Job Description
Pentathlon GB is the national governing body for the Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon which involves five disciplines; fencing, swimming, riding, running and shooting. We are highly successful in winning Olympic and World Championship medals, including at London 2012 and the World Championships 2014. We have been successful in securing and maintaining funding to support our participation and world class aspirations for the 2013-17 funding cycle and are now looking to achieve major ambitions by growing our sport and continuing its sustained success internationally.
Vacancies
We are looking to recruit Non-Executive Directors to the Board. There are two current vacancies with a further two posts becoming vacant after Rio 2016.
In particular we are looking for Independent Directors with specific skills and experience in one or more of the following areas: accountancy, legal, HR, commercial, marketing, social media and communications and sports development.
These are voluntary positions, with travel expenses paid.
The Board
The Board consists of ten Non-Executive Directors plus the Chief Executive Officer and the National Performance Director. They meet six times a year, usually in London, and attend at least one of the five national domestic competitions held each year.
The Role
The role will require a time commitment of 10 – 15 days per year. The following accountabilities reflect the role:
Constructively formulate Pentathlon GB’s strategic aims, ensuring that the necessary financial and human resources are in place for us to meet our objectives.
Provide leadership within a framework of effective controls which enable risk to be assessed and managed.
Set our values and standards and ensure that our obligations to our members and others (including funders) are understood and met.
Scrutinise the performance of the Senior Management Team in meeting agreed goals and objectives and monitor management reporting.
Satisfy yourself as to the integrity of the company’s financial information and reports provided to the Board; and that financial controls and systems of risk management are robust and appropriate.
Constantly establish and maintain confidence in the conduct and performance of the company and, through it, the national governing body.
Person Specification
Our ideal candidates will have:
Success and seniority in a professional career with experience of a high level of accountability.
Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively within the Board and knowledge of how a Board should operate.
The highest standards of corporate governance, integrity and management.
The ability to listen sensitively to the views of others, inside and outside the Board, displaying good judgement and decisiveness in pressured circumstances and the skills and experience to influence decision making.
A proven ability to operate and plan at a strategic level.
Pentathlon GB is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We recruit openly and without discrimination.
How to apply
Applicants should apply by email to the Company Secretary Ellie Guest eleanor.guest@pentathlongb.org in confidence with a CV, a supporting reference (or at least the identity of a referee who we may approach) and any other relevant information.