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Director (volunteer board member)

Greater Toronto/Hamilton Area

3-year term, hybrid Mission

My Oral Village (MOVE) is a Canadian not-for-profit mission founded in 2011. MOVE is dedicated to make formal financial services accessible to people who cannot read, write, or work with numbers in conventional ways. The organization addresses the needs of the 1+ billion adults worldwide with limited literacy and numeracy, living in ‘oral’ cultures, ensuring they are not excluded from safe savings, payments, borrowing, and financial decision-making. At its core, MOVE’s mission is to:

• Design ultra-inclusive financial tools: interfaces, forms, mobile apps, and processes that rely on visual and intuitive cues rather than text or complex numbers
• Enable low-literacy households to manage money safely, especially in low-income environments where financial mistakes can be catastrophic.
• Partner with financial institutions, NGOs, and regulators to embed oral-friendly design into real products and systems.
• Advance research and global standards for financial inclusion that recognize literacy & numeracy barriers as a major structural exclusion factor.
• Empower vulnerable populations, especially women, to build financial confidence, autonomy, and resilience.

My Oral Village works to ensure that no one is excluded from the financial system because they cannot read or handle numbers.

For more information, visit www.myoralvillage.org and https://www.linkedin.com/company/my-oral-village-inc/posts/?feedView=all

Priorities

My Oral Village has tested inclusive financial numeracy tools in controlled pilot projects in Ethiopia, Pakistan, Kenya, Bangladesh and Sierra Leone, and completed in 2025 its first full national project in Sierra Leone, proving the effectiveness and relevance of the solutions for very vulnerable populations. The approach developed by MOVE is novel, and is outlined in several research works, including Oral information management tools, Oral financial numeracy and Measuring numeracy for financial inclusion.

MOVE is at a pivotal moment in its journey, poised for significant growth in the coming years. To support this growth, MOVE is seeking volunteer directors (board members) who are comfortable wearing both a governance and an advisory hat during this early growth stage to guide the organization through its next phase of growth.

Role Description

Core responsibilities include:

• Strategy: Setting mission, strategic priorities, and annual plans;
• Governance: Ensuring the mission of the organization is supported by sound practices & proper oversight;
• Financial oversight: Approving budgets, reviewing financial statements, ensuring sound controls;
• Risk oversight: Identifying and mitigating organizational risks (e.g., liability, insurance);
• Hands-on contribution: Directors actively support operations — communications, fundraising, program delivery — alongside governance duties.

Key Capabilities

MOVE is looking for a board Director with experience in any or several of the following areas:

• Administration and management: Experience supporting small not-for-profit operations, governance, planning and reporting.
• Financial oversight: Ability to review budgets, statements, cash flow, controls, and funding needs for a small not-for-profit.
• Early-stage growth: Experience advising startups or early-stage organizations as they scale strategy, operations, governance, and delivery.
• Technology and fintech: Familiarity with software and digital products in a fintech context.
• Oral-culture communities: Understanding of unschooled or low-literacy populations in developing countries and their financial literacy needs.
• International perspective: Experience working across countries, cultures, or global communities with sensitivity to local context and beneficiary needs.
• Banking or financial services: Knowledge of international banking, payments, savings, lending, compliance, or financial inclusion.
• Advisory contribution: Willingness to contribute expertise, networks, and practical support during MOVE’s growth stage.

Please direct queries, or apply by sending a letter of interest and your CV or resume, to: Board Chair My Oral Village

info@myoralvillage.org

Closing date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 5:00pm Eastern Daylight Time, however applications will be considered upon receipt.