To be responsible to the Board of Trustees for the planning and implementation of the IET’s volunteer engagement strategy.

To provide assurance to the Board of Trustees concerning the effective delivery of strategic programmes as delegated by the Board of Trustees.

To monitor the performance of strategic programmes as delegated by the Board of Trustees.

Three years

IET member

You can find more information on our 'VEB person specification' web page.

Three meetings per year, and adhoc virtual work in between meetings.

Annual.

Appointed by the Board of Trustees.

For more information, please contact us at governance@theiet.org or visit our website.

Reporting to the Volunteer Engagement Board, the Working Party’s purpose is to develop the approach and guide implementation of IET activities related to the recruitment, training, support and recognition of volunteers.

The Working Party’s mission is to build one skilled team to inspire, inform, influence and deliver the IET’s strategy around the world.

To do this it seeks to ensure a culture of one-team working across volunteers and staff and the engagement of an appropriately talented pool of volunteers.

Three years (may be mutually extended to retain specific expertise as projects denote).

IET member.

Experience in one or more IET volunteer roles.

A minimum of two full-day meetings per annum, and adhoc virtual work in between.

As vacancies become available.

Members are recruited through the submission of a Skills Form and a blind selection process.

For more information, please contact us at volunteer@theiet.org.

• Undertaking projects to address key issues that impact young professionals.
• Showcasing role models that young professionals can aspire to.
• Provide platforms and opportunities for young professionals to build their personal networks.
• Contribute to content that young professionals will find interesting and useful.
• Improve communications to young professionals on the platforms that they like to use.

Three years.

IET member.

Young Professional (i.e. aged under 30 when joining the Committee).

New members are appointed based on a skills matrix to ensure there is the right mix of skills and experience across the Committee, so this varies each year.

Some of the key traits preferred are:

• Passionate
• Team player
• Culturally sensitive
• Collaborative.

Three physical meetings each year, two of which will be in the UK, but one is always held in another region.

Nine conference calls each year using video conference technology.

Contributing to projects the committee are working on, including additional conference calls, conducting research or writing proposals, as appropriate.

Annual.

The application deadline is variable each year but will usually be in early April.

Email stating your interest in joining the committee along with your CV and a covering letter.

Applicants will be asked to complete a self-assessment on a skills matrix.

Successful applications will be informed before September.

For more information, please contact us at governance@theiet.org or visit our website.

Working together with staff the main responsibility is to help identify emerging hot topics in a range of different subject areas, topics that are likely to attract a large audience both at the event and online, and to help identify appropriate speakers.

Three years.

IET member

Approximately three two-hour meetings per year, aligning with an EngTalk.

Annual.

Two new committee members are selected and appointed each year.

Self-nomination.

For more information, please contact us at volunteer@theiet.org or visit our website.

The Communities Resourcing Committee is the overarching group responsible for leading the work of the IET’s volunteer communities around the world, including its Local and Technical Networks.

The Communities Resourcing Committee:

• facilitates communications between all communities
• ensures that the work the communities do is aligned to the IET’s strategy
• allocates resources to the communities
• monitors the communities’ performance.

Three years (or four if a member is co-opted for a year before their regular tenure).

IET member

You can find more information on our 'CRC person specification' web page.

Pre-Covid: A maximum of three full-day meetings per annum, and adhoc virtual work in between.

However, at present we are taking a "little and often" virtual approach and will review it in the future.

Annual.

Call for nominations - November.

Closing date for nominations - January.

Election - February.

For more information, please contact us at governance@theiet.org or visit our website.

• to support communities activities in the region
• to facilitate effective communication between communities in the region and the sharing of best practice on community matters.

The Communities Committee supports all IET communities in the region, whether geographical, technical, demographic (eg age-related) or otherwise.

Communities Committees (CC) include:

• CC-United Kingdom (CC UK)
• CC South Asia (CC SA)
• CC Asia Pacific (CC AP)
• CC Americas (CC A)
• CC Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CC EMEA).

Three years (or four if a member is co-opted for a year before their regular tenure).

IET member

For CC-UK, committee members must have experience past or present with serving on a Local Network committee.

You can find more information on our 'Communities Committee person specification' web page.

The number of meetings required by each Committee will vary, but all Committees make effective use of technology to conduct as much business as possible virtually.

In addition, it is expected that Committees will wish to meet physically, up to a maximum of three times per year.

Annual.

Two new committee members are selected and appointed each year.

Self-nomination.

For more information, please contact us at governance@theiet.org or directly through your staff contact.

Alternatively, you can visit our website.

• To support communities activities
• to facilitate effective communication between communities and the sharing of best practice on community matters.

The Technical Networks Communities Committee supports all IET technical communities.

Three years (or four if a member is co-opted for a year before their regular tenure).

IET member

You can find more information on our 'Communities Committee person specification' web page.

Pre-Covid: A maximum of three full day meetings per annum, and adhoc virtual work in between.

However, at present we are taking a "little and often" virtual approach and will review it in the future.

Annual.

Self-nomination.

For more information, please contact us at governance@theiet.org or directly through your staff contact.

Alternatively, you can visit our website.