The Northland Rugby Union are seeking applications for Directors to the Board.  Applicants should have a successful history in rugby, business or both.

Applications need to be received by 5pm Friday 8th November 2019 and should include a current C.V. and cover letter.  This should be forwarded by email to reception@northlandrugby.co.nz or by post - Northland Rugby, PO Box 584, Whangarei.

DESCRIPTION

The board is the legal authority for the organisation.  Board members are directors representing the interests of the Northland rugby community, both constitutional and moral. 

The role of the board is governance rather than management, which is the preserve of the CEO and professional and volunteer staff.  Governance focuses on the organisation’s wider issues of organisational purpose, including the setting and monitoring of strategic direction, and the establishment and monitoring of board-level policies. 

The board works in close partnership with the CEO to ensure that its objectives and goals are achieved, supporting and resourcing the CEO to carry our his/her responsibilities.  In order for board members to carry out their governance role they must be familiar with the organisation’s policies, plans, and priorities and be able and prepared to demonstrate this familiarity through debate and participation in all areas of the board’s responsibilities.

REQUIREMENTS OF THE BOARD

* Board members will make every effort to attend all monthly board meetings.

* Devote sufficient time to become familiar with the organisation’s affairs and the wider environment within which it operates.

* A commitment to work for the greater good of the organisation.

* Board members will bring knowledge, expertise and influence relevant to the organisation’s affairs.

* Board members may be required to serve on one or more board committees or working parties.  

In order to fulfil its governing role of providing a framework for the organisation’s operation, yet at the same time maintaining its distance from the operational processes, the board will develop and monitor board-level policies which provide direction and boundaries for both its own and the CEO’s functions.  The board will develop the following board-level policies:

Strategic Ends policies;  encompassing the vision and mission statements, the organisations values; the constitution and bylaws and any other legal frameworks (essentially the strategic plan framework for the organisation).

Governing Process policies;   describing the way the board carries out its governing role including its policy on use of committees and meeting processes.

Board/CEO policies;  defining the boundaries of the relationship between the board and the CEO.

CEO Delegation policies;  providing the framework for the operational management of the organisation.

THE BOARD WILL REGULARLY MONITOR

* Progress towards the achievement of the organisation’s Strategic Ends policies

* Those CEO Delegation policies that address ongoing business success

* All other board level policies as appropriate

Article added: Friday 25 October 2019