• As a board member, approving SL’s annual budget, audit reports, and material business decisions; being informed of, and meeting all, legal and fiduciary responsibilities
• Ensure the nonprofit obeys applicable laws and regulations as it relates to its programs in development and upon program launch
• Review outcomes and metrics created by SL for evaluating its impact, and regularly measuring its performance and effectiveness using those metrics
• Assist the co-founders and executive board search committee in recruiting board members while ensuring SL’s commitment to a diverse board and staff that reflects the communities SL serves
• Lead the search for, interview, and appoint an Executive Director with support from the Executive Board
• Plan, preside over, and facilitate board and committee meetings; partnering with the Managing Director and future Executive Director to ensure that board resolutions are carried out
• Be an active participant in guiding the future direction of SL and take an active role in other committee work

Fundraising responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the Board of Directors, generating substantial annual revenue and fostering SL’s overall financial health
• Personally treating SL as a top philanthropic priority reflected in an annual financial gift
• Ensuring that 100 percent of SL board members make an annual contribution that is commensurate with their capacity
• Identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major individual donors, corporate, and/or foundation gifts

Qualifications:

This is an extraordinary opportunity for an individual who is passionate about the success of SL’s beneficiaries and who has a track record of board leadership. The selected Board Chair will have achieved leadership stature in business, government, public health, philanthropy, accounting, law, tech, or the nonprofit sector. Their accomplishments will allow them to attract other well-qualified, high-performing board members.

All board members must have a commitment to and understanding of the LGBTQIA+ community, particularly the barriers that LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults encounter in accessing mental healthcare. Additionally, all board members must have a general understanding of, and commitment to, health equity, including but not limited to racial equity, and the role of sexuality on health inequities and how they relate to suicidal behaviors.

Ideal candidates will demonstrate the following qualifications:

• Extensive experience with significant executive leadership accomplishments in business, public health, philanthropy, tech, or the nonprofit sector
• Demonstrated success as a nonprofit board member or board chair
• Track record of building credibility in the funding community that has resulted in major gifts to a nonprofit
• A commitment to and understanding of SL’s beneficiaries and mission preferably based on experience
• Savvy diplomatic skills and ability to cultivate relationships and persuade, convene, facilitate, and build consensus among diverse individuals
• Excellent communication skills coupled with affinity for public speaking
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a passion for improving the lives of SL’s beneficiaries

Board term:

Service on the Board of Directors is without remuneration. Time investment is a minimum of 10 hours per month. Board meetings are planned to be held monthly and committee meetings will be held as needed. Board members serve a 2-year renewable term.

To apply:
If you are interested in this role or getting involved in another way, please send your resume and a cover letter to Dutch, head of the executive board search committee. Applications will be reviewed upon receipt. Qualified candidates will be invited for an interview with the executive board search lead and co-founders.

In solidarity,

Sean’s Legacy Leadership

Job Type: Part-time

Application Question(s):

• Are you comfortable working in a remote setting?
• Do you share our commitment to and understanding of the LGBTQIA+ community?

Work Location: Remote

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