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Position Descriptions (Board)

The Alliance has compiled this set of position description resources from amongst its own offerings as well as those throughout the nonprofit and museum sector.

Alliance Resources

Sample Documents

The Alliance provides Tier 3 museum members can access a number of sample position descriptions from other museums.


Other Resources

Board Committee Job Descriptions

Board Café offers job descriptions for 15 committees. It encourages boards to appoint only the committees that are appropriate and to use the descriptions as a reference for developing their own committee job descriptions.

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