Vacancies for our Finance & Governance and Professional Development Committees

An opportunity to help steer ARMA’s future direction

Vacancies for our Finance & Governance and Professional Development Committees

Members are invited to apply for the following Committee vacancies. These roles will commence late Spring for a term of 3 years.  Committee members may serve up to two terms.

Finance and Governance Committee (F&GC). Three posts are available. F&GC plays a critical role overseeing and strengthening ARMA’s governance in the areas of finance, human resources and organisational infrastructure (including operational policy and procedures, risk, systems, supplier and contractor relationships, etc.), to ensure that ARMA continues to have a sustainable infrastructure and appropriate governance structures. For this Call, we would particularly welcome those with experience of accountancy, business planning and people management. For further details, click here.

Professional Development Committee (PDC). One post is available. The Committee was created to ensure that all ARMA’s professional development activities – initially focusing on ARMA qualifications, and the Training & Development programme – are strategically aligned with the ARMA professional development framework, and offer value for money, high-quality learning and development opportunities for our members. For this Call, we would particularly welcome those with experience of formalising learning and development (including design of professional development frameworks), online learning, mentoring, and educational conferences. For further details, click here.

Why join an ARMA Committee?

This is a fantastic development opportunity. Membership of one of our Committees will allow you to:

• Contribute your professional skills to the future direction and success of your Association.
• Apply your skills, experience and creativity to new challenges.
• Gain governance and leadership experience to support your executive and non-executive career ambitions.
• Further expand your network and engage with key stakeholders across the sector.
• Increase your visibility and raise your personal and professional profile.

Further details

Applicants should preferably have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a research administration/management role, a good awareness of ARMA and be able to demonstrate a strong interest in, and commitment to, the Committee of their choice. Applicants do not have to be a member of ARMA to apply for this role, but will be asked to join in the event that they are appointed.

Please note that the above criteria are indicative.  If they don’t quite fit your career journey but you still know you have a lot to offer our membership, we’d still love to hear from you.

Celebrating and promoting a culture of inclusivity, ARMA is committed to embedding equitable practice within our Board, Committees and Working Groups and ensuring our governance is fully representative of our membership.  

These posts are unpaid, and all meetings are likely to be via Teams. Committees formally meet four times a year, necessitating an overall time commitment of approximately 4-6 days per year. Individual committee members are on occasion asked to lead smaller working groups/task forces in relation to specific tasks or objectives.  Committee members are entitled to claim expenses for financial commitments incurred on ARMA business in line with the ARMA expenses policy.  

How to apply 

If you are interested in applying for one of these roles, please send Hamish Macandrew, Chief Operating Officer, a covering email of no more than 500 words, and a brief CV by 9am on Monday 26^th April, indicating which Committee you would like to join and summarising why you would like to join it. Please outline the ideas, skills and experience you believe you can bring to the role. We will then review the applications we have received before responding to candidates.  It is expected that shortlisted candidates will participate in a single stage interview process. 

For further information, please contact: Hamish Macandrew, Chief Operating Officer at hamish.macandrew@arma.ac.uk, Tel 0131 357 9855.

We are keen to advertise these roles as widely as possible.  If you know someone, or are part of networks, who may be interested, we’d love for you to share this with them.

March 2021