Rowing Committee: Racing Representative
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
60 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Mid Level
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Rowing Committee: Racing Representative
British Rowing
A bit about the role Purpose To be an active participant of the Committee, supporting the Chair and British Rowing to achieve its terms of reference and goals. Responsibilities - Be prepared for all meetings, reading papers in advance, raising issues in advance. - Actively contribute to all meetings using your skills, experience, and expertise. - Support the Chair in the smooth running of the Committee. - Contribute to agenda planning by raising ideas and thoughts with the Chair. - Act as a conduit between the racing group committees and the Rowing Committee raising issues and communicating decisions and actions. - Contribute as required to task and finish groups. - Be responsible for your own personal development and training to stay effective and relevant in performing the role. - Participate in the periodic evaluation of Chair and Committee effectiveness. A bit about you Person Specification - Be able to build effective relationships with fellow Committee members, Board, and the executive, ensuring all are aligned to the Committee’s common purpose. - Be able to constructively challenge, act as a “critical friend”. - Be open, honest, and respectful in all communications. - Apply critical thinking and analysis to evaluate a complex range of viewpoints and information and focus on the key issues / strategic priorities / outcomes. - Bring long term thinking and planning to the Committee, anticipating future challenges and opportunities. - Contribute insights using your skills, experience, and expertise. - Be able to exercise independent judgement beyond personal views or agenda. - Have an understanding of the established principles of current corporate governance and the need for frameworks for assurance and accountability. - Have a clear understanding of and the ability to empathise with volunteers who make an important contribution to the running of the sport. - Keep up to date with all the required technical knowledge needed for the role. - Maintain a knowledge of the sport and broader sector wide issues to stay relevant. - A commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion. Essential: The successful candidate will have the challenging role of acting as a conduit between the Rowing Committee and the relevant stakeholder groups; - Able to gather and represent the views of the Racing Committees (these currently include British Rowing Events, National Competition Committee, National Umpiring Committee, Multi-Lane Umpiring Panel, Competition Calendar) - Strong understanding of the relevant stakeholder groups (e.g. British Rowing, relevant interest groups/racing sub-committees, regional representatives and chairs etc) - An ability to develop communication routes for the relevant stakeholder groups - Knowledge of rowing and experience as an athlete, coach, cox, event or club official. - Subject matter expertise within one or several of the Racing Committees areas of work - A desire to support the development of the sport - A strong, highly collaborative team player with a positive mindset. - Ability to commit to four formal and four informal meetings per year in addition to supporting specific work strands and task-and-finish groups. Desirable: A variety of skills and experience is desirable, and therefore the following list is not exhaustive: - Have experience in a variety of different elements of the sport, either established or emerging (ie adaptive, coastal, racing) - Represent diversity in relation to experience of regions, broader experience and time in the sport - Bring significant experience from beyond rowing, ie emerging technology, education, communications, event management, risk management, financial management etc. - Experience in the broader sports sector, grant funded and/or volunteer led organisations Mandatory Requirements What we offer Additional Information Please submit a CV and cover letter explaining your suitability, outlining your reasons for applying, and detailing what you can bring to the role. Cover letter must not exceed one A4 side Please note: The Rowing Committee Terms of Reference require that members are not also current Chairs of Regions, members of expert groups, committees, task and finish groups or any other British Rowing Committee. If selected a candidate holding these roles would be expected to stand down from any pre-existing commitments as listed above.
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