Coach, Regional Treasurer/Business Manager Cohort

• Assist two (2) successive regional Treasurer and Business Manager cohorts in understanding and maximizing the potential of the treasurer’s/business manger’s role within the teams.
• Generate dialogue across regions and collaborate with NAFSA Regional Affairs and accounting staff to address necessary skill areas for leaders.
• Share observations from one’s own experience as a regional leader to provide insights about mitigating challenges in the Treasurer/Business Manager role.
• Observe and identify challenges and needs presented by the cohort to address in conjunction with NAFSA staff.
• Co-facilitate meetings and monthly cohort calls and develop agendas for these meetings with NAFSA staff partner.
• Take active role in planning and facilitating meetings with regional cohort at Washington Leadership Meeting (WLM) and the Annual Conference.
• Field questions and provide additional individual coaching when necessary.
• Review reporting practices and transition processes for regional finances.
• Work with regional treasurers and business managers to develop transition plans for resource and process documentation related to regional finance practices.

All NAFSA leaders are expected to foster an inclusive environment and seek to learn and understand the multicultural perspectives of the committee/team, our constituents, and stakeholders to align with the NAFSA Diversity and Inclusion Statement. An expression of leadership in this area includes:

• Engagement of the committee/team to identify and implement strategies for increased personal outreach, recruitment, onboarding for all; especially diversity-focused and underrepresented groups.
• Increasing accessibility and participation from underrepresented groups, individuals, and institutions.
• Expansion of educational content within the committees’ purview through intentional outreach and recruitment of diverse presenters and institutional types in partnership with various NAFSA groups.

• Estimated 10-12 hours per month to complete ongoing work.
• Participation in the Washington Leadership Meetings (WLMs) in January 2020 and 2021 (funding for WLM is provided by NAFSA).
• Preparation for and attendance at pre-conference meetings at the NAFSA annual conference in late May 2020 and 2021.

• Current NAFSA membership throughout length of the leadership term.
• Demonstrated commitment to NAFSA regional leadership, including completion of a successful term in a regional Treasurer or Business Manager role.
• Strong leadership skills in communication, organization, and project management, with an interest in team work and collaboration.
• Willingness to adopt association priorities and perspectives on volunteer development and management.
• Strong management skills, including delegation and group facilitation; willingness to provide training in multiple modalities including in-person and online.
• Ability to work effectively with a team and with NAFSA staff in an outcomes-based environment.
• Manage unconscious bias in the assessment and decision-making process.
• Ability to meet the volunteer commitment outlined and planning calendar deadlines.
• Experience with regional accounting system (Intacct) and payables system (Bill.com), preferable.
• Institutional support for this volunteer commitment.

With other NAFSA Members and Leaders

• This position collaborates closely with other NAFSA leaders to enhance work efforts across the association.

With NAFSA Staff

• This position partners closely with the NAFSA staff partner assigned.
• Effective relationships reflect and include responsiveness to phone calls/e-mail correspondence, timely delivery on responsibilities, open communication and mutual respect among other characteristics.