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02083128565Independent Member of Audit and Risk Assurance Committee
About us:
By virtue of its sites and subjects, Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) enjoys a unique conjunction of subjects - History, Science (in particular, astronomy), Arts - and works with its audiences at local, regional, national and global levels to provide a greater understanding of humanity’s connection with the sea, space and time. RMG aims to be a welcoming place for everyone, receptive to engage with communities and provide a multi perspective social history, to become a place of memory and dialogue. Through its displays, exhibitions and learning programmes the Museum also explores our current relationship with the sea, and its future as an environmental force and resource.
The National Maritime Museum was opened by King George VI in 1937. The Queen's House was part of the Museum from the outset whilst the Royal Observatory, Greenwich was an addition of 1953. In 2011 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II formally approved ‘Royal Museums Greenwich’ as the new group brand and in 2015 the Cutty Sark was donated to the National Maritime Museum collection. The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre, completed in September 2017, consolidated and upgraded the collections storage and conservation functions on the Museum's Kidbrooke site.
The Museum's collection comprises more than 3 million items including ship models, navigational, astronomical and time-keeping instruments, oil paintings, prints and drawings, over 2 million manuscripts, rare books, ships plans, sea charts and historic photographic negatives.
The Role:
The RMG Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) is a sub-committee and advisory body of the Board of Trustees of the National Maritime Museum. It supports the RMG Trustee Board in its responsibilities for governance, risk management and control by reviewing the comprehensiveness of assurances in meeting the Board and Accounting Officer’s assurance needs and reviewing the reliability and integrity of these assurances.
Royal Museums Greenwich is seeking to appoint an independent member to its Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. Independent members attend meetings in an advisory capacity and are non-voting members of the Committee. The member will ideally take up post in May 2025 for a term of four years, renewable once. Member appointments and renewals will be by the Committee Chair, in consultation with the Accounting Officer and the RMG Chair.
RMG ARAC currently consists of three members of the Trustee Board. The CEO as Accounting Officer and the Executive Business and Operations Director (Finance Director) are also in attendance with representatives from both Internal and external audit.
Whilst operating as a member of the RMG ARAC, independent members are expected to follow the Nolan Principles of Standards in Public Life.
We encourage you to read the full role description/person specification before applying.
Time Commitment:
The RMG ARAC meet four times a year at the National Maritime Museum. Additional meetings may be scheduled as required. Meetings usually last approximately 2.5 hours. Candidates need to have sufficient time resources to read papers ahead of meetings.
Remuneration:
The position is not salaried but reasonable expenses are paid.
How to apply:
To apply please submit the following in one document:
- A copy of your CV (no more than three pages)
- A supporting statement of no more than 600 words that evidences how you meet the criteria in the person specification
If you have any questions regarding the role please contact Jane Costantini, Committee Secretary at kjcostantini@rmg.co.uk.
If you have any issues submitting an application, please contact recruitment@rmg.co.uk.
The application closing date is 23:59 on Monday 21st April.
EDI
Diversity and inclusion are integral to our work at Royal Museums Greenwich, as we are a museum for everyone. We want to foster a spirit of inclusion, collaborative working, innovation, and valuing people as individuals whose lives have been shaped by different experiences. Therefore, we welcome applications from everyone.
We actively work with Disability Confident scheme and ask that you let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments you need or things you would like us to know during the interview process, which may include being provided the interview questions in advance, requiring a step free interview space, that you are eye-contact avoidant, or having the interview questions in a written format or additional time in timed tests, interviews or other assessment activities.