Our Organizational Values

Community and Balance

We believe in cultivating a culture of inclusion, where team members make friends, feel supported by others and experience a sense of belonging. We want you to be comfortable and excited to be a part of our team!

SfE was founded on the principle of work-life balance. Your volunteer work should not be an added stressor; we want our volunteers to bring their whole selves to work and to take the time they need to be well.

Growth and Development

Your personal and professional growth is important to us! We aim to build each other up and provide opportunities for everyone to expand their knowledge and skill set during their time at SfE.

We are mindful that most of team is heavily involved in academia, so we do our best to teach you some business basics, and help you set personalized SMART goals in areas you want to improve in.

Empowerment

Each of our team members bring valuable perspectives and experiences. With this comes an abundance of new ideas and different approaches to achieving our goals! No one individual is limited by their role or position when it comes to presenting new ideas.

We embrace and value this individuality as we strive to build an organization of curious individuals. If you want to make positive change, you have the opportunity to at SfE.

Flexibility and Adaptability

We believe in adapting to situations as they arise, whether it be the way we run our organization, manage a process, or conduct our meetings. There is always room for improvement!

Our directors and board continuously network with important individuals who have wisdom to share, and are always assessing SfE’s practices to make sure our volunteers are happy, that we are accomplishing our goals, and that our users are satisfied.

Impact and Innovation

At the core of of being part of SfE, is leaving a positive impact on the world around us. We uphold our commitments and have a high standard of work, aligned with the SfE mission and brand.

We keep the end user in mind by empathizing with core audiences and ensure that we provide what they want or need! For this, we follow a culture of constructive critique, to put our best foot forward as an organization. Every idea is worth considering!