Council Member Role Profile

Duties and Responsibilities

All members of the Council have the responsibility to:

• Regularly attend the Council meetings
• Seek and consider the views of the Institution’s membership
• Act impartially and honestly
• Take an active involvement in the Institution’s standing Boards and Panels
• Be familiar with the Council Constitution and Terms of Reference Work considerately and respectfully with employees and management – respecting diversity, different roles and the management/governance boundaries, and avoiding giving offence.

Members of the Council act on their own account, however where appropriate:

• Elected Corporate Members are expected to consider and take cognisance of the views of Institution’s membership (through active engagement with business colleagues, attendance at Regional events, personal networking, etc), while
• Chairmen are expected to consider and take cognisance of the views of their Division, Group or Region.

Council Member Specification

• Commitment to the Institution and the engineering profession
• Willingness to devote the necessary time and effort
• Discrete at all times
• Strategic vision
• Good, independent judgment
• Ability to think creatively
• Willingness to speak their mind
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team
• Ability and willingness to support publicly corporate views not held privately
• Nolan's seven principles of public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.
• Recognition of the Institution’s Code of Conduct Regulations.

A member of the Council who, in the opinion of the Council, persistently fails to satisfy his responsibilities and after appropriate review may be requested to resign their position.