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Board and Executive
Location
South East
Salary
Voluntary
Organisation
UK Deaf Sport
Contract
Contract
Closing date: 27th March 2025
UK Deaf Sport is the leading organisation for deaf sport in the UK. Our vision is Every Deaf Person Active and Inspired by Sport and Physical Activity. Our mission is for more deaf people to participate in sport throughout their lives and more deaf athletes to perform on the world stage.
UK Deaf Sport works with key partners to ensure that deaf children, young people and adults have equal opportunities to participate and excel in sport and physical activity as their hearing counterparts from grassroots to elite level. We also select and manage the DeaflympicsGB Team, the official team that represents Great Britain at the Summer and Winter Deaflympics.
UK Deaf Sport is seeking to recruit a Senior Independent Director to join the Board. The Senior Independent Director will support the Chair on all governance issues to ensure the Board is effective in its task of setting and implementing the direction and strategy of UK Deaf Sport and represent the views of stakeholders and Non Executive Directors to the Chair where appropriate.
The individual should have experience and skills in the following areas:
This is a voluntary role, but reasonable expenses will be paid where directly related to the work of UK Deaf Sport.
We specifically welcome applications from those with lived experience of deafness and from the deaf community.
Full details are outlined in the UK Deaf Sport Board Senior Independent Director candidate pack.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss this role with the Chair or a Board Director, please contact us at info@ukds.org.uk and we can arrange an informal discussion.
How to Apply
To apply for this role, please send a personal statement and a copy of your CV to info@ukds.org.uk with the title “Senior Independent Director Recruitment March 2025″.
Your personal statement should outline how you meet the experience and skills requirements of a UK Deaf Sport Senior Independent Director as detailed in the Role Description.
The personal statement should be no more than 2 sides of A4 or a video no longer than 5 minutes.
The closing date for applications is 12pm Thursday 27th March 2025.
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