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Non Executive Director
Location
North West
Salary
Expenses only
Organisation
England Squash
Contract
Part Time
Closing date: 2nd March 2025
England Squash is the National Governing Body for the game of squash. Together with our partners across the squash community, we are custodians of squash’s past, present and future and seek to be a catalyst for positive change across the game. We work hand in hand with a huge variety of partners to support and grow the game, including Sport England, UK Sport, international squash federations and bodies, county associations, hundreds of clubs and thousands of volunteers and coaches.
If you’re looking for more than just a job, but a career in the sports industry with great perks, a fast pace and brilliant colleagues at a really exciting venue, then join us.
It’s our values which make us unique – Connecting, Driving, Adventurous and Together. They shape and define who we are and how we behave, and we live and breathe them every day.
At the heart of everything we do is our unrelenting drive to get more people on court, to nurture our talented players and to help grow thriving and diverse squash communities. It is our passionate team of people who make this vision a reality.
We recruit a variety of people across a number of expert teams including coaching and performance, competition and events, participation, membership and insight, marketing and communications and corporate services.
We’ve got big ambitions and are looking for amazing and adventurous people to grow with us. Sound like fun? Join the team!
England Squash is looking to appoint a new Chair and two new non-executive Board Directors to help guide the organisation in creating and delivering a new strategy and provide support and leadership to the game. Please note there is a separate role specification for the non-executive director roles. At the heart of our recent work have been three key priorities; to increase participation, enhance diversity and nurture talent. We are also committed to playing our part in tackling the climate and ecological emergency and supporting the game on the international stage. The next few years present an incredibly exciting time for squash in England with a newly launched membership scheme, exciting initiatives underway to boost participation among young people, a new-look coach education pathway and working towards our first Olympic Games in 2028. We are keen to hear from people with senior strategic experience in any sector who are passionate about helping squash to thrive, excited about its future and ready to lead the organisation as our new Chair. An additional benefit would be candidates that can offer experience in any of the following areas: financial management, safeguarding, inclusion and diversity. England Squash actively encourage applications from candidates from underrepresented groups with diverse backgrounds and life experiences.
Responsibilities for the Chair of the Board of Directors
1. Chairing all Board meetings and providing outstanding leadership to the Board of Directors
2. Regular meetings with the CEO to ensure a supportive and collaborative relationship
3. Occasional external meetings representing England Squash with key partners and stakeholders
4. Ability to use significant experience to provide outstanding leadership to England squash and the squash community
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Key skills, experience and qualifications we are looking for:
• Experience of working as a Board member, trustee, or in a senior leadership position in any sector. We are also open to appointing first-time board members with appropriate relevant experience and the ambition, talent and commitment to help us
• An understanding of the environment in which National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of sport work and an appreciation of the various challenges NGBs face
• Experience of championing inclusion and diversity in the workplace
• Ability to establish strong and positive working relationships with other Board members and executive leadership team
• Experience of building and maintaining strong and positive relationships with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders
• Clear understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of a Non-Executive Director
In addition, we would welcome applicants that can offer any of the following skills and experience:
• A proven track record of delivering a strategy and experience of leading organisational transformation and change
• Lived, or senior leadership experience of, improving equality, diversity and inclusion
• A demonstrable commitment to supporting positive impact on the environment and sustainability
• Experience in a senior financial management role
• Experience in a strategic safeguarding role
• Strong and proven commercial experience and understanding
Application Process
WB Directors (www.wbdirectors.co.uk) are running the search process on behalf of England Squash.
Do get in touch with the team – Rachel Tranter and Hannah Wakeman via applications@wbdirectors.co.uk if you would like to have a conversation.
Candidates should submit their CV, together with a short covering letter (no more than two pages) expressing the rationale for their interest and the specific competencies and leadership experience that they would bring to the role.
Submissions by email should be sent to: applications@wbdirectors.co.uk
Candidates should also complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, which is located on the England Squash website, at the time of application.
If you would like an informal conversation about the role with either the current Chair or the CEO, please contact Mark Williams at mark.williams@englandsquash.com
The closing date for application is Sunday 2nd March 2025, with interviews proposed for the week commencing 17th March 2025.
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