Board of Directors

Organizational Description

Safety Services Manitoba is Manitoba's premier occupational and safe driving training and consulting services provider with over 50 years experience making workplaces and roads safer. You can count on SSM to deliver comprehensive training and education whether it is in the workplace or behind the wheel. We are passionate about reducing risks and injuries; we are passionate about helping to ensure that each and every Manitoban arrives home safely every night.

Volunteer Opportunity

We are a not–for–profit, non‑governmental organization. The Board of Directors is a volunteer Policy Governance Board and currently has 11 members, with a capacity for 15. The Board meets five times per year, plus committee meetings. SSM is seeking to appoint new directors at their AGM on May 29, 2026. Directors may serve a maximum of three consecutive three‑year terms (nine years).

As a Board Director you will provide strategic oversight, policy guidance, and governance in accordance with the Carver Policy‑Governance model. You will participate in board meetings, committee work, and strategic planning to support SSM’s mission to “Make Manitoba safer with innovative, responsive safety services.”

• Knowledge of Policy Governance and the board role (Carver Model).
• Experience and training in one or more areas of finance, corporate legal, human resources, road and work safety, business development, risk management, or strategic planning.
• Appreciation of reconciliation, diversity, equity, and inclusion as a corporate value.
• Orientation toward the “big picture,” conceptual and strategic thinking.
• Orientation toward group discussion and decision making.
• Curiosity, a bias to learn, and orientation to resolve conflict.
• Effective communication and listening skills.
• Knowledge of their respective industries and a passion for safe work culture and practices.

Please forward your resume by 12 noon, January 31, 2026, to:

Melissa Tannahill
Executive Assistant to the President & CEO
Safety Services Manitoba

SSM is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels of our programming and services. Director applicants who identify as Indigenous and/or represent visible minorities are encouraged to self‑declare such status when making an application.