Ever thought about becoming a Trustee at BELMAS? You could help lead our international community while supporting us in our vision to “be an innovative, globally recognised and respected learned society for the development of educational leadership, management and administration”.
We are now recruiting for a new Trustee to join its Board from October and hope you will consider running in our 2024 elections. Please read the information below or click the button to self-nominate.
If you have any questions, please contact the BELMAS Office on info@belmas.org.uk
BELMAS has 14 Trustees which are made up of:
Within this, BELMAS internally appoints a Chair and 4 x Vice-Chairs which are:
Anyone can be elected to the Board of Trustees, providing they have current and active membership and that you meet the criteria for eligibility of becoming a Charity Trustee.
While there are between 4 & 5 Board meetings per year, this is an active role that advocates, supports and champions BELMAS on an ongoing basis.
In addition to the Board meetings, there is an expectation for each Trustee to sit on at least one sub-committee which is a minimum of 3-5 meetings per year plus additional support between meetings.
General responsibilities of Trustees include:
All specific duties and the Trustee Code of Conduct are set out in the By-Laws. Each term of office is three years, with a maximum of terms permitted.
In the self-nomination form we ask you to provide the following:
Voting is easy! Prior to the election, you will receive a link from the BELMAS Office. This will be YOUR unique link, so please do not share it with anyone else. When you click on this link you will be able to vote, ranking candidates in preference order (including Re-Open Nominations, also known as RON).
Who is RON?
Re-open nominations is a metaphorical person who appears on the ballot. It gives the voter the opportunity to ask BELMAS to re-open the entire election process for new candidates if they don’t believe those standing in the election are someone they’d like to vote for.
For example, as we have five positions available, if RON finishes third in the vote, then the top two candidates would be elected and BELMAS would re-start the election process to fill the last three spaces in the hope that new candidates put themselves forward. It gives the electorate options outside of the election if they are not happy.
What is Single Transferrable Voting?
Instead of placing crosses next to your four favourite candidates in a “first past the post” model, you are asked to rank as many candidates as you like in order of preference. The system is designed to maximise your preferences, by reallocating your single vote where it is not needed from your higher preference candidate – if they are elected, or if they are knocked out – towards your lower preference candidates. This is called the surplus. There is a helpful video explaining STV here.
Nominations Open: Friday 23rd August 2024
Nominations Close: Friday 20th September 2024 at 23:59 (UK Time)
Candidate Briefing (Online, Compulsory – Please select ONE):
Online Voting Opens: Monday 30th September 2024 at 10:00 (UK Time)
Online Voting Closes: Sunday 13th October 2024 at 23:59 (UK Time)
Results Announced: Wednesday 16th October via email and social media
First Board Meeting: If you are elected, your first Board meeting will be held online on Friday 18th October 2024 at 09:00-11:30 (UK Time).
Please consider reading the following documentation as it help with your decision to stand in our election to be a BELMAS Charity Trustee.
All previous Board minutes can be found on the Governance page of the website here.
