Non-Executive Director

Overview

About Energus

Energus is a renowned training and conference venue situated on the edge of the picturesque Lake District in West Cumbria. Offering inspiring and flexible spaces with comprehensive business support and modern leading edge training, meeting and corporate conference facilities

Home to innovative, award-winning graduate development, Apprenticeship and cyber security skills programmes, Energus is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) working with the NDA, Magnox, Sellafield, NWS, NTS and other employers across the nuclear and related sectors, as well as the National Cyber Security Centre to address key skills shortages.

Overview

To support our growing business we are recruiting a non-executive director who has the skills, experience, delivery track record and innovation we require to help lead us through our next phase of growth.

You will be expected to bring an external, independent perspective to the Board, assist with strategy, help develop the business and ensure that the risks are suitably managed and opportunities to enhance our existing offer and develop new areas of the business are explored and brought to fruition.

Skills and Qualities

Experience of working at Board or Executive -1 level or equivalent in a comparable complex, changing system or organisation and leading organisation change and service transformation

We are particularly interested in those with experience one or more of the following areas:

• Experience of leadership in the education/training/skills sector
• Financial management and business development
• Experience of skills development and delivery in the nuclear and/or related sectors
• Experience of building successful strategic relationships and partnerships with a complex group of stakeholders
• Knowledge of the strategic opportunities and challenges facing the nuclear and related sectors
• Experience of developing new services, innovations and/or contracts.
• Understanding of the components of a complex organisation and the processes of planning, financial control, performance management and assurance that deliver its objectives.
• Sound knowledge of and commitment to corporate governance and risk management
• Understanding of the legal duties, liabilities and responsibilities of Non-Executive Directors
• Commitment to equality and diversity, social value and sustainability

Responsibilities

As a non-executive director you will:

• support the chair, Board and management team in promoting Energus' values;
• support a positive culture across the organisation and adopt behaviours in the boardroom and elsewhere that exemplify the Energus' culture;
• constructively challenge the proposed decisions of the board and ensure that appropriate challenge is made in all circumstances;
• help develop proposals on priorities;
• help develop proposals on risk mitigation;
• help develop proposals on values and standards;
• contribute to the development of strategy
• scrutinise the performance of the management in meeting agreed goals and objectives;
• satisfy yourself as to the integrity of financial and other management/performance information;
• management and governance are sound and that they are used as necessary;
• ensure that you receive adequate information in the form that they specify and to monitor the reporting of performance

Qualifications

Person Specification

• Ability to work as an effective Board member and contribute to high level debate
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage a wide-ranging audience and network effectively with a variety of organisations/individuals within and outside Energus
• Inclusive style of decision-making and leadership
• Ability to bring an independent perspective, objectivity and balance to a situation or complex issue
• Creative, innovative and diverse thinker; open to new ideas and able to modify views
• Ability to interpret and anticipate national government policy
• Able challenge, support and inspire colleagues and bring energy and enthusiasm to their work
• Ambitious and realistic when setting objectives and targets
• Person centred approach when faced with difficult choices
• Able to build trust, act with integrity and be relied upon
• Empathy with and commitment to public service values of accountability, openness, probity and equality of opportunity

Time Commitment

The Board currently meets quarterly with the management team, this is either on site at Energus or via Teams. The NED is expected to be available for ad-hoc advice to the Board & or Management team on an as-needs basis.

Period of Appointment

The appointment will initially be for one year, with the option of renewing at the end of this period, Should the Management team and Board agree.

Fees and Expenses

• Unpaid Role
• Reasonable Travel & Subsistence costs reimbursed as per Energus policies

Location

Energus site, Lillyhall Workington Cumbria and offsite via Teams Meetings

Governance Structure

Chair - Board - Management Team

Conflicts of interest and commercial confidentiality

The NED appointment is made on the basis of trust, a key component of which is to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest between this appointment and posts held elsewhere. All material provided to the NED by the company should be treated as commercially sensitive, and not disclosed to third parties without the written permission of the Energus Board.

Supporting Information

Nuclear Skills Strategy Board Research - https://www.nssguk.com/

Cyber Security Skills Research - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cyber-security-skills-in-the-uk-labour-market-2022

Nuclear Graduates Website - https://nucleargraduates.com/

Energus Website - https://energus.co.uk/

To apply for this role, please email your CV to recruitment@energus.co.uk alonside completing our online application form by following the apply now link.