Team Member
Principal purpose of position
All staff share the role of team member all the way up to the CEO. The role of a team member is to help develop and nurture a culture of cooperation within the organisation, to offer solutions not complaints and to offer assistance to others where needed.
Essential job functions:
- Attend and participate in team meetings (approximately two meetings per month)
- Take responsibility for collecting and preparing information before meetings
- Promote the vision and strategies within the community
- Take action to promote a positive team climate
- Contribute to development of detailed action plans
- Be flexible about working on team tasks
- Take responsibility for contributing to success of the team
- Work with other members of the team to generate innovative solutions to obstacles
- Critically evaluate solution ideas by considering data, precedents, and input from stakeholders; Weigh and balance complex information
- Consider the cost and benefit implications of action plans and team activities
- Follow the “super seven” team player guidelines:
- Display a cooperative spirit
- Offer solutions to team problems; not complaints
- Support team members’ ideas & suggestions
- Offer to assist others when time is available
- Make positive comments about team members
- Ask for others ideas & demonstrate consideration of others as important team members
- Assist other team members when they ask for help