Board of Directors
Call for Applications
October 2010
Workplace Safety North’s volunteer Board of Directors is searching for three candidates with senior executive and leadership experience from Ontario’s forestry and pulp and paper industries, and northern Ontario business, who have vision, leadership, and commitment. This is an opportunity to provide leadership in the health and safety field within the business community and influence the strategic direction of Workplace Safety North. This is also an opportunity for your company to be recognized as a leader in healthy workplaces.
Workplace Safety North (WSN) is a not-for-profit corporation created as a result of a restructuring of Ontario’s health and safety associations. Its creation marks the beginning of a new approach to delivering prevention services in Ontario. WSN was created on January 1, 2010, from the merger of three organizations: the Ontario Forestry Safe Workplace Association (OFSWA), the Pulp and Paper Health and Safety Association (PPHSA) and the Mines and Aggregates Safety and Health Association (MASHA), including Mine Rescue.
WSN is one of four new health and safety associations designated and funded by the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB) pursuant to section 6(1) of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997. As such, WSN will play a key role in the Ontario health and safety system’s Road to Zero commitment to eliminate workplace fatalities, injuries and illnesses.
WSN has a nine member, competency-based Board of Directors that reflects its membership. The Board of Directors is composed of knowledgeable and experienced individuals with a successful history of leadership and a commitment to the promotion of workplace health and safety. A Board of nine ensures a diversity of perspectives, backgrounds, expertise and experience within the Board but is small enough for effective dialogue and the full participation of each director.
WSN Board Members support the association, its vision and its work by lending expertise to help:
- Provide objective representation of our members' interests in every sector
- Determine WSN’s strategic imperatives
- Provide on-going support and guidance to WSN’s executive staff
- Ensure effective organizational planning
- Ensure adequate resources are available and used effectively
- Raise public awareness about WSN and the services we provide to our members
The Board of Directors is also accountable to its member firms and the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board for:
- Monitoring the implementation of Board decisions
- Participation in the development and effective administration of Performance Agreements
Candidates must be at least 18 years of age. Preference will be given to candidates from a northern Ontario business, and more specifically, in the forestry or pulp and paper sectors.
Competency Requirements
1. Health and Safety
2. Finance/Accounting
3. Business Acumen
4. Risk Management
5. Technology
6. Human Resources
7. Law
8. Policy Development
9. Corporate Governance
10. Public Relations and Communications
11. Leadership
Time Commitment
Directors are expected to regularly attend meetings, participate on committees, and attend events. The Board of Directors meets six times a year, including an off-site planning and review workshop. Board committee meetings are usually conducted by teleconference. As this is a relatively new organization, the time commitments in 2011 are likely to be more extensive. Appointment of Directors
Successful candidates will be nominated at the Annual General Meeting in April 2011. At every annual general meeting, all directors elected at such meetings shall be elected for a term of three years to fill the places of the retiring directors, who shall be eligible for re-election, subject to six years being the maximum period of time that a director shall serve on the Board of Directors.
How to Apply
Complete the candidacy form below and send it with your resume – in strictest confidence – to:
Rebecca MacDonald
690 McKeown Avenue
North Bay ON P1B 9P1
Tel: (705) 474-7233, x 244
Fax: (705) 472-0219
rebeccamacdonald@workplacesafetynorth.ca
Deadline: December 10, 2010
We believe - We believe illnesses and injuries can and must be prevented. Belief in prevention drives action and commitment to change.
Our vision -Every worker, home safe and healthy.
Our mission -We are a force for positive action – anticipating and responding to the greatest needs of our clients, and bringing together our partners, members, and diverse communities to build safer, healthier, stronger workplaces.
