Committed Board Member Collaboration & HR

In order to increase the cooperation between our remote volunteers and our team in Liberia and to offer our team in Liberia more development prospects, we are looking for a

Committed Board Member Collaboration & HR

Mineke Foundation is a remote-first organization with committed volunteers – all professionals. Our team of volunteers consists (currently) of 3 nationalities spread over 2 countries. The group of volunteers is growing and relies heavily on our chairman. We would like there to be more of a team feeling, that people know how to find each other better and that there is a professional onboarding for new volunteers.

Specifically, we are thinking of:

• Shaping team development remote volunteers
• Professionalize onboarding for new volunteers
• Coordinating and participating in setting up Basecamp to increase the connection between Liberia and international volunteers
• Professionalization of HR in Liberia is also an important task. Our team of paid employees in Liberia is dedicated, committed and ambitious, but as a small organization it is difficult for us to retain good people because we cannot offer career opportunities. In addition, our team lacks basic knowledge and skills that are often taken for granted in the West, such as working with Dropbox and Zoom, but also planning work and communicating well. Over the next few years, we will be happy to work on:
• Professionalize onboarding for new team members
• A development perspective for Liberia, appropriate to our compact organization and aimed at both capacity building and career growth
• Developing and setting up a job classification system for our organization in Liberia
• Develop policy on how to deal with leaving people in key positions
• Support management in Liberia on HR matters, including developing annual review moments
• It is important that the elaboration of these assignments suits us: we are a small scrappy organisation.

When do you fit well in our team?

If you:

• Have a hands-on attitude
• Are a self-starter & self-employed worker
• Speaks, reads and writes good English and Dutch
• Have a learning attitude and are willing to both learn from our team in Liberia and transfer knowledge to them
• You have experience in developing and organizing HR
• Good advice, coordination, organization and collaboration
• Interested and able to work effectively in a small remote first organization with big ambitions and a small wallet
• Want to use your skills and experience to make an impact in one of the poorest countries in the world

Good to know

Mineke Foundation consists of 2 organizations:

• The Liberian local NGO in Liberia that we internally call MF LIB. MF LIB is a fully accredited local NGO in Liberia, as well as a fully accredited vocational school and primary school.
• The Dutch ANBI foundation that we internally call MF NL. MF NL is the support foundation of MF LIB (fundraising, communication, etc.) and also takes care of the knowledge transfer and development of MF LIB.

The board of MF NL is a cooperative board. This means that you are active as a volunteer with a few extra tasks. Namely: coordination of and coordination with the volunteer(s) in 'your' portfolio and co-responsibility for the further development of our organization.

The board meets twice a year physically somewhere centrally in the Netherlands. Additional digital consultation will take place if necessary. Board and volunteers in the Netherlands also meet twice a year, following the physical board meetings.

There are also 2 moments in the year when MF NL has group meetings via Zoom with MF LIB. In addition, you will have (digital) coordination moments with 'your' volunteer(s) and/or team members in Liberia.

How much time does this take?

We estimate 1-2 days per month.

What do we offer you?

• The opportunity to make a positive impact in the lives of children, young people and women in one of the poorest countries in the world
• A pioneering role in the further development and professionalization of a distinguished foundation
• Working with a motivated and committed team
• An international network of professionals

Interested?

We would like to meet you!