Eligibility and requirements

Application criteria

• Applicants of all ages, genders, neighbourhoods, racial origins, income levels and sexual orientations, and persons with disabilities, are encouraged to apply, in order to appoint civic agencies and committees representative of the broader community, and to address the issues of those communities;
• Applicants must live or work in Vancouver, or have a significant body of experience with Vancouver issues;
  • To apply to the Vancouver Public Library Board, you must be a resident or elector of the City of Vancouver;
  • To apply to the Vancouver Athletic Commission, Vancouver City Planning Commission, Vancouver Civic Theatres Board or Vancouver Heritage Commission, you must be a Vancouver elector or GVRD resident for at least 6 months preceding your appointment.
• Applicants must be able to demonstrate relevant experience OR knowledge, abilities and skills related to the mandate of the civic agency;
• Nomination by a community group working on issues related to the civic agencies' and committees' mandate will be considered an asset;
• Ability to speak a second language will be regarded as an asset;
• Some knowledge of civic services/jurisdiction will be regarded as an asset;
• Applicants should be able to serve for the full term of the appointment;
• Applicants may not be employees of the City of Vancouver (applicants to the Vancouver City Planning Commission may not be employees of the School Board, either);
• Other application criteria which apply to individual agencies are included in the agency descriptions.

Nominations

Applicants may either be self-nominated or nominated by organizations. Applicants for design panel positions representing professional associations such as the Architectural Institute of BC, BC Society of Landscape Architects, or the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC should be nominated by those associations. Unless otherwise specified in the agency description, appointees serve in their private capacities and not as representatives of a nominating organization.

Reappointments

Individuals who are presently members of a civic agency or committee and who have not served the maximum allowable number of terms in their agency - if such a limit exists - are eligible to reapply.

Time Commitment

Time requirements vary among the civic agencies and committees. Estimates of time demands are included in the description of each body. Please review these estimates to ensure that you have sufficient time to devote to the City.

Remuneration

Successful candidates will serve without remuneration.

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