The Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport has advertised for a new chair of the Charity Commission and also for a new legal board member.
In a job advert listed on the Centre for Public Appointment’s website, DCMS said the role of the chair is expected to take up two and half days a week and will be remunerated at £62,500 per year.
The assessment panel is chaired by Sue Owen, permanent secretary at DCMS. It also includes Lord Kakkar, professor of surgery at University College London and chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission, Julia Unwin, chair of the Independent Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society, and Alan Downey, a former KPMG partner and head of public sector practice – who carried out an independent review of the Commission’s governance in 2015.
The successful candidate will need to attend a pre-appointment hearing before the Culture, Media and Sports Select Committee before being appointed for a three-year term.
Under "skills required", DCMS has listed “regulation”.
The deadline for applications is 3pm on 22 September and interviews are expected to take place in October/November. DCMS has not confirmed when an announcement will be made.
William Shawcross became chair in October 2012 on a salary of £50,000, and was reappointed for three more years in early 2015.
Legal board member
Last week the DCMS advertised for a legal board member as Orlando Fraser’s term at the Charity Commission is due to end in December 2017.
The legal board member is expected to work 24 days of the year and will be paid a daily rate of £350.
Skills required are “legal/judicial” and the deadline to apply is 3pm on 8 September. Final interviews will be held on 18 October.
The assessment panel is chaired by David Rossington, acting director of the Office for Civil Society and includes William Shawcross and Francesca Quint, a charity lawyer who used to work at the Charity Commission.
Board member to become the Duchess of Cambridge’s private secretary
Elsewhere one the Commission’s existing board members, Catherine Quinn, has been appointed as the Duchess of Cambridge’s new private secretary.
Quinn joined the Commission’s in December 2016; she is currently chief operating officer at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School and a trustee of the Royal British Legion.
She takes up her new role with the Duchess of Cambridge in October.
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