Role Profile

Role Profile – Board Member

The Board as a whole is collectively responsible for ensuring the success of First Garden Cities Homes (FGCH) and ensuring its compliance with all legal and regulatory obligations by directing and supervising the organisation’s affairs. Every Board member is expected to also sit on two of the committees:

The Resident Experience Committee oversees the delivery of core services to residents and maintenance of our property stock.
The Development and Finance Committee performs a vital role in scrutinising investment and development decisions, treasury management, and funding.
The Audit and Risk Committee oversees the effectiveness of internal controls, compliance, and risk management.
The Remuneration, Nomination and Governance Committee oversees the appointment of the Board, the executive team, and our People strategy.

The Board:

Sets the organisation’s vision, values and standards and ensures that its legal and regulatory obligations are understood and met.
Sets the organisation’s strategic aims, ensures that the necessary financial and human resources are in place to meet its objectives, and reviews management performance.
Provide entrepreneurial leadership of the organisation within a framework of prudent and effective controls which enable risk to be assessed and managed, and
Fulfils the functions as outlined in the Constitution.

Role Purpose

The role of a Board Member is to:

Act on behalf of the Board and in the best interests of the organisation.
Represent the organisation in an appropriate manner.
Utilise individual skills and experience to contribute to an effective Board, and
Comply with the statutory and regulatory requirements of a Board Member.

Responsibilities of a Board Member

To act as an accountable Member of the Board.
To contribute to the leadership and motivation of the organisation as part of an effective Board.
To build a constructive relationship with and between other Board Members and with the organisation’s Executive Team.
To contribute to the setting and direction of strategy for the organisation.
To participate in group decision making by contributing to debate and challenging the views of others where appropriate.
To utilise skills and knowledge to analyse issues presented to the Board.
To be an ambassador for and represent the organisation as appropriate.
To ensure integrity in all aspects of the organisation’s activities.
To apply specialist knowledge where appropriate to assist the Board in making decisions, and
To work with the Chair to identify personal development needs and strive for continuous development.

Governance Duties

To uphold the values and objectives of the organisation as it fulfils its governance duties and to act within and in accordance with the Constitution of the Association.
To ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements including, but not limited to, the requirements of the Governance, Economic and Consumer Standards under the Regulatory Framework.
To ensure compliance with the adopted Code of Governance and Code of Conduct, Standing Orders and Financial Regulations and any organisational policies relating to Board Member activity.
To uphold and promote the core policies, purpose, values and objectives of the organisation (including its commitment to equal opportunities).
To contribute to and share responsibility for decisions of the Board (and/or any Committee of which the Board Member is a Member).
To attend induction, training and performance review sessions and other such sessions or events as are reasonably required.
To attend all meetings of the Board; (and all Committees of which the Board Member is a Member) and to read Board and/or Committee papers (as applicable) before meetings, and
To represent the Group when requested.