Recruiting for a Membership Rep for the Division of Physical Activity for Health

Dr Miranda Armstrong, the current Membership Rep for the Physical Activity for Health Division, has recently been appointed Deputy Chair to the Division. As such, we are now recruiting for a new Membership Rep for the Physical Activity for Health Division. The incoming Division Membership Rep will also represent the Division on the Membership Rep Advisory Group, which reports to the Stakeholder Committee. The terms of reference for the Physical Activity for Health Division, the Stakeholder Committee and the Membership Reps Advisory Group can be found here.

The general purpose of the Membership Rep is to maintain and enhance member benefits and services and increase membership recruitment and retention.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities include:

• Support BASES in delivering member service excellence
• Support BASES in developing a clear ‘value proposition’ for existing and new members to support member retention and recruitment
• Support a Division ‘network’ for members to engage with like-minded sport and exercise scientists
• Liaise with other Division Membership Representatives to share best practice and work on collaborative initiatives.

Candidate background:

• Member of BASES
• Knowledge of the Division’s subject-area
• Ideas on increasing the value of BASES membership
• Knowledge of metrics to monitor service improvement or a willingness to learn these metrics.

The appointment of the above roles will be via a formal, open and transparent recruitment process, with the aim of attracting the widest range of the most suitable talent. At BASES, we are committed to Fairness, Professionalism, Honesty, Responsibility and Excellence. We strive to improve our ways of working to be more inclusive and diverse, to accelerate our impact on society and live up to our Values. We acknowledge that we lack representation from various underrepresented groups and therefore strongly encourage applications that will amplify the voices of people with a disability, those from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds, women or gender diverse people in STEMM and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Please notify the Chief Executive Officer (iwilson@bases.org.uk) if you require reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

If you would like to discuss this role in more detail, before making an application, please email Dr Miranda Armstrong miranda.armstrong@bristol.ac.uk.

To apply for this current vacancy, please submit a maximum of two pages of A4, outlining:

• why you are volunteering for this role,
• what skills and experience you would bring to the Physical Activity for Health Committee
• how you will improve equity, diversity, and inclusion within the context of the Committee,
• and any ideas you have about moving forward the work and priorities of the Committee.

Please email this to iwilson@bases.org.uk by noon on Friday 20 December 2024. Please mark this email as confidential and within the subject header, please add ‘Membership Rep – Physical Activity for Health Division’