Trustee for a new charitable trust called EcoEngage

Trustee for a new charitable trust called EcoEngage
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Estimated Time: 4 - 10 Hours Over 6 - 24 Months

We are looking for suitable people with a passion for the environment, community engagement and the public good to join us as trustees in a new charitable trust called EcoEngage. This trust will raise funds and manage their distribution for the development of community-led conservation and public good systems to support volunteer groups and to improve collaboration between volunteer groups, government agencies and their contractors. We are looking for a range of skills to help guide the development of the trust, to support fund raising activities and to help establish good people-friendly policies and processes. If you are interested, please provide a link to some information about yourself. We are looking for people with relevant experience in a board role and in IT and/or environmental work.

Working location

From home with occasional meetings in the city or in Birkenhead

Proposed project steps with time estimates

We are in the process of forming the charitable trust.
We currently have two trustees, but the third has withdrawn due to ill health.

We are looking for a variety of management skills and a passion for the environment and ideally some understanding of or interest in software development.

We are keen to move forward as quickly as possible.

We envisage that the work would involve monthly or bi-monthly meetings - on-line or in-person depending on circumstances plus some drafting and editing of proposals.

What We Have In Place

Draft policies and training documentation
About 9 active volunteers or pro bono workers
A G-Suite folder full of documentation
A draft trust deed ready to submit - but it may need a final check over

A well functioning software system called EcoTrack with a growing number of users in conservation groups across Auckland

EcoNet.NZ (2020 Account)

Community Group
Environment
Good Cause

Auckland

Mission

EcoNet collaborates with community groups, Iwi, councils and national bodies to accelerate conservation outcomes. EcoNet is currently about to launch a pilot for the Conservation Activity Management System (CAMS) which will integrate CRM and ArcGIS systems.

What we Do

Aotearoa has many conservation ambitions – to be predator free by 2050, to control pest plants, increase native planting, to restore our waterways, to ensure biosecurity and manage biodiversity. All this will require millions of hours of work by actively engaged volunteers, local groups, iwi, organisations, councils and government It is more than an in-field activity challenge, it is also an information management and social engagement challenge. Currently the IT used in conservation is too outdated, inappropriate and fragmented to overcome these challenges. New Zealand needs integrated, collaborative information technology systems and standards to engage a huge volunteer workforce in a wide spectrum of activities.

Website

http://econet.nz/