Calling Conservatives: Appointments. Non-Executive Director of National Highways – and more. | Conservative Home

As research by the Taxpayers’ Alliance and Policy Exchange has shown, Conservatives are still heavily under-represented when it comes to appointments to public bodies.

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Department for Environment and Rural Affairs –  Chair of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)

“Independent members of the Joint Committee contribute to the Committee’s work in providing UK Government and the Devolved Administrations, with effective support for their evidence needs and policies for nature conservation across the UK and internationally. Independent members need to understand the natural environment and its vital importance to everyone including its contribution to improving outcomes for the economy and for society on a sustainable basis. This will include an understanding on the latest thinking and implementation around natural capital, ecosystem services and natural resource management.”

Time: Adhoc. 3 years. 

Remuneration: £40059 per annum. 

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Department for Culture, Media, and Sport  – Chair of the Royal Parks  

“This is an extraordinary opportunity for an individual who is passionate about the success of The Royal Parks (TRP) and wants to help shape its future. TRP has just embarked on an ambitious five-year strategy to ensure the long-term enhancement and protection of the parks for the benefit of this and future generations. The strategy, with sustainability at its core,  envisages significant investment in the parks, including the delivery of two flagship projects – a major lottery-funded restoration project, Greenwich Park Revealed, and the transformation of a brownfield site in the middle of The Regent’s Park into a new two-acre garden in memory of Queen Elizabeth II.”

Time: Adhoc for four years 

Remuneration: You can claim reimbursement for reasonable travel and subsistence costs which are properly and necessarily incurred on official business, in line with the travel and subsistence policy and rates for the organisation to which you are applying. 

Closes: 11:59 PM on 29th November 2023 

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Ministry of Justice  – MAPPA Lay Adviser for Cheshire (x2) 

“Suitable candidates: attend each Strategic Management Board (SMB) meeting; contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of the operation of MAPPA; attend a Level 2 or 3 MAPP meeting quarterly, to assist in understanding the process and to enable the monitoring and evaluation of MAPPA; confirm that the SMB has created effective links with other multi-agency forums, e.g. the Local Criminal Justice Board and the Local Safeguarding Children Boards; assist in the preparation of the MAPPA annual report; participate in any SMB sub-groups, working parties or projects, and more.”

Time: Adhoc for three or four years

Remuneration: This position is not remunerated. You can claim reimbursement for reasonable travel and subsistence costs necessarily incurred on official business in line with the travel and subsistence policy and rates for the organisation to which you are applying. However these payments are taxable as earnings and will be subject to tax and national insurance, both of which will be deducted at source under PAYE before you are paid. 

Closes: 7 PM on 30th November 2023 

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Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs  – Board member of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) (x3)

“Ministers are specifically looking for individuals interested in and capable of driving strategy and having oversight of the whole organisation. Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate a good overview of the opportunities and challenges facing agriculture, recognise the value of cross-sector working, as well as have sector-specific insight. One role is to attract a Sector Chair for the Pork Sector Council and the other roles require demonstration of other essential skill sets as defined in the essential criteria section. What would be expected of you’.”

Time: Adhoc for three years

Remuneration: £12,600 for the board members (based on a minimum time commitment of 36 days per annum) and £25,200 for the Pork Sector Council Chair (with 72 days per year required time commitment). 

Closes: Midday on 8th December 2023 

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Department for Transport –  Non-Executive Director of National Highways 

“We are recruiting for a Non-Executive Director to join our team on the Board of National Highways. National Highways is a government body which plans, designs, builds, operates and maintains England’s motorways and major A roads. On 11 March 2020, the chancellor announced the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) to run from 2020 and 2025 that is valued at £24bn. The focus for National Highways will be safer roads, addressing environmental issues, delivering efficiency and maintaining efficient supply chains. The position requires a qualified accountant with experience of risk management. The appointed candidate must be familiar with operating at Board level, demonstrate strategic and analytic thinking and possess strong interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will provide challenge and support to a wide variety of management and operational issues and contribute to the effective strategic and operational leadership of National Highways.”

Time: 27 day(s) per annum. 3 year term. 

Remuneration: £25000 per annum. 

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Department for Culture, Media, and Sport – Members of the British Library Advisory Council 

“The British Library wishes to appoint four members to its Advisory Council, which provides advice, insights and suggestions to the Library’s leadership. Applications are sought from candidates with expertise in a relevant field such as: collaborative (post-graduate) academic research, data sciences, life and physical sciences, education, culture, publishing, media, business and commerce, entrepreneurship, libraries, or the creation and management of knowledge.”

Time: 4 day(s) per annum. Appointments are for a fixed term of three years. Whilst not automatic, at the end of this term you may be reappointed for a second term of three years.

Remuneration: N/A

Closes: N/A