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Vacancies – ARMA Professional Development Committee and Training and Development Working Group 

We currently have two vacancies on both our Professional Development Committee and Training and Development Working Group.  

Our Professional Development Committee reports directly to our Board of Directors and sets the strategic direction for all professional development activities, informed by the work of relevant planning and working groups (including training and development, qualifications and mentoring). The Committee is currently chaired by ARMA Director Saskia Walcott.  

Our Training and Development Working Group is an operational group that was established by ARMA’s Professional Development Committee to oversee, plan, deliver and quality-assure ARMA’s very popular and comprehensive Training & Development Programme. In addition to creating a rolling programme of webinars, workshops and recorded material, the Working Group also makes recommendations for the programme’s improvement and development, ensuring that the programme is relevant to our community. The T&D Working Group is currently led by ARMA Director, Alison Lloyd, and the Working Group reports to the Professional Development Committee. 

To ensure as diverse a representation as possible, these vacancies are open to all career stages and not just those in senior management positions. Appropriate training, mentoring and support will be provided for all successful applicants.  

ARMA is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. It is a strategic priority for us to improve representation within our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from groups who are underrepresented within our community. We are committed to taking active steps within our recruitment process to reduce bias and minimise barriers to application and participation. We offer a range of adjustments throughout the process to enable full participation. If there is anything further we can do, we encourage you to get in touch.  

The roles in depth  

These roles, which commence as soon as possible, are unpaid. Members are appointed on a 3-year basis (with an option for a second term). The posts are unpaid, and all meetings are likely to be via Teams (with one face to face meeting for the Professional Development Committee). Both groups meets four times a year, with each meeting running for approximately 60 – 90 minutes. Note you do have to be an ARMA member to join the committee or working group. 

For our Professional Development Committee, we are especially interested in hearing from candidates with the following skills:  

• E-learning and technology  
• EDI 
• Legal and compliance 
• Innovation and Knowledge Exchange 

Following a recent skills audit our Training and Development Working Group have identified some key gaps and would therefore welcome applications from people with skills in these areas: 

• Research integrity 
• Research contracts 
• Audit and compliance 
• Open research 

What to do next 

If you are interested in applying for any of the roles, please send James Dunphy james.dunphy@arma.ac.uk (Head of Programmes), an email clearly indicating if you are applying to be a member of the Professional Development Committee or the Training and Development Working Group. 

 You should provide your answer(s) to the following question(s).  

• Please outline your interest in ARMA and what you believe you can bring as a committee/group member. You should explain how you demonstrate the skills required. (500 words max) Your email should arrive by 9am on Friday 3^rd November. We will confirm receipt of all emails.  

We will then review all the expressions of interest in line with our inclusive recruitment process. 

Not sure if this is for you? If you’d like to ask any questions about these vacancies, the selection process, or to discuss the roles in more detail the please contact james.dunphy@arma.ac.uk for a confidential chat with no obligation to proceed.  

We are keen to advertise these roles as widely as possible. If you know someone, or are part of networks who may be interested, please help us by sharing this with them.