SERVE YOUR CITY! Apply Now for the BUILD TORONTO Board
OVERVIEW:
Do you want to gain new skills, experiences, and networks while supporting public services? Interested in sharing your time, expertise, and experience to make Toronto a better place? Keen to make a difference in your community?
If you answered “yes” to the above, the City of Toronto needs people like you to serve on high-profile, challenging, and exciting boards of directors for City agencies and corporations. Currently, the City of Toronto is seeking 8 qualified residents to serve as directors on the BUILD TORONTO Board.
ELIGIBILITY:
To be eligible for appointment, you must be:
a City of Toronto resident
18 years of age or older
not employed by the City of Toronto or one of its agencies or corporations
not a spouse, partner, child, or parent of a Member of Toronto City Council
QUALIFICATIONS:
Board members should collectively represent a range of expertise and skills including:
capital financing
construction
environmental remediation
financial management
planning and development
real estate law
BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES:
The board is responsible for supervising the management of the BUILD TORONTO Corporation’s business and affairs, including the following:
developing surplus lands and excess real estate with development potential owned by the City and its agencies and corporations (“developing” may include a wide range of activities focused on unlocking value including acquiring and disposing of properties, project management, financing, environmental remediation, planning and rezoning, and joint ventures with other private and public sector organizations)
working with other sectors in urban regeneration
remediating brownfields
being a catalyst for development
recommending the optimal use of the City’s real estate holdings
using financial incentive tools provided by the City
TERM OF OFFICE:
The term of office for public members is two years, and public members serve until their successors are appointed.
TIME COMMITMENT:
The board generally meets eight times per year at the BUILD TORONTO offices located near University Avenue and King Street in downtown Toronto. Board meetings are held during the day and usually last three hours. Board members also participate in the board’s three committees. The committees normally meet seven times per year and meetings are held during the day and last two hours.
REMUNERATION:
Public members receive a $5,000 annual retainer, plus $500 per meeting up to a maximum of $15,000 per year. A public member who serves as Chair receives a $40,000 annual retainer.
DEADLINE AND HOW TO APPLY:
The deadline to apply for this exciting opportunity is Monday, September 21, 2015 at 4:30 p.m.
Apply online by visiting:
https://secure.toronto.ca/pa/decisionBody/43.do
QUESTIONS?
Contact the Public Appointments Secretariat at 416-397-0088 or
appoint@toronto.ca
For more information about public appointments and other interesting current opportunities (including the Civic Theatres Toronto Board, the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board, and the Toronto Hydro Board), visit our website at toronto.ca/ServeYourCity.