Apply To Join The Institution's Finance Board

The Institution's Finance Board is recruiting one ordinary member to join its operations.

As a key Governance Board, the candidate will help make a real difference to the way we develop as an Institution in the coming years.

The overall purpose of the Finance Board is to act on behalf of the Trustee Board in its duty to supervise the broad direction of the Institution’s financial affairs. It should drive proper financial conduct and implementation of financial policies, management and performance that meet the Institution’s objectives.

The Board considers and evaluates the financial implications of proposals for areas of major new strategic development on behalf of the Trustee Board and makes recommendations in respect of their suitability.

Within this broad remit, there are three main areas of accountability:

1. Review of the financial plans and performance of the Institution as a whole.
2. Oversight of the commercial activities of the Institution.
3. Review and direction of investment policy and evaluation and approval of individual investment decisions

About You
As an Ordinary Member of the Board you will ideally have a combination of the following characteristics:

1. Strong commercial skills and experience gained in industry or services.
2. First class financial skills gained in a senior management position.
3. Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence others.
4. Analytical and be able to communicate concisely.
5. Strategic awareness and thorough understanding of the IMechE, its challenges and opportunities.
6. Well informed about the institutional purpose, structure and conversant with best practice in financial governance.

Applications to join the IMechE Finance Board are now open to all members of the Institution who meet the requirements outlined in the role description. Current members of Council are encouraged to apply.

To discover more information about the position and how to apply, see below.

The closing date for applications is 03 September 2021 17:00 BST.

How to apply

1. Download and review the covering letter and role description
2. Complete the online application form* and upload a recent CV (limited to 2 pages).
   • A word document version of the application form is also available.
3. Submit your application by 03 September 2021 17:00 BST.
4. Your application will be acknowledged and reviewed by the Nominations Committee.

*If you have not used Webrecruit to apply of an IMechE role before, you will need to register a new account. Note: the Webrecruit system is separate to your online IMechE member account.

Please use a maximum of 250 words per question when completing the online application form.

If you have any questions about the application process or would like to discuss the online application form, please contact nominations@imeche.org.