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Vacancy: Non-Executive Director of the Management Committee of the Parole Board for England and Wales and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee

Vacancy: Non-Executive Director of the Management Committee of the Parole Board for England and Wales and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee

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Candidate Information Pack - Non-Executive Director of the Management Committee and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee

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Non-Executive Director of the Management Committee of the Parole Board for England and Wales and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee

The Parole Board aims to ensure that its governance arrangements follow best practice and follow the Corporate Governance Code to the extent that its size and status allows. The Parole Board has a Management Committee which comprises of the Chair, the Chief Executive, the Judicial Vice Chair, three Parole Board Committee Members and up to three Non-Executive Committee Members.

The Management Committee is responsible for determining and overseeing the overall strategic direction of the Parole Board. The Management Committee meets approximately every six-weeks and is occasionally required to meet on an emergency basis.

Non-Executive Directors have corporate responsibility to ensure the Parole Board complies with any statutory or administrative requirements for the use of public funds and ensure high standards of corporate governance are observed at all times.

Am I eligible to apply?

  • There must be no employment restrictions, or time limit on your permitted stay in the UK. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for at least three years prior to your application;
  • You should not be employed by the UK civil service.

How do I apply?

Please find further information attached about the role via the information pack and via the HM Government Public Appointments webpage: apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk

To make an application, please send:

  1. A Curriculum Vitae which provides your contact details, details of your education and qualifications, employment history, directorships, membership of professional bodies and details of any relevant publications or awards;
  2. A supporting statement (no more than two sides of A4) that addresses the criteria set out in the person specification, using specific examples to demonstrate how you meet the essential requirements;
  3. Information relating to any outside interests or reputational issues;
  4. Diversity monitoring information. This allows us to see if there are any unfair barriers to becoming a public appointee and whether there are any changes that we could make to encourage a more diverse field to apply. You can select “prefer not to say” to any question you do not wish to answer. The information you provide will not be used as part of the selection process and will not be seen by the interview panel. Please complete the diversity monitoring form on this LINK;
  5. Disability Confident – please state if you want to be considered for the disability confident scheme;
  6. Reasonable adjustments - requests for reasonable adjustments that you would like to the application process (if applicable);
  7. Please provide your home, work, mobile and email contact details and let us know of any dates when you are not available or where you may have difficulty with the indicative timetable. You should also provide the names, positions, organisations and contact details for two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer. If you do not wish us to approach your referees without your prior permission, please state this clearly;
  8. Potential conflicts of interest. If you have any interests that might be relevant to the work of the Parole Board, and which could lead to a real or perceived conflict of interest if you were to be appointed, please provide details in your supporting documents;

Please provide the information at points 3-6 above on the relevant form, or as part of your supporting statement.

Completed applications should be submitted to  hrinbox@paroleboard.gov.uk

Please quote Reference Number:  PB-NED-23 when applying for this role

Applications should be submitted to: hrinbox@paroleboard.gov.uk no later than midday on Tuesday 11 April.

Updates to this page

Published 15 March 2023

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