Fish Legal Committee Member
Role: Voluntary role
Salary: Travel expenses payable
· Fish Legal is a unique environmental non-profit organisation taking legal action on behalf of its members to protect the water environment. We are particularly seeking to diversify our committee by increasing the number of trustees from currently under-represented groups including women and black and ethnic minorities.
· The commitment would be to attend 4 meetings in London from 11am to 3.30pm of the Committee of Fish Legal and the Board of the ACA Trustee Company Limited (which are held on the same day) and there would be some additional time commitment for reading papers in advance and in between meetings.
· Formed in 1948, Fish Legal has an impressive reputation for successful legal action on behalf of angling clubs and fishery owners throughout the UK. It has won and settled thousands of compensation claims and has recently won a significant case which led to the water companies being made subject to the Environmental Information Regulations. We give advice to our club and fishery owner members on many of their day-to-day non-contentious issues connected to their fishing interests, including leases, fishing rights, planning applications, dredging, abstraction and many other issues. We employ a small team of 6 lawyers and collaborate very closely with the Angling Trust.
· As a membership association, it is important that we have proper oversight and scrutiny of our activities by our trustees and the retirement of a number of long-standing members of the committee means that we are looking to recruit up to 4 new trustees. Anyone wishing to apply should refer to the job description. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the role.
· The successful applicant will need to be eligible to hold a directorship of a UK limited company.
Essential experience
· Experience of working in a Board Room;
· Experience of working in partnership with other organisations, both within and across sectors.
Desirable experience (ideally at least two of the following)
· Experience in strategic management of a small or medium sized organisation;
· Technical knowledge of environmental issues affecting marine and freshwater fisheries;
· Knowledge of, and enthusiasm for angling, including the way it is organised and run;
· Knowledge of voluntary and community sector governance practice;
· Working knowledge of UK law, ideally litigation and environmental law;
· Experience and basic understanding of finance and investment management.
Essential Skills
· A person who can exercise influence in the field of environmental water management;
· Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate the Committee's policies to others, but also to listen to the concerns of its staff and membership and reflect them back accurately to the Committee;
· Ability to get on well with a wide range of people, to build networks and make connections.
Personal qualities
· Energy and determination;
· Passion for protecting fish and the marine and freshwater environment generally;
· Personal integrity and credibility.
How to apply
Further information can be obtained from the current Chief Executive, Mark Lloyd at mark.lloyd@fishlegal.net. Applicants should send a covering letter, along with a current CV, marked “Personal” to Georgina Miller, Fish Legal, Eastwood House, 6 Rainbow St., Leominster, HR6 8DQ, georgina.miller@anglingtrust.net.
Closing date for this post is 16 June 2017
