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“Chaired by the Rt Hon the Lord Pickles, ACoBA provides independent advice on applications submitted under the government’s Business Appointment Rules (the Rules) from former ministers, senior civil servants and other Crown servants. In doing so it advises on the conditions that should apply to new appointments or employment after individuals have left Crown service. It plays a vital role in ensuring that the business appointments rules are implemented fairly, sensibly and transparently. We want to hear from people from a wide range of backgrounds across the United Kingdom who believe that they will be able to contribute to this committee’s work. Different perspectives will help ensure the committee’s deliberations and advice are of the highest quality.”
Time: Adhoc. Appointments are for a four/five year non-renewable term.
Remuneration: £6000 per annum
Closes: 11:59 PM on 6 June 2023
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“The purpose of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee (PMAC) is to review final recommendations from the Chairs of the Judging Panels for each Award category. PMAC is charged with maintaining the integrity and standards of the Awards and recommends potential changes to the administration of the Awards for subsequent years. PMAC makes its recommendations, covering all four Award categories, to the Prime Minister, who conveys the list to His Majesty The King for final approval. PMAC meets once a year in February. Members are required to attend the annual meeting and would serve an initial term of three years, potentially renewable for up to a further three years. In addition to their role on the panel, PMAC members can play a vital role in championing and promoting the awards within their networks and more widely.”
Time: 26 hours per annum. Three year terms.
Remuneration: None.
Closes: 9 AM on 15 June 2023
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“The ASC is an independent, advisory non-departmental Public Body that provides independent, impartial and objective advice to the Home Office and the Northern Ireland Department of Health on issues relating to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) and its functions under it. As well as providing impartial and objective advice to Government, the ASC also advises animal welfare and ethical review bodies on issues relating to ASPA and their functions under it The use of animals in regulated scientific procedures raises ethical, animal welfare and scientific issues therefore, the ASC has a key role amongst the science advisory committees in Government and we are keen to appoint members of the highest calibre.”
Time: 20 day(s) per annum, for 3 years
Remuneration: You can claim reimbursement for reasonable travel and subsistence costs which are properly and necessarily incurred on official business, in line with the travel and subsistence policy and rates for the organisation to which you are applying.
Closes: 10:59 PM on 11 June 2023
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“UKRI is the UK’s largest public funding body for science, research and innovation with a budget of £25.1 billion over the current spending review period to 2024-2025. This funding is partly allocated to its Councils to disburse across their disciplinary sectors and partly to cross-cutting programmes working across disciplinary boundaries. UKRI and its Councils also oversee a large estate of national science institutes and infrastructure from labs, research ships and planes to data centres, synchrotrons and Antarctic bases. All of this activity is steered and overseen by the UKRI Board, which is responsible for guiding and challenging the UKRI executive across its wide and diverse delivery portfolio. As a UKRI Board Member, you will bring your unique skills and experience to help ensure the effective governance, accountability and efficiency of UKRI’s operations and the successful pursuit of its objectives.”
Time: 20 day(s) per annum, for 3 years
Remuneration: £9180 per annum for 4 years
Closes: 11:59 PM on 11 June 2023
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“The CAC is an independent statutory authority with specific functions relating to trade unions and employers. The most significant function of the CAC is adjudicating on the recognition and de recognition of trade unions for collective bargaining in the workplace…The overall responsibility for the CAC’s work rests with the Chair. The CAC itself comprises three groups: Deputy Chairs; Members with experience as employers’ representatives (mainly HR Directors and Employment Relations leaders); and Members with experience as workers’ representatives (mainly senior trade union officials). It works through Panels consisting of the Chairman or a Deputy Chair and one member drawn from each of the other two groups. CAC applications under all jurisdictions are handled by three person panels.”
Time: 5 years (1 day per month)
Remuneration: £296.62 per month
Closes: 14th June
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“The UK Space Agency, an executive agency of DSIT, supports DSIT in the delivery of the strategic direction for the UK’s civil space activities and provides funding and other support to grow the UK’s space sector and foster ground-breaking science and innovation, with an aspiration to be a meaningful global leader in space. The Agency’s work covers a broad spectrum of activity, from fundamental research into the origins of the universe to investment in down-to-earth uses of space, such as weather forecasting, telecommunications and safety-critical navigation.”
Time: 22 day(s) per annum. Three year terms.
Remuneration: £8000 to £10000 per annum
Closes: 11 PM on 26 June 2023