Communities Committee

Member person specification

Each committee member should be able to demonstrate as many as possible of the following skills:

• Understanding and commitment to the Institution 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 Institution.

The Communities Committee need skills and experience in the following areas:

General

• Strategic leadership of a global organisation;
• 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

• Operations experience in a sales & marketing environment at corporate level;
• Working experience in the defined region;
• Good connections across the defined region;
• Good knowledge of the issues that affect the delivery of the IET’s products and services across the region;
• Experience with an international community of people and organisations;
• A highly regarded professional stature and credibility;
• Good understanding of current IET products & service, and the institution’s operation.

Desirable

• Legal;
• Awareness of young persons issues.