Swim England North West (SENW) is excited to announce an opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join our team as the Welfare & Safety Board Director.

This voluntary  role of the Board welfare and safety lead is to provide a focus at Board level and to support the Board in ensuring that it has appropriate oversight of, and meets its responsibilities towards, the welfare and safety of its members and people (this will include employees, participants and volunteers and any other individuals which the organisation interacts with).

Specific Responsibilities

• Lead and inform welfare and safety discussions and planning within Board meetings
• Highlight welfare and safety implications of Board decisions and ensure that they are considered in decision making where relevant
• Check and challenge the Board and Senior Leadership Team on decisions that affect welfare and safety across the organisation
• Assist the Board in assessment of risk to the organisation in relation to welfare and safety issues and ensure that the Strategic Risk Register adequately reflects welfare and safety risk to the organisation
• Ensure that reporting by the executive to the Board on welfare and safety issues is appropriate and sufficient to enable the Board to make informed decisions
• Act as a link between the Regional Welfare Officer who has responsibility for welfare and safety and the Board, providing non-executive support to executive staff on welfare and safety issues
• Ensure that effective pathways are in place to enable the views of participants, their parents/guardians and other members and people on welfare and safety issues are made known to the Board
• Act as an advocate for welfare and safety, highlighting its importance both with stakeholders and across the organisation and its participants
• Support the organisation to maintain appropriate welfare and safety standards for members and other people (this will include employees, participants and volunteers, and other individuals which the organisation interacts with)
• Act as an alternative route in relation to any welfare and safety concerns from people for whom the organisation is responsible
• Develop personal knowledge and skills in relation to welfare and safety by undertaking training where appropriate and support other Board members in developing their own knowledge and skills.
• Act as a member of the Swim England North West Committee

How to Apply:

To register your interest or if you have any questions, please email us at swimnorthwest@swimming.org.