Board of Director Position Descriptions

President

The president performs the following responsibilities:

• Serves as a member of the Board of Directors
• Serves as chief volunteer for the organization
• Partners with the Executive Director in achieving the organization’s mission
• Provides leadership to the Board of Directors who sets policy and to who the Executive Director is accountable
• Encourages board’s role in strategic planning
• Appoints chairpersons of committees, in consultation with other board members
• Serves as ex officio as a member of committees
• Guides and mediates board actions with respect to organizational priorities and governance concerns
• Monitors financial planning and financial reports
• Plays a leading role in fundraising activities
• Formally evaluates the performance of the executive director and informally evaluates the effectiveness of the board members
• Evaluates annually the performance of the organization in achieving its mission
• Performs other responsibilities assigned by the board

 

Vice President

The vice president is typically the successor to the president and performs the following responsibilities:

• Serves as a member of the Board of Directors
• Performs president responsibilities when the president cannot be available
• Report to the president
• Works closely with the president and other staff
• Participates closely with the president to develop and implement officer transition plans
• Performs other responsibilities as assigned by the Board

Secretary

The secretary to the board performs the following responsibilities:

• Serves as a member of the Board of Directors
• Maintains the records of the board and ensures effective management of organization’s records
• Manages the minutes of board meetings
• Ensures minutes are distributed to members shortly after each meeting
• Notifies members and provide agendas for regular board meetings and annual meetings

Treasurer

The treasurer to the board performs the following responsibilities:

• Serves as a member of the Board of Directors
• Manages the finances of the organization
• Administrates fiscal matters of the organization
• Provides annual budget to the board for approval
• Ensures development and board review of financial policies and procedures

Board Member

Board members perform the following responsibilities:

• Regularly attends board meetings and important related meetings
• Makes serious commitment to participate actively in committee work
• Volunteers for and willingly accepts assignments and completes them thoroughly and on time
• Stays informed about committee matters, prepares themselves well for meetings, and reviews and comments on minutes and reports
• Gets to know other committee members and builds a collegial working relationship
• Is an active participate in the committee’s annual evaluation and planning efforts
• Participates in funding raising efforts of the organization 

Senior Staff Position Descriptions

Executive Director

Summary

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director (ED) will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for Eno River Media’s staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission. S/he will initially develop deep knowledge of field, core programs, operations, and business plans.

Responsibilities

• Ensure ongoing local programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals
• Actively engage and energize Eno River Media volunteers, board members, event committees, alumni, partnering organizations, and funders
• Develop, maintain, and support a strong board of directors; serve as ex-officio of each committee, seek and build board involvement with strategic direction for both ongoing local operations
• Lead, coach, develop, and retain Eno River Media’s high-performance senior management team Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate program components, so as to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, funders, and other constituents
• The Senior Director of Internal Operations reports to your office
• The Senior Director of External Operations reports to your office
• The Board of Advisors reports to your office
• The Board of Trustees reports to your office
• The Chief of Staff reports to your office
• The Director of Resource Development reports to your office
• The Director of Communications reports to your office
• The Director of Education and Career Development reports to your office
• The Director of Government Relations reports to your office
• The Director of Industry Impact reports to your office
• The General Counsel reports to your office and the President’s Office

Chief of Staff

 Summary

Reporting to the Executive Director (ED), the Chief of Staff, will be responsible for coordinating and managing office functions as well as assisting in the overall operation of Eno River Media, government regulations, and our internal policies and procedures.  S/he will work with the Executive Director in planning all aspects of Eno River Media operations including setting priorities and job assignments.

Responsibilities:

• The Chief of Staff, will be responsible for coordinating and managing ED office functions as well as assisting in the overall operation of Eno River Media in accordance with organizational needs, government regulations, and our internal policies and procedures.
• Will work with the Executive Director in planning all aspects of Eno River Media operations including setting priorities and job assignments.

• Assist the Executive Director in all functions, run the day to day operations in the absence of ED, enable the Board to fulfill its governance function, give direction and leadership toward the achievement of the organization’s philosophy, mission, strategy, and supporting Board’s evaluation of the ED.

Webmaster

Summary

Reporting to the Director of Communication, the Webmaster is responsible for leading and coordinating the development of the organization’s website, feasibility and general layout. This includes the website’s content look, feel, branding experience, messaging, site features, information architecture, and functionality.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the development of the organization’s website so that the public is able to effortlessly navigate and use the website features and functionality to create a seamless user experience
• Manage site requirements and usability testing projects through the use of site metric tools to track site traffic, performance, and page views then produce reports for the senior staff and board of directors
• Apply new technology, media, interactive research and emerging standards related to internet marketing and digital media
• Problem-solving and responding to product questions/issues, and react as necessary
• Designing the relationships and objects of a full web-based system and programming
• Learn the organization’s business needs and apply this understanding when designing and testing new products/features
• Design and deliver a functional web infrastructure
• Configure, install, tune, troubleshoot, apply patches and support web server, provide organization technology support and integrate third party applications
• Provide enhancements and support for a technology laden web space
• Provide leadership in exploring new capabilities and testing new software

General Counsel

Summary

Reporting to the President of the Board of Directors and the Executive Director, S/he is responsible for negotiating, writing, reviewing, summarizing, researching and executing a wide variety of agreements for companies and clients, including marketing agreements, entertainment agreements, license agreements, real estate leases, confidentiality agreements, and other general business contracts both domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities:

• Negotiate, write, and execute agreements and contracts
• Offer counsel on a variety of legal issues
• Advise Board Members and Senior Staff within the organization
• Manage various projects and deadlines
• Advise executives on contract status, legal risks and business terms of various deals
• Explain legal language
• Provide assistance with global joint ventures, strategic partnership deals, and mergers and acquisitions
• Draft terms and conditions in agreements
• Ensure legal objectives are met
• Research unique legal issues impacting the organization by identifying applicable statutes, judicial decisions, and codes
• Keep abreast of legislative changes that may affect the company and its affiliates
• Perform pre-litigation work to minimize risks and maximize legal rights
• Review advertising and marketing materials to ensure compliance with legal requirements
• Develop solutions to complex legal questions
• Provide training to company and its affiliates on substantive legal topics

Director of Education and Career Development

Summary

Reporting to the Executive Director (ED), the Director of Industry Impact is responsible for developing and building the learning tools and professional development of our organization’s staff.  Education and Career Development Director will help with the ongoing, long-term improvement of the staff’s skills, enabling them to fulfil their potential within the organization. The Education and Career Development Director should be strategic rather than reactive, assessing the skills and knowledge within the organization and determining what training is needed to grow and retain these skills.

Responsibilities:

• Design and expand training and development programs based on both the organization’s and the individual’s needs
• Considering the costs of planned programs and keep within budgets as assessing the return on investment of any training or development program
• Work in a team to produce programs that are satisfactory to all relevant parties in an organization, such as Board of Directors or Senior Staff
• Conduct appraisals
• Devise individual learning plans
• Produce training materials for in-house courses
• Manage the delivery of training and development programs and, devise a training strategy for the organization
• Monitor and review the progress of trainees through questionnaires and discussions with managers
• Evaluate training and development programs
• Amend and revise programs as necessary, in order to adapt to changes occurring in the work environment
• Help Senior Staff to solve specific training problems, either on a one-to-one basis or in groups
• Keep up to date with developments in training by reading relevant journals, going to meetings and attending relevant courses
• Have an understanding of e-learning techniques, and where relevant, being involved in the creation and/or delivery of e-learning packages
• Research new technologies and methodologies in workplace learning and presenting this research

Advocate

Summary

An Advocate for Eno River Media is an activist promoting the growth of the movie and television industry within North Carolina.  Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental change, or stasis. Activism can take a wide range of forms from writing letters to newspapers or politicians, participating in rallies, and seminars.  Activism is often a part of a nonprofit’s core purpose.

Responsibilities:

• Presents Eno River Media’s philosophy to any interested or influential person by visiting with them; introducing them to the Eno River Media website; confirming their understanding of who to contact with questions or concerns
• Update industry knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations
• Serves and protects the entertainment industry by adhering to professional standards, Eno River Media policies and procedures, federal, state, and local laws