Non-Executive Director

FCDO; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A public service department in the United Kingdom is seeking to appoint up to two Non-Executive Directors. Candidates will contribute to both operational and strategic leadership, providing independent advice to help shape the Department's objectives. Key responsibilities include scrutinizing policy proposals and ensuring ambitious and achievable performance goals. Experience in governance or non-executive roles is required.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in governance or non-executive roles.
• Strong understanding of public sector operations and public life standards.

Responsibilities

• Support the Foreign Secretary with operational delivery of policies.
• Work with senior leaders to ensure performance and delivery.
• Provide independent perspective and scrutiny for the FCDO Board.

Job description

The FCDO seeks to appoint up to two additional Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) to join the existing team of NEDs. Each NED will be a significant contributor to both the operational and strategic leadership of the Department. The primary objective is to bring independent advice, support and challenge to help shape delivery of the Foreign Secretary’s ambitions for the Department. Portfolios will be assigned following appointment.

Key responsibilities will be:

• Supporting the Foreign Secretary to examine and challenge the operational delivery of policy proposals, major projects and programmes, strategic and organisational issues.

• Working with the Permanent Under-Secretaries, Directors General and senior leaders to scrutinise the Department’s management information, to ensure that performance and delivery of the Department’s key objectives are ambitious and achievable.

• Bringing an independent perspective to the work of the FCDO Board (usually held at the FCDO’s headquarters in central London), as well as providing independent scrutiny for the Department upon request.

• Upholding the standards of conduct set out in the Committee on Standards in Public Life’s Seven Principles of Public Life and adhere to the Code of Conduct for board members of public bodies.