Chairmen for new charity partnerships
THE new waterways charity is recruiting chairmen for the new waterways partnerships that should come into being in April of next year.
We are told 'the role of each partnership is to give local people a greater say and role in how their canals and rivers are run, working with local managers to develop strategies and plans and to build local involvement and participation in the waterways'.
Administrative areas
There will be 11 administrative areas of the waterways network, each with a chairman and partnership board, that will be recruited and up and running by April 2012. There will be two further partnerships for the waterways museums and Wales issues.
The recruitment, that will take place before Christmas is for Manchester & Pennine, North Wales & Borders, South Wales & Severn, Kennet & Avon and the All Wales Partnerships.
Review of trial partnerships
This round will also include a review of the trial partnerships in the West Midlands and North West with a view to releasing them from their 'trial' status, and arrangements will be made to set up the museums partnership as the successor to the Waterways Trust Museums Management Board.
Chairmen for local partnerships in the North East, Central Shires, East Midlands, South East and London will be recruited in a second round starting in January.
'New Waterways Charity'
The Transition Appointments Committee is recruiting the chairmen on behalf of the 'New Waterways Charity'. The committee comprises Roger Clarke and Dinah Nichols, who are members of the Defra Advisory Panel on First Appointments and Transition, and two transition trustees, Lynne Berry and Tom Franklin. They will be working with Roger Hanbury, Chief Executive of the Waterways Trust, and local waterway managers to recruit chairmen for the local partnerships.
A written record of all meetings will be publicly available on the web. All positions on the partnerships will be un-remunerated, but agreed expenses will be reimbursed.
Interested parties can find role descriptions and application details at: http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/working-for-us http://www.thewaterwaystrust.org.uk/about-us/jobs.