Treasurer & Board Member

Treasurer & Board Member - Volunteer Position

FLAP Canada

Seeking a commitment of 2-3 years with an average time commitment of approximately 10-12 hours per

month (with more time required during peak audit and annual budget work).

About FLAP Canada

Each year in Canada, more than 25 million migratory birds die as a direct result of colliding with windows

or other parts of buildings. Birds already face significant threats from cats, agriculture, climate change,

pollution, invasive species and the erosion of habitat due to mass urbanization. To prevent the loss of

biodiversity and to preserve the ways that birds benefit ecosystems and human life, it is important to

ensure that all buildings are safe for birds.

FLAP Canada is a registered Canadian charity widely recognized as the pre-eminent authority on

understanding and preventing bird-building collisions. We are dedicated to safeguarding wild birds from

collisions in the built environment through advocacy, education, policy development, research, rescue,

and facilitating rehabilitation. For more than 30 years, FLAP Canada and a network of over 100 partners,

hundreds of volunteers and thousands of supporters, along with many other nature organizations, have

engaged millions of people in the bird collision issue with dozens of campaigns and initiatives around

one goal: keep birds safe from building collisions.

The Position

As a board member, you are joining a small and active board, with other members who have expertise in

science, advocacy, architecture, business, and fundraising. The board supports, oversees, and

contributes to the work of FLAP’s three staff, contractors, and many volunteers.

As treasurer, you will work with FLAP staff and your fellow board members to oversee full and accurate

financial record-keeping for the organization. Oversight, strategy, and communication are the main

elements of this role. Routine bookkeeping is done by FLAP’s bookkeeper and Program Manager using

QuickBooks Desktop 2021.

Core responsibilities:

• Work with staff and other board members to develop FLAP’s (approx. $280K-$300K) annual

budget

• Monitor FLAP’s financial progress, cash flow needs, and internal controls

• Act as an official signatory of FLAP Canada

• Monitor compliance with key legal requirements (e.g. Canada Revenue Agency charity receipting

rules and annual T3010 filing)

• Work with staff to prepare short reports for board meetings to communicate financial progress,

trends, major variances, and risks

• Help supervise the annual audit, working closely with FLAP staff and FLAP’s external auditor

Additional priorities for the role:

• Work with staff to prepare high-level multi year budgets and risk analyses to help the board

make decisions about long-term expenses and strategic direction

• Help to ensure resources are well-allocated to grow fundraising and earned revenue

Board member responsibilities:

• Board meetings approximately once every 1-2 months (in person, downtown Toronto).

Occasionally remote Board meetings and/or training.

• In addition to board meetings, serve as part of one of FLAP’s working groups (for this role, the

finance and fundraising working group). Meetings generally conducted remotely online.

• Proactively look for ways to help FLAP and its mission

• Support FLAP in becoming an organization that reflects the diversity of Toronto and Canada, so

that people of all cultural backgrounds and relationships to nature can play a role in protecting

birds.

• Stay engaged with volunteers and staff, e.g. attend events where possible

Experience:

• Essential – Experience in financial administration

• Essential – Interest and passion for protecting birds from building collisions

• Ideal – professional accounting background (CPA)

• Ideal – experience with fundraising strategy and donor stewardship

• Ideal – experience with other non-profit boards or other kinds of volunteer leadership roles

How to apply:

Please fill out the FLAP Canada board application online at https://flap.org/board-and-team/#board-

application by February 22, 2026 at the latest. Applications will be reviewed as they come in. If you have

difficulty with the online application or if it is not accessible for you, please contact flap@flap.org or 416-

366-3527 and we will provide you with another way to apply.

Other Board Roles

If you don’t have the experience specifically for the Treasurer role, but are still interested in contributing

to FLAP, kindly get in touch with us! We are also on the lookout for board members or working group

members who can help with technology, social media & communications, and fundraising.

https://flap.org/board-and-team/#board-application https://flap.org/board-and-team/#board-application mailto:flap@flap.org