Lay Council Member

**Reference**:

- LCM-UOH

**Campus**:

- Hull

**Faculty/Area**:

- University Wide

**Subject Group/Team**:

- Multiple Areas

**Salary**:

- Pro bono

**Post Type**:

- Part Time

**Closing Date**:

- Friday 30 May 2025

**This post is only open to current University of Hull employees (those on continuing, fixed term or temporary contracts but does NOT include those on temporary staffing agreements (TSS))**

**Application link -**here**:
**About University of Hull**:
Founded in 1927, the University of Hull is a public research university and is England’s 14th-oldest university. It has a proud heritage of academic excellence, and a history of creating and inspiring life-changing research and helping to build a better world. The University now has more than 15,000 students and 1,952 employees, including 976 academic staff. With its Strategy 2030 initiative - shaping a fairer, brighter and carbon neutral future - the University sets out a plan to position itself as an institution that will tackle critical societal challenges, particularly around sustainability and social justice, through inclusive growth and meaningful regional, national, and global partnerships.

The University of Hull is proud to hold a Gold rating for student experience in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), reflecting its commitment to delivering an exceptional academic environment. The University plays a leading role in advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and is ranked among the top 100 institutions globally in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. The University has invested £2 million in health sciences education, delivered in partnership with the Department of Health, and includes state-of-the-art virtual clinical environments - such as live X-ray training rooms - supporting the UK’s first accelerated degree in diagnostic radiography. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, 82% of the University’s research was rated world-leading or internationally excellent, with the proportion of 4* research doubling since 2014.

The University of Hull's renewed mission focuses on excellence in learning, teaching, research and enterprise, a transformative student experience and being an internationally-engaged anchor institution for its surrounding regions. Its ambitions are bold and challenging - the University will pursue its vision with a determination to exceed expectations, to contribute ever greater outcomes towards shaping a better world, and to encourage its students to strive for excellence.

**Role specification**

Council and its Sub-Committees play a vital role in supporting the University’s long-term success, providing strategic oversight, assurance, and constructive scrutiny.

**Main duties**:

- Ensure that Council exercises control over the strategic direction of the University, and that the performance of the University against its strategic objectives is properly assessed on a regular basis
- Ensure that the University maintains its long-term financial viability, safeguards its assets and operates proper mechanisms to ensure effective internal control, risk management and value for money
- Contribute to debate, and make their knowledge and expertise available to Council as needs and opportunities arise
- Act fairly and impartially at all times, in the interests of the University as a whole, using independent judgement and maintaining confidentiality as appropriate
- Observe the seven “Nolan Principles” of behaviour in public life, embracing selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership
- Accept collective responsibility for the decisions reached by Council.
**Key responsibilities**:

- Attend meetings of Council and participate in discussions, acting as a “critical friend,” contributing to the development, implementation and monitoring of University strategy
- Question intelligently, debate constructively, challenge rigorously and decide dispassionately, listening respectfully to the views of others, inside and outside meetings of the Council serve as a member of at least one Council Committee
- Attend some of the formal or informal events of the University, including degree ceremonies, as may be organised from time to time
- Act as an ambassador for the University, promoting its activities in the wider community including, for example, assisting with philanthropic activity and fund raising projects
- Attend any induction and training as may be required by the University to carry out effectively the role of a member of Council
- Contribute to regular reviews of the effectiveness of Council, both collectively and individually
- Submit an annual Registration of Interests return, and to ensure that the University is notified promptly of any material changes to these details as may arise during the year.
**Person specification** The University of Hull is looking for three new Lay Council Members to join its Council and Sub-Committees with backgrounds a