Membership and Professional Development Board

Board Member person specification

 

Each Board Member should be able to demonstrate as many as possible of the following skills:

• Understanding and commitment to the IET and its objectives;
• An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of Board Membership;
• Integrity;
• The ability to make good, independent judgements;
• The ability to develop policy;
• High level strategic thinking and vision;
• Ability to assess performance;
• Ability to think creatively;
• Willingness to speak their mind;
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team and to accept consensus decisions and act  upon them;
• Ability to influence, empower and where necessary lead a team;
• Experience in one or more of the sectors of interest to the IET.

The Membership and Professional Development Board as an entity needs skills and experience in the following areas:

General:

• Strategic leadership of a global organization;
• Governance and non-executive directorship;
• Serving the public interest;
• Strategic planning, and monitoring and evaluating performance in commercial and non-profit organisations;
• Policy development;
• Financial management;
• Risk management;
• Influencing stakeholders;
• Public relations/communication/marketing;
• Understanding of the international engineering and technology industry.

 

Specialist:

• Training and development of engineers – Corporate or Armed Forces;
• Educational curriculum awareness;
• Knowledge of the Skills agendas of Governments (UK and overseas);
• Technician and Apprentice knowledge;
• Diversity and ethical knowledge;
• HE/FE knowledge;
• Knowledge of Qualifications from a Global perspective;
• Knowledge of  SMEs in relation to training and development of engineers;
• Knowledge of the IET’s  membership and registration processes and the needs of IET’s members in these areas;
• Good understanding of UK-SPEC’.

 

Desirable:

• Legal;
• Awareness of young persons issues.