Open Position:  JCFBA Board Member 

The Jefferson County Food Bank Association is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to recruiting the board members it needs to ensure maximum impact.  JFCBA strives to support and promote excellence in board service with the cutting-edge thinking and resources related to nonprofit board recruitment and governance. We champion the importance of exceptional board leadership and believe our organization needs a strong and effective board to fully realize its potential for good.  

Job Function: JCFBA Governance and Support

Employment Type: Volunteer Board Member

Summary Job Description

The Jefferson County Food Bank Association is seeking a new working board member to serve a three-year term.  

We are looking for mission-aligned individuals with strong collaboration, communication, implementation, and strategic skills, and expertise in one or more of the following  areas:

• Agriculture/Farming

• Jefferson County Local Food Network

• CFO

• Human Resources

• Legal

• I.T.

• Publisher/Media

• Supply Chain Logistics

The board of the JCFBA organization is a volunteer working board. Members are not paid and dedicate their time and expertise to support the JCFBA and its mission and collective purpose.  They typically serve an average of five hours per week.

We believe decisions about board roles are a mutual decision between the prospective board member and the JCFBA board.  If there’s a mutual interest, prospective candidates are invited to join a committee or tiger team in order to become more familiar with the organization before an election.

Our Commitment to Community

We know that to achieve our goals, fulfill our mission, and realize our vision, we need to include individuals with perspectives drawn from various backgrounds, skill sets, areas of expertise, and lived experiences to help us avoid decision-making that could diminish the impact of our work. We are publicly recruiting for board positions to ensure that we move beyond our immediate networks and honor our ongoing commitment to creating a board that is wide-ranging in its composition, welcoming in its culture, and equity-focused in its approach to how it views its mission, its work, and the communities it serves.

What’s Expected of a JCFBA Board Member?

As the leadership body of the organization, the board is responsible for: 

• Determining and supporting the mission and objectives of the organization  

• Ensuring strong fiduciary oversight and financial management  

• Selecting and evaluating the performance of the Executive Director  

• Strategic and organizational planning  

• Supporting fundraising and resource development    

• Approving and monitoring JCFBA’s programs and services  

• Enhancing JCFBA’s public image  

• Assessing its own performance as the governing body of JCFBA

Each individual board member is expected to: 

• Prepare for, attend, and conscientiously participate in at least 75% of board meetings 

• Follow the organization’s bylaws, policies, and board resolutions  

• Disclose potential conflicts before meetings and actual conflicts during meetings 

• Maintain confidentiality about all internal matters of JCFBA

• Model the organization’s values 

• Commit to racial equity and social justice 

• Have a strong passion for food justice and an understanding of issues related to poverty and hunger  

• Serve as active advocates and ambassadors for the organization  

• Participate in fundraising events that support JCFBA

• Leverage connections, networks, and resources to develop collective action to fully achieve JCFBA’s mission 

• Make a personally significant gift each year, which may include time, talent, and/or experiences

• Participate fully in one or more committees and/or contribute expertise and skill in a specific area that supports the JCFBA

In addition, board members:

• Faithfully read and understand the organization’s financial statements  

• Know the organization’s mission, policies, programs, and needs  

• Address all reported concerns or complaints regarding corporate accounting practices, internal controls, or auditing

• Follow established Standard Operating Procedures for evaluation of the Executive Director, which includes input from stakeholders and the ED.

• Approve major purchases and financial transactions that are outside of the Association’s business routine

• Visit several food banks yearly

About the Jefferson County Food Bank Association

Our Mission

JCFBA serves county residents by providing food to those in need, in an equitable manner, without discrimination, while maintaining an attitude and atmosphere that recognizes the dignity of each individual. We follow the USDA policy not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, including gender identity and expression, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity 

JCFBA Objectives: 

• Serve Jefferson County in the State of Washington as an agency distributing food to those in need, to educate the public in Jefferson County to the critical needs of a part of the population for basic sustenance

• Educate the public about the voluntary opportunities of meeting those needs and the value thereof.

• Gather food and funds from governmental, public and private sources and to allocate and distribute those resources in an efficient and effective manner.

• Dispense those resources to those in need, without discrimination, while maintaining an attitude and atmosphere that recognizes the dignity of each individual.

• Increase the public’s knowledge of the nutritional values of various types of food and the desirability of a balanced nutritional diet.

• Solicit and receive meat, dairy products, canned goods, produce, and dry goods, solicit and receive funds, gifts, endowments, and bequests which shall be used to carry out the objectives of this corporation.

• Engage in any other activities necessary to carry out the objectives and purposes of this corporation

If you are interested in joining our board, please fill out the following application.