Board Placement Services for Executives

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Corporate Executive Application Form

Becoming a nonprofit organization board member is the means to deepen your knowledge and understanding of a community. It is an opportunity to give back by applying leadership and professional skills toward a personally satisfying mission, while extending your personal network and develops professional connections.

The sections below explain the different parts of the program. You can click on the links below to go to a specfic subject.

Nonprofit board service
The matching process
Training curriculum
The application process

Nonprofit Board service: What does it mean to serve on a nonprofit organization board?

The Leadership Connection's BTP training includes a comprehensive overview of nonprofit board service. Expectations vary depending on the organization and its specific board needs. Traditional governing responsibilities include:

Commitment to the mission and goals of the organization
Attendance at board meetings
Service on a board committee
Contribution of expertise to the strategic development of the board and the organization
Financial and in-kind contributions of time and resources
Assistance with fund raising and attendance at special events
Represent and advocate for the organization's goals and mission
Disclosure of any conflicts of interest

The Leadership Connection asks for a two-year commitment to board service upon a successful match between an executive and nonprofit organization.

The matching process

The Leadership Connection matching process will draw on Jericho Road's deep knowledge and professional assessment of Lowell nonprofits to facilitate thoughtful matching between nonprofit boards and executives. The Jericho Road Project has over 8 years' combined experience matching and placing volunteers in nonprofit organizations in Lowell. Jericho Road has facilitated over 350 collaborations between hundreds of executives and its 100 nonprofit clients. Both Jericho Road volunteers and its nonprofit clients give a nearly 90% satisfaction rate for collaborative projects.

Matching logistics

1. Participating nonprofit organizations will be screened, and complete a thorough application process, including a board skills gap analysis, in order to better understand their needs.
2. Corporate participants will be personally interviewed by Jericho Road Project staff prior to matching with a nonprofit in order to better understand their priorities and interests.
3. Current nonprofit board members will participate in the training, allowing corporate participants to personally meet and interact with them.
4. Jericho Road staff will facilitate a personal, no-obligation match-making process between the executive and the nonprofit*.
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*JRP matches most of the executives it trains within three months of the training. A match may take more time to due to executive supply, nonprofit demand, alignment between executive and nonprofit and other factors.

Training Curriculum

Module One: Leading with Presence: Seizing the moment in a crowded room (The Ariel Group; www.arielgroup.com)

Module Two: The Fundamentals of Nonprofit Governance (The Jericho Road Project; www.jerichoroadproject.org)

Module Three: Legal and Fiscal Stewardship of your Nonprofit (Foley Hoag; www.foleyhoag.com, Lesley University; www.lesley.edu and Deloitte; www.deloitte.com)

Module Four: Sustaining Healthy Nonprofits: Fundraising/ Revenue Generation (The Jericho Road Project; www.jerichoroadproject.org)

Dates and times:

Training location and host:

Raytheon Company - Integrated Defense Systems, Learning Center, 50 Applehill Drive, Tewksbury, MA

The application process:

Corporate Human Resource staff are asked to select appropriate candidates for participation in the program utilizing the HR Trainee Recruitment Guide.

Applicants selected by their sponsoring corporation will be asked to complete a corporate application form. (Corporate Executive Application Form)

The application form should be downloaded, filled out and submitted electronically with a resume to leadershipconnection@jerichoroadproject.org.

Each training session can accommodate 15 trainee participants and 15 nonprofit participants.

The Board Training and Placement Service will be offered at least twice a year.