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“This is a high-profile and influential role. The appointment of external members to the FPC is designed to ensure that the Committee benefits from thinking and expertise in addition to that existing inside the Bank of England, and to provide constructive challenge during the Committee’s deliberations. Each member of the FPC should have expertise in the field of financial services and economics. External members will be independent – they will not represent or lobby for individual groups, interests, or sectors. The FPC usually meets quarterly for a series of meetings. The Committee aims to set policy by consensus but will vote if a consensus cannot be reached. FPC members are also expected to speak to audiences throughout the country, to explain the FPC’s policy decisions and thinking.”
Time: This role requires a part-time commitment of an average 23 days a quarter, though actual experience can vary considerably.
Remuneration: £99,200 a year
Closes: 23 May
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“The Board is responsible for ensuring that RFL can meet its objectives: to ensure the payment of reclaims from dormant assets can always be made and to thereby enable money from dormant assets be distributed for the benefit of society. The Chair, who will report to ministers, is central to creating the conditions for overall Board and company effectiveness…Candidates must be able to demonstrate both experience commensurate with the seniority of this role and the highest levels of integrity, authority, and independence”
Time: 45-50 days a year
Remuneration: £45,000 a year
Closes: 13 June
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“Key areas of responsibility: (i) Promoting and facilitating the increase of Welsh language services, and other opportunities to use Welsh; (ii) To work towards ensuring that the Welsh language is treated no less favourably than the English language and that persons in Wales should be able to live their lives through the medium of the Welsh language if they choose to do so: (iii) To encourage best practice and to offer assistance to bodies in relation to mainstreaming the Welsh language in policy development, with the aim of increasing the use of Welsh, increasing opportunities for persons to use the language, and ensuring that Welsh is not treated less favourably than English; (iv) To be responsible for regulating the Welsh Language standards system. Approximately 120 bodies are currently required to comply with standards.”
Time: 5 days a week
Remuneration: £95,000
Closes: 17 June
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“Candidates’ applications will be strengthened by demonstrating some or all of the following desirable skills and behaviours: (i) A commitment to and passion for, tackling the challenges of the climate and nature emergencies, and pursuing and promoting the sustainable management of natural resources; (ii) Either a public profile or communications and/or digital experience; (iii) Experience of accounting or finance roles and/or responsibilities (including at board or committee level); (iv) The ability to communicate in the Welsh Language (except Role 6 (essential as specified)); (v) Understanding: can understand parts of a basic conversation; (vi) Can hold a basic conversation in Welsh.”
Time: Minimum of 36 days a year
Remuneration: £350 a day plus expenses
Closes: 19 June
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“The role of CST members is to draw on their experience as a senior leader within business, academia, finance or the voluntary sector to bring a variety of perspectives on science and technology issues to help Government in developing and delivering sound evidence-based policy. The Council members work on a wide breath of issues and will need the ability to work across disciplines. The Council will consult regularly with Government on its work programme. Members will be expected to contribute actively to both the Council’s policy agenda and to nurture links across the Council’s extensive network of senior stakeholders.”
Time: 1-2 days per month
Remuneration: Membership is not remunerated except for reasonable travel and subsistence costs related to Council business.
Closes: 20 June
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“Attend each Strategic Management Board (SMB) meeting. Contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of the operation of MAPPA in Northumbria. Attend a Level 2 or 3 MAPP meeting quarterly, to assist in understanding the process and to enable the monitoring and evaluation of MAPPA. Confirm that the SMB has created effective links with other multi-agency forums, e.g. the Local Criminal Justice Board and the Local Safeguarding Children Boards. Assist in the preparation of the MAPPA annual report. Participate in any SMB sub-groups, working parties or projects. Participate in reviewing the SMB Business Plan and broader communication strategy. Participate in reviewing and questioning local MAPPA statistics. Attend local and regional events with the agreement of the Responsible Authority (Police, Probation, Prison Service).”
Time: Be able to provide up to 8 hours a month but not more than 16 hours per month to the SMB
Remuneration: This is a part-time unpaid post (expenses paid)
Closes: 24 June