Board Member

The Board will support the work of the Health Systems Insight (HSI), formerly known as ThinkWell Institute, and provide mission-based leadership and strategic governance. While day-to-day operations are led by HSI’s Chief Executive Officer and its Executive Leadership Team, the Board-Executive Leadership relationship is a partnership, and the appropriate involvement of the Board is both critical and expected.

Specific Board Member Responsibilities Include:

Leadership, Governance, and Oversight

• Overseeing and ensuring that HSI is true to its mission/purpose
• Guiding and approving HSI’s strategic plan
• Serving as a trusted advisor to the CEO/President as they develop and implement HSI’s strategic plan
• Reviewing outcomes and metrics created by HSI for evaluating its impact, and regularly measuring its performance and effectiveness using those metrics; reviewing agenda and supporting materials before board and committee meetings
• Approving HSI’s annual budget, audit reports, and material business decisions; being informed of, and meeting all legal and fiduciary responsibilities
• Recruitment and oversight of the performance of the CEO/President
• Assisting the CEO/President and board chair in identifying, recruiting, and orienting other Board Members
• Partnering with the CEO/President and other board members to ensure that board resolutions are carried out
• Serving on committees or task forces and taking on special assignments as required
• Managing and mitigating risk for HSI
• Representing the Institute to stakeholders, acting as an ambassador for the organization
• Ensuring the HSI’s commitment to a diverse board and staff that reflects the communities it serves

Fundraising

• Board Members will consider HSI a philanthropic priority and support fundraising initiatives for the Institute as appropriate

Board Terms/Participation:

• Board Members will serve an initial three-year term, of which the first year is a probation period
• Board meetings will be held at least four times a year, and committee meetings will be held in coordination with the full board meetings. HSI will aim to organize one in-person meeting per year

Board Member Expectations:

• Follow HSI’s bylaws, policies, and board resolutions
• Sign annual conflict-of-interest, anti-nepotism disclosures, and update them during the year, if necessary, as well as disclose potential conflicts before meetings and actual conflicts during meetings
• Maintain confidentiality about all internal matters of the organization
• We anticipate a time commitment of up to 12 hours per quarter, excluding travel time for in-person meetings.

Required Education, Skills, and Experience:
This is an extraordinary opportunity for an individual who is passionate about HSI’s mission. Selected Board Members will have achieved leadership stature in business, government, philanthropy, or the nonprofit sector. His/her accomplishments will allow him/her to attract other well-qualified, high-performing Board Members.

Ideal candidates will have the following qualifications:

• Extensive professional experience with significant executive leadership accomplishments in business, government, philanthropy, or the nonprofit sector
• A commitment to and understanding of the Institute’s beneficiaries, preferably based on experience
• Savvy diplomatic skills and a natural aff inity for cultivating relationships and persuading, convening, facilitating, and building consensus among diverse individuals
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a passion for improving the lives of the Institute’s beneficiaries

Service on HSI’s Board of Directors is without remuneration, except for administrative support, travel, and accommodation costs in relation to Board Members’ duties.

Language

Fluency in English (speaking, reading, and writing)

Originally posted on Himalayas