Volunteer Member of Human Resources & Governance Committee

Restorations Second Stage Homes (“Restorations”) exists to support survivors of sexual exploitation and human trafficking by providing long-term residential housing (at "Nancy's House") and survivor-led peer programming.

Nancy's House is the first of its kind second-stage, long-term transitional home for survivors of trafficking and exploitation in Burlington, Ontario. Providing a safe home for 3 survivors of human trafficking and through a trauma informed and strengths-based approach, Restorations builds and nurtures trusting, long-term relationships between survivors of sexual exploitation and staff, volunteers, and the wider community as a foundation to recovery, healing, empowerment, and success.

Restorations also employs individuals with lived experience of trafficking and exploitation as Peer Advocates to deliver the Survivor-Led Peer Advocacy program. The program exists to promote collaborative relationships that empower survivors.

The Human Resources & Governance Committee is a standing committee of the Board of Directors (BOD). The purpose of the Governance and and Human Resources Committee is to assist the BOD of Restorations in fulfilling its responsibilities with respect to governance and human resource matters. 
The Committee has three areas of responsibility:
1) To guide and support the BOD to ensure effective governance and that governance practices evolve with the needs of the organization. This includes ensuring the BOD’s own development and succession. The Committee creates a framework to hold the BOD accountable to Restorations and oversees the governance system to ensure that duties by the governance body are being met. The Committee assists the BOD in holding Directors and BOD Committees accountable for fulfilling their duties.
2) To assist in protecting the reputation of Restorations. The Committee oversees the development and monitoring of policies which provides for the desired ethical conduct by employees and volunteers. 
3) To assist with Human Resources. The Committee is responsible for having governing policies in place and implemented by management to provide employees at Restorations with fair and meaningful employment in a safe and respectful workplace.

Responsibilities of the Human Resources & Governance Committee include:
● Ensure that Restorations' adherence to employment practices meet the statutory and regulatory requirements of employment standards, human rights, and other applicable legislation, and that the HR strategy supports Restorations' strategic plan.
● Provide general oversight of policies that ensure Restorations' compliance with occupational and environmental health and safety legislation, relevant regulations and standards and codes of practise.
● Review annually the adequacy and effectiveness of Human Resource documents including the HR Policy Manual, Employee and Volunteer Handbooks, and committee terms of reference, making recommendations for change as appropriate to the Executive Director and the BOD.
● Make recommendations to the Development Discussion (“performance review”) process as necessary. 
● Make recommendations regarding proper orientation, support, and continuing education for the BOD on anything deemed relevant.
● Maintain a horizontal scan/global watch for human resource development, best practices, and other opportunities relating to non-profit organizations that could lead to growth and improvement of the human resource activities of Restorations.
● Additional duties as delegated to the committee by the BOD.