Position: Coach, Regional Treasurer/Business Manager Cohort
Committee: Regional Treasurer/Business Manager Cohort
Term: January 2024 - December 2025
The Regional Treasurer/Business Manager Coach is appointed from members who have successfully completed one or more terms as a regional Treasurer or Business Manager. The appointment will be made by the NAFSA Vice President for Professional Development and Engagement in consultation with the current Regional Affairs Committee (RAC) Chair and Chair-Designate.
The coach is a two-year term and supports the ongoing professional development of NAFSA’s regional Treasurers and Business Managers. The coach works with the regional Treasurer/Business Manager cohort to foster collegiality and support their task of managing regional finances. As a former regional Treasurer or Business Manager, the coach will share perspectives on managing the regional finances, promote the sharing of best fiscal practices between regions, and provide on-going support and professional development that empowers Treasurers and Business Managers to be resources on their regional teams.
For questions or additional information, please contact the NAFSA Regional Affairs team.
Position description updated August 2023.
NAFSA is not currently accepting applications for this position. Visit NAFSA Volunteer Leadership to learn about available opportunities.
Major Functions and Responsibilities
- Guide two successive regional Treasurer and Business Manager cohorts (2024 and 2025) in understanding and maximizing the potential of the Treasurer’s/Business Manger’s role within the teams.
- Lead monthly full-cohort calls and develop agendas for the calls in collaboration with NAFSA staff partners.
- Field questions and engage cohort members in 1:1 emails and/or calls periodically throughout the year to provide individualized guidance and support when necessary.
- 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.
- 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.
Volunteer Commitment
- Estimated 5-10 hours per month to complete ongoing work, which includes the following:
- Monthly full-cohort call preparation and facilitation.
- Periodic 1:1 calls with cohort members throughout the year.
- Foster an inclusive environment in alignment with the NAFSA Diversity and Inclusion Statement.
Required Qualifications
- 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.
- Experience with regional accounting system (Intacct) and payables system (BILL), highly preferable.
- Strong leadership skills in communication, organization, and project management, with an interest in teamwork 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.
- Institutional support for this volunteer commitment.
- [Preferred but not required] Ability to attend (and if applicable, travel to) the Winter Leadership Meeting (WLM) and NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo for the duration of the leadership term.
