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 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 (the 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.