National Director at the IoD
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Dear Applicant,
First of all, thank you for considering applying for this important role.
The IoD has been on a transformational journey to make itself fit for the future while continuing to stay true to its Royal Charter and the core belief that better directors and leaders make a better working world for the public good. The opportunity to lead Scotland into the next phase of growth is an exciting and challenging opportunity.
Working with a diverse team of leaders who are helping to drive newly empowered Branches, as well as the Scottish Advisory Board , you will have a fantastic opportunity to help to mould, lead and develop our membership base in Scotland. We are the only organisation that represents individual leaders and directors across all sectors in Scotland – private, public and third, with a strong representation in Universities and College networks as well. A key part of your role will be to help represent their views as well as engage them in growing dynamic and relevant networks of IoD members.
IoD’s voice is an important one within Scottish and Local Governments as well as Public Bodies, and you will have the opportunity to represent and promote our members’ views. Engagement with other business organisations, in particular, CBI, Scottish Chambers, SCDI, SFB, SFE and others is an increasingly important opportunity to pull together more alignment on Policy matters.
We are also very proud of our role in providing recognised leadership development training, and our Chartered Director (CDir) Programme is recognised around the world as a leading qualification. The opportunities to expand our offerings across a variety of courses and interactions in Scotland are significant and we want to promote these strongly in the future.
The IoD has changed in line with our ambition to be a lean and effective organisation that will represent its members in Scotland and use its reach to attract a wider body of directors and equivalents to join our organisation.
If you believe you possess the right mix of skills and experience, coupled with high levels of drive and enthusiasm, we would be delighted to receive an application from you.
Aidan O’Carroll, Chair of IoD Scotland
Jonathan Geldart, Director General – IoD
The Institute of Directors (The IoD) is the UK’s leading organisation for individual business and organisational leaders. It is a non-party political business organisation founded by Royal Charter in 1903 with over 20,000 current members. Its key activities include providing leading edgerepresentation, support and development for directors and leaders in organisations – helping themachieve greater success for their organisations and their own careers.
In Scotland, The IoD currently has approximately 1400 members who are supported from its Edinburgh Member hub and through a number of regional branches focusing on the Highlands &Islands, Central ,Tayside, Fife, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and the South of Scotland geographicallocations. The member base is drawn from all three main sectors of the Scottish business diaspora; Private, Public and Third Sectors, and reflecting this, the IoD represents a diverse community of interests across Scotland. The IoD Scotland has been proud to champion not only the entrepreneurs in our country, but the broader leadership that is so important for a connected society in Scotland.
The IoD has five key values that underpin all activities:
- Integrity
- Passionate
- Inclusive
- Commercial & Enterprising
- Professional
The IoD Scotland has a small team of professional staff, led by the National Director focused on delivering:
- A suite of member services and benefits
- Effective networking events
- Director Training and Development
- Lobbying and representation activities
- The annual conference
- Director of the Year Awards and Gala Dinner
More information can be found at: www.iod.com
Developing and maintaining productive relationships with key public sector stakeholders including Scottish Government, Local authorities, Educational institutions, and key membership organisations you will represent views and opinions of members, and of IoD UK, to decision-makers in national and local government thus informing policy.
Interested candidates should provide a covering letter and a tailored CV to Douglas Adam at [email protected]
All third party applications will be forwarded to Livingston James.
Closing Date – Friday 8th January
