{"id":78,"date":"2025-05-09T10:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/rst\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:18:23","slug":"person-specification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/rst\/person-specification\/","title":{"rendered":"Performing this Role"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Experience\/Job Related Knowledge<\/h3>\n

Essential<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Board-level experience, including service as a Chair, with a strong understanding of effective governance<\/li>\n
  • Experience of working with or supporting a Chief Executive, including performance management, constructive challenge and strategic alignment<\/li>\n
  • Demonstrable experience of setting and overseeing organisational strategy and monitoring delivery against objectives<\/li>\n
  • Strong understanding of good governance in a charity or public interest context, including legal, fiduciary and regulatory responsibilities<\/li>\n
  • Experience of operating at a senior level within a complex organisation, with accountability for strategy, performance and risk<\/li>\n
  • Financial awareness, with the ability to interpret financial information and oversee budgets, income streams and long-term sustainability<\/li>\n
  • Experience of stakeholder engagement at a senior level, including working with government, regulators, funders or sector partners<\/li>\n
  • Understanding of, or ability to quickly grasp, the policy and operating environment relevant to road safety, transport, policing or public protection<\/li>\n
  • Experience of leading through change, complexity or organisational growth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Desirable<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Road safety, including research, policy, enforcement, or behaviour change<\/li>\n
    • Transport and mobility, including public transport, highways, logistics, or innovation<\/li>\n
    • Policing, community safety, or public protection<\/li>\n
    • Government, regulation, or engagement with national or local authorities<\/li>\n
    • Systems-level leadership, with an understanding of how transport, health, environment and community outcomes interact<\/li>\n
    • An understanding of subsidiary or group structures (desirable), particularly where a charity oversees a trading entity<\/li>\n
    • Knowledge of, or interest in, evidence-led approaches, research funding, or grant-making environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      Skills and Aptitudes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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      • Strong leadership presence, with the ability to guide, influence and bring people together around a shared purpose<\/li>\n
      • Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to establish trust and credibility at Board and executive level<\/li>\n
      • Sound judgement and the ability to balance support and constructive challenge, particularly in relation to the Chief Executive and Board discussions<\/li>\n
      • Highly effective chairing and facilitation skills, enabling inclusive, focused and productive Board meetings<\/li>\n
      • Strategic thinking, with the ability to see the bigger picture while maintaining appropriate attention to detail<\/li>\n
      • Clear and confident communicator, able to articulate complex issues and support effective decision-making<\/li>\n
      • Emotional intelligence and self-awareness, with the ability to navigate different perspectives and manage Board dynamics<\/li>\n
      • Integrity and independence of thought, with a strong commitment to ethical leadership and public accountability<\/li>\n
      • Ability to manage ambiguity and complexity, exercising calm and considered leadership in uncertain or sensitive situations<\/li>\n
      • Commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion, with the ability to foster an inclusive and respectful Board culture<\/li>\n
      • Collaborative approach, with a willingness to listen, adapt and enable collective leadership<\/li>\n
      • Capacity and commitment to dedicate sufficient time to the role, including preparation for and attendance at meetings and key events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/rst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/rst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/rst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/rst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/rst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/rst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/rst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/rst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}