{"id":11328,"date":"2020-08-17T22:26:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T02:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/community-news\/%e3%83%9c%e3%83%a9%e3%83%b3%e3%83%86%e3%82%a3%e3%82%a2%e3%81%ae%e7%90%86%e4%ba%8b%e3%82%92%e5%8b%9f%e9%9b%86%e3%81%97%e3%81%a6%e3%81%84%e3%81%be%e3%81%99%ef%bc%81\/"},"modified":"2021-02-08T15:25:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:25:39","slug":"ss-is-looking-for-volunteer-board-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/news\/ss-is-looking-for-volunteer-board-members\/","title":{"rendered":"JSS is looking for volunteer board members!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese Social Services (JSS) is a nonprofit charitable organization providing culturally sensitive, professional social services, such as counselling, information services, case management, and a variety of other programs, mainly to members of the Japanese ethno-cultural community in GTA.<br \/>\nWe are seeking qualified candidates to fill 5 vacancies in our 10-member Board of Directors. The Board of Directors provides governance and oversight of JSS\u2019s finances and overall operations. The Board also ensures that our services reflect our vision and continue to meet the needs of our community.<br \/>\nWe are looking for candidates with the following qualities:<br \/>\n\u00b7 Passion for supporting the Japanese community in Ontario<br \/>\n\u00b7 Understanding of, and interest in, the social service sector<br \/>\n\u00b7 Strategic thinking ability<br \/>\nSpecifically, we are looking for new members with expertise in the following areas:<br \/>\n\u00b7 Finance<br \/>\n\u00b7 Fundraising and grant writing<br \/>\n\u00b7 PR and communication<br \/>\n\u00b7 Human Resources<br \/>\n\u00b7 Legal<br \/>\nThe Board of Directors at JSS is an active board; and board members are expected to regularly participate in monthly meetings and committee-level activities.<br \/>\nIf you are interested in joining our team, please send your resume, and a cover letter briefly describing your interest in joining the board, to PR@jss.ca by August 31, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese Social Services (JSS) is a nonprofit charitable organization providing culturally sensitive, professional social services, such as counselling, information services, case management, and a variety of other programs, mainly to members of the Japanese ethno-cultural community in GTA. We are seeking qualified candidates to fill 5 vacancies in our 10-member Board of Directors. The Board [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":11329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[280],"tags":[295],"class_list":["post-11328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-volunteer-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}