Chair, the Board and Vice President, Governance and Strategy

The Chair provides steady, values-aligned governance leadership to ensure SCG's board operates with integrity, clarity, and accountability. This role advances a high-performing, future-ready board while ensuring alignment with SCG's mission, values, and long-term strategic direction.

This position includes responsibilities as Board Secretary, ensuring compliance with the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (CNCA), maintaining accurate corporate and governance records, and supporting efficient board operations.

Key Responsibilities

Governance Leadership

• Lead and chair board meetings are strategic, inclusive, well-structured, and action-oriented.


• Ensure clear decision-making, transparent communication, and consistent engagement across the board.


• Support the development, maintenance, and annual review of SCG's bylaws, governance framework, and board policies.


• Uphold all fiduciary, legal, and ethical oversight responsibilities.


• Guide the organization's annual strategic planning cycle and ensure alignment with SCG's three pillars: ������������ ������ ������������, �������������������������� ������ ����������������, and �������������������� ������ ������������


• Ensure board decisions reflect SCG's multiyear growth plan, hybrid nonprofit model implementation timeline.


• Provide strategic guidance across key work streams, including partnerships, funding, programs, governance, and risk oversight.

Strategy and Organizational Alignment

• Provide strategic leadership to ensure SCG's governance, programming, partnerships, and organizational direction consistently align with the mission and long-term vision.


• Lead the annual strategy-setting process and ensure alignment with SCG's three-pillar. framework: Access and Equity, Collaboration and Capacity, Innovation, and Impact.


• Support the Executive Director and leadership team in translating strategic priorities into clear milestones, implementation plans, and governance checkpoints.


• Ensure board decisions reinforce SCG's multiyear growth plan, including:
  
  
  
  • Expansion to additional campuses and diverse student populations
  
  
  • Strengthened employer and industry partnerships
  
  
  • Integration of SCG's nonprofit model implementation
  
  
  • Multi-year funding, sustainability, and organizational capacity planning
  
  


• Provide strategic oversight across major work streams (e.g., partnerships, funding, programs, AI-enhanced eModules, risk, governance) to ensure alignment with SCG's values, priorities, and forward momentum.

Board Secretary Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate and timely board records, resolutions, minutes, and corporate filings.


• Support the preparation and distribution of board materials and annual calendars.


• Ensure compliance with CNCA requirements, reporting cycles, and governance timelines.

Operational Oversight (Non-Managerial)

• Provide high-level oversight of organizational work streams while respecting staff and volunteer leadership roles.


• Collaborate with the Executive Director on implementation, risk identification, and accountability.


• Support development of the annual board work plan, evaluation cycles, and governance audits.

Leadership and Board Development

• Mentor and support Vice Presidents, subcommittee chairs, and emerging governance leaders within SCG.


• Support recruitment, onboarding, and succession planning for future board roles.


• Represent SCG externally when required, in alignment with the Executive Director.

Oversight Responsibilities

• Lead the Governance and Policy Subcommittee (three to five members).


• Convene bimonthly subcommittee meetings focused on policy review, bylaws, board development, and governance priorities.


• Provide quarterly governance updates to the full board and support board readiness for audits, funding reviews, and compliance checks.

Time Commitment

• First six months: ~10 hours per month


• Following the first six months: 2-4 hours per month


• Board meetings: Quarterly


• Subcommittee meetings: Bimonthly


• Additional commitment may be required during policy reviews, strategic planning cycles, or leadership onboarding.

Ideal Candidate

An established leader with demonstrated experience in governance, board leadership, public policy, organizational development, or risk management.

Someone who values clear communication, inclusive leadership, and transparent decision-making.

A mature analytical thinker capable of supporting SCG's evolution into a multi-campus, multi-partner organization, grounding all decisions in equity, student impact, and long-term sustainability.

• Governance leadership


• Strategic planning


• Board management


• Policy development


• Organizational alignment


• Risk oversight


• Regulatory compliance

• Online Application Form Below
• Email: careers@studentcg.ca (Include Opportunity ID)