Chair Role Profile
The key responsibilities of the Board Chair are to:
- Promote the organisation’s values and culture internally, externally and to a variety of stakeholder groups, acting as spokesperson and representing the organisation at appropriate events.
- Establish a constructive and complementary working relationship with the Chief Executive Officer, respecting each other’s responsibilities in respect of managing and leading the organisation. The Chair will undertake this Chief Executive Officer’s appraisaliew
- The Chair will also ensure that there are suitable arrangements in place to determine the remuneration of the Chief Executive and other Senior Staff.
- Undertake fiduciary duties and responsibilities as a Board member.
- Ensure that the Board and its committees conduct their business effectively
- The Board maintains an appropriate balance of attention to strategy, policy, key decisions, compliance, assurance, risk, financial management and performance review so that the board exercises effective overall control
- To ensure the Board periodically reviews its own effectiveness in accordance with the NHF Code of Governance and regulatory requirements
- Promote and uphold the highest standards as a Board member.
- Promote effective relationships and open communication, both inside and outside the Boardroom, between Board member and the Senior Management Team.
- Manage the Board members to ensure effective contribution and good conduct.
- To ensure the appraisal process for the Board overall and individual members is carried out
The appointed Chair of the Board will automatically be a member of the Board with full voting powers and will hold office for a maximum term of 6 years. At the end of that term, they will resign from the Board and their shareholding will be cancelled.
Chair Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
- Substantial experience of operating at a senior level (either executive or non-executive) within a customer focused organisation, ideally housing and / or refugee and migrant sectors.
- Substantial experience of governance frameworks in regulated sectors
- An understanding of the social housing sector and/or refugee and migrant sector particularly the current and future
- A demonstrable commitment to equality and diversity and inclusion.
- Experience in acting as a non-executive
- Experience within one or more of the following areas gained in either an executive or non-executive role:
- Business development
- Change management / organisational development
- Customer / service user insight
- Financial management and commercial acumen
- Performance management
- Risk identification and risk management
- Strategic management and planning issues
- Treasury management
- Substantial experience in representing an organisation
Skills and Abilities
- Considerable experience and a high level of competency in the skills required to chair meetings effectively
- Ability to build and lead a high performing team
- Ability to create a culture of collective responsibility, encouraging debate and consensual decision making.
- Possess excellent communication and decision-making skills.
- Well-organised, manages time well and able to assimilate and comment on complex information and reports
- Ability to develop and maintain relationships with the Board, Executive and stakeholders
Style and Behaviours
- Acts with integrity, actively promotes and support the values, ethos and aims of Arhag and the services it provides
- Committed to the values of accountability, openness, and transparency
- Demonstrates strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
- An open, engaging, and enthusing style
- Personal and professional credibility that will command confidence at all levels across the Association and with our wide range of stakeholders
- Embraces learning and development and promotes this with the Board, the executive, and the organisation as a whole.