Shape the Future of Professional Recognition - Join an IET Committee
Are you eager to make a meaningful impact on the future of professional recognition within engineering and technology? Do you enjoy contributing ideas, influencing direction, and being part of something bigger?
If so, this is your opportunity to get involved.
We are inviting applications for roles across several IET committees dedicated to professional recognition. These groups play a vital part in safeguarding standards, supporting governance, and helping deliver the IET’s strategic priorities when it comes to professional registration and fellowship.
Why get involved?
Committees focused on professional recognition are essential in ensuring that the processes supporting professionalism operate smoothly and effectively.
This includes:
- Education and accreditation
- Competence and career development
- Professional registration
- Ongoing professional development
Each of these elements works together to maintain a high standard of professional excellence across the sector.
Current opportunities and how to apply
2026/27 Session (Starting 1 October 2026)
All applicants must be active members and volunteers of the IET. We encourage you to read the individual person specification and purpose of each role before applying.
We are currently recruiting for the following committee positions:
Registration Group (RG) - 2 x member roles
Registration Group (RG) holds the operational responsibility for the assessment of applications for registration on behalf of the Registration and Standards Committee (R&SC), which in turn holds the delegated authority from the Membership and Professional Development Board (MPDB), and the maintenance of the benchmark standards against which individuals are assessed.
Person specification:
- Fellows, Members or Technician Members of the IET and an Engineering Council registered Engineer or Technician.
- Experience in an active role on an IET Committee or Group, or represent the interests, in a IET volunteer capacity.
- Be comfortable presenting material, such as co-facilitating Professional Registration volunteer training with staff
View Chair’s statement and role description:
Registration & Standards Committee (R&SC) – 2 x member roles
Registration & Standards Committee (R&SC) has responsibility for supervision of the assessment of applications for Professional Registration and Fellowship, for the processes for the accreditation of apprenticeships, academic programmes and employer development schemes and approvals of qualifications on behalf of the Membership & Professional Development Board, and for the development and maintenance of the benchmark standards against which individuals and schemes are assessed.
Person specification:
- Fellows, Members or Technician Members of the IET and an Engineering Council registered Engineer or Technician.
- Experience in an active role on an IET Committee or Group, or represent the interests, in a IET volunteer capacity.
- Be comfortable presenting material, such as co-facilitating Professional Registration volunteer training with staff
View Chair’s statement and role description:
Fellowship Policy Committee (FPC) - 1 x member role
Setting the policy for the award of Fellow of the IET (FIET) and to overseeing the operational aspects of such awards on behalf of the Registration and Standards Committee (R&SC), to set the policy for the promotion of Fellow of the IET and the policy for the engagement with Fellows as ambassadors and volunteers for the IET.
Person specification:
- Fellow Assessor of at least one year standing.
View Chair’s statement and role description:
Application deadline:
Monday 6 July 2026, 09:00 BST
If you have any questions or would like guidance on applying, the Volunteering Excellence Team is here to support you, please contact the team at volunteer@theiet.org.