Board of Directors - Member

Safe Link Alberta has an exciting opportunity for a passionate community builder from Medicine Hat to join our Board of Directors. Safe Link Alberta is a non‑profit organization that has been serving and advocating for priority populations in Alberta since 1983. Our mission is to reduce the harms associated with sexual activity and substance use through education, non‑judgmental services and programming.

Today, Safe Link operates two offices – its main office in Calgary, and a second office in Medicine Hat. As its governing body, the Board of Directors plays an integral role in setting Safe Link’s mission, vision, and strategy, and ensuring the organization meets its legal and ethical obligations. The Board is comprised of dedicated volunteers who bring a breadth of professional and lived experience and help ensure Safe Link’s long‑term success.

Currently, we are recruiting two Board Members from Medicine Hat to join the Board of Directors. To connect with a member of our nominations committee and learn more about the role, please email  To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume to  While not required with your application, two professional references will be requested from final applicants.

• Professional experience and/or advanced education in an area directly applicable to the work of one or more of Safe Link’s Board Committees, with particular interest in fundraising, government relations, governance and risk management, and public health, health promotion, nursing, medicine, or another health‑related discipline.
• An understanding of, and passion for, the type of work Safe Link Alberta does, which includes health education, health/social service system navigation, and harm reduction.
• Respect for, and a desire to support, our priority populations, including individuals living with sexually transmitted and blood‑borne infections, those engaged in sex work, or persons that may use substances.
• Professional, volunteer, and/or lived experience with any of the aforementioned populations.
• Experience on a non‑profit board.
• Strong personal and professional networks in and around Medicine Hat, and an eagerness to leverage these connections to further the goals of Safe Link Alberta.
• The ability to attend Board and Committee meetings virtually. Occasional day trips to Calgary may be needed (up to 3–4 times per year) for events such as our strategic planning retreat, AGM, or other similar events.

• Attend Board meetings (virtually), generally held once per month, on a Tuesday evening.
• Serve on at least one of the Board’s committees (Governance and Risk Management, Strategic Planning, Government Relations, and Finance and Audit). Each committee meets approximately once per month, virtually, on a weekday evening.
• Represent Safe Link Alberta and/or the Board at events in and around Medicine Hat.
• Act as a voice for Medicine Hat on the Board, ensuring that Medicine Hat‑specific issues, concerns, and opportunities are raised to the Board.
• Support stakeholder engagement activities in and around Medicine Hat, including government relations activities.
• Perform similar duties to support Safe Link’s operations.

For more detailed information on the role expectations go to the following link:

Benefits:

• Be an integral part of decision making for a leading non‑profit agency in Alberta.
• Gain committee experience and the opportunity to network.
• Volunteer hours and participation will be tracked and can be provided for various purposes required by the volunteer, such as references (after completing 30 hours of volunteering).
• Invitations to volunteer appreciation events, special agency events or workshops, and community celebrations.