Communities Committee member - person specification

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.