Board of Director, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
About The Position
The Board of Directors is the governing body of the Ontario Tech Student Union (OTSU), representing the students of specific faculties at Ontario Tech. Those who sit on the board are responsible for supervising and advising the Executive of constituent concerns and providing leadership and accountability to the deliverables outlined in the annual strategic vision goals for the Student Executive within the overall Strategic Plan for the OTSU at a high governance level. The Board of Directors is not involved in the day-to-day operations. Subject to the Act, the Articles and the Bylaws, the Board shall supervise the Executive and oversee the management of the activities and affairs of the Student Union.
Requirements
- is less than 18 years of age
- is not a Full Time Voting Member in good standing
- has been declared incapable by a court in Canada or in another country
- currently has the status of a bankrupt
- Person must be in Academic Good Standing
Responsibilities
- Serve as a chief liaison between the Student Union and the student population attending at the downtown campus
- Act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Student Union
- Exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances
- Comply with the Act, the Articles and the Bylaws
- Supervise the Executive and oversee the management of the activities and affairs of the Student Union in all things
- Approve the purchase, lease or acquisition, or sale, exchange or disposal of shares, stocks, rights, warrants, options and other securities, lands, buildings and other property, movable or immovable, real or personal, tangible or intangible
- Any right or interest therein owned for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the Board may deem advisable
- Authorize all major expenditures on behalf of the Student Union and to delegate, by Board Resolution, to Executive the right to make and authorize such lesser expenditures on such terms and conditions, as it deems appropriate
- Establish committees to exercise any function of the Student Union
- Approve the annual operating budget for the Student Union no later than June 30 of each fiscal year
- Inspect any document or record and audit any program, facility or activity conducted or funded by the Student Union
- Establish, adopt and amend such rules, regulations, policies or procedures relating to the affairs of the Student Union as the Board deems expedient, provided that no rule, regulation, policy or procedure is valid to the extent that it is inconsistent with the Act, the Articles or the Bylaws
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
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